welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — details emerge of more than 100 ukrainian civilians held captive in a cellar for weeks by russian forces. it happened in chernihiv, which is now back under ukrainian control. there were people here, including dozens of children, who were living amongst corpses four hours, sometimes days. 25 million people under a covid lockdown in shanghai as cases rise. people there say food supplies are running out. at least two people are dead and

eight wounded after a shooting in central tel aviv. pakistan's supreme court says the suspension of parliament, in a bid to block a vote against prime minister imran khan, was unlawful. in time for everything. a theory that has pitted the behaviour of particles or half a century might turn out to be wrong. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news to our viewers in the uk and around the world. it's 6am in the morning in singapore and 1am in kyiv in ukraine, where more harrowing accounts have emerged of life under russian occupation. the city of chernihiv, north of the capital, has just about survived, subjected to a siege lasting several weeks. tens of thousands of residents endured punishing conditions

with little food, water or power. whole neighbourhoods have been flattened, and details are emerging of 130 people held captive in the basement of a school for a month. conditions were so cramped, some had to sleep standing up. 12 people died. their corpses were left for days. i want to warn you, some of the details in this report are distressing. another area the russians have withdrawn from, more unimaginable trauma. yahidne, a village in the north—east, close to the border with belarus. this man took us to the basement of the local school, filled with the stench of disease and decay. he was held here for four weeks, along with 130 others. the elderly, children, babies,

whole families, rounded up at gunpoint, crammed together. translation: i had only half a metre of space. . i was sleeping standing up. i tied myself with my scarf to the railing here so i didn't fall over. i spent 25 nights in this position. the main thing i thought was, i have to survive, for my daughter and granddaughters. a crude calendar marked every day of pain. four children lay in each of these cots. the constant sound of bombardment allowed barely any sleep. translation: for toilets there were buckets. - they would overflow. sometimes russian soldiers took people outside and used them as human shields. the room has no ventilation.

he says 12 people died here. those who died in this room, they were mostly elderly people, believed to have suffocated to death, and when they died it wasn't immediately possible to take the bodies out. russian soldiers wouldn't allow it. also there was fighting going on outside, so it was often too dangerous, so they would then pick up the bodies and put them here in the corner, so essentially there were people here, including dozens of children, who were living amongst corpses for hours, sometimes days, until they were allowed to take the bodies out and keep them upstairs on the ground just outside the school building. 15—year—old anastasia was also held captive. "i knew the people who died. they were kind.

i felt really sad," she said. russian soldiers took villages like this in a bid to encircle and capture the city of chernihiv. they weren't able to enter it, but large parts have been destroyed. a crater created by aerial bombing. a whole neighbourhood in northern chernihiv flattened. nina's home was shelled. her daughter lost a leg. "all of us were knocked out by the explosion. when we came to our senses, we began to search for each other. then i saw her screaming.

"�*mummy, i don't have a leg.�* "it was horrific." how does she respond to russia denying it's targeted civilians? "tell them to stop lying. "they lie a lot," she said. "there's a woman in a hospital without a leg. "that is the truth." yogita limaye, bbc news, chernihiv. meanwhile, earlier today, un general assembly voted to suspend russia from the human rights council following reports of "gross and systematic violations of human rights" by russian troops in ukraine. the resolution garnered 93 votes in favour, with 2a voting against. a two thirds majority of the votes cast was needed to suspend russia from the geneva—based council. for more on this, i am joined now by mason clark. he is the lead russia analyst at the institute for the study of war. great to get you on the programme. i

wanted to start by asking you about that request from the ukrainians about more weapons was of i think the exact quote was something like weapons, weapons, weapons, with a four minister has asked his nato allies for, not in weeks but days. what do you make of that requested do you think they will get what they are looking for?— are looking for? think you have me on the show. _ are looking for? think you have me on the show, is _ are looking for? think you have me on the show, is my _ are looking for? think you have me on the show, is my pleasure. - on the show, is my pleasure. definitely been the government in kyiv plus �*s if it is in the last couple of weeks is of the current pace of western aid to ukraine is too slow and needs to be ramped up. particularly it's been interesting to watch ukrainian requests over the course of the war changed to where it's early on we saw the ukrainian government and military focusing on big ticket items like drones and electronic warfare and air defences, what they now need is more just sustained its support of lower—level supplies of ammunition and body armour and medical supplies and that sort of thing that will enable them

to resist continuing russian attacks in the east of the country as well as enable their own counterattacks. i do think that western aid to ukraine is going to increase in the coming weeks, particularly very sadly with the exposure of the russian crimes in lucca and elsewhere will likely really support though ukraine is lucky going to need very sustained support over the coming months as the support is not going to come to a close any time soon and that is their main concern at this time. 50 soon and that is their main concern at this time-— at this time. so do you see russia takin: all at this time. so do you see russia taking all of— at this time. so do you see russia taking all of this _ at this time. so do you see russia taking all of this is _ at this time. so do you see russia taking all of this is a _ at this time. so do you see russia taking all of this is a sort - at this time. so do you see russia taking all of this is a sort of - taking all of this is a sort of escalation than if the west of provide more weapons to ukraine. does it sort of signal to russia that it can also ratchet up the conflict even more than it has already. i conflict even more than it has alread . ., �* , conflict even more than it has alread. , already. i don't believe so. i don't think that western _ already. i don't believe so. i don't think that western aid _ already. i don't believe so. i don't think that western aid will - already. i don't believe so. i don't think that western aid will sl - already. i don't believe so. i don't think that western aid will sl be l think that western aid will sl be construed as a further escalatory step of the kremlin. the crillon has previously stated it will treat western military aid to ukraine as legitimate targets, that we still

have not seen any explicit strikes on this western aid and particularly not on any areas where western personnel are on the ground. and frankly unfortunately the russian military is in many ways already doing its utmost in efforts to take the east part of the country so there is not too much more they can do to escalate other than getting into biological or chemical weapons, which i don't think thankfully is on the table in the near future. there is alwa s the table in the near future. there is always that _ the table in the near future. there is always that threat, _ the table in the near future. there is always that threat, though, - is always that threat, though, right, in terms of the intelligence as well that we have seen from the west about biological or chemical weapons from russia. what is your sense of that possibility happening down the line as the conflict, as the war gets even more heated? right, we certainly cannot rule it out and it's very important to remember how russia has enabled the use of chemical weapons by the asad regime in syria and i likely can do a similar approach of their own in ukraine. however i think in the near future, the russians are more likely

to try and claim a false flag attack, blaming the us or ukraine for a chemical attack on russian personnel as a pretext for either working all peace negotiations or to relic domestic support. because right now essentially the public support for vladimir putin and the war in russia is predicated on it being considered to be at least somewhat successful, which continues to steadily decline into failing to achieve the kremlin public objectives and the killing may think it needs to further really support as it's unable to achieve its battlefield objectives in the coming weeks. battlefield ob'ectives in the coming weeks. a, ,., battlefield ob'ectives in the coming weeks. ., ~ ., weeks. mason clark there from institute for _ weeks. mason clark there from institute for the _ weeks. mason clark there from institute for the study - weeks. mason clark there from institute for the study of - weeks. mason clark there from institute for the study of war, l weeks. mason clark there from i institute for the study of war, they do so much forjoining us on the programme with your thoughts. china's financial hub, shanghai, is struggling to feed 25 million people who're living under lockdown.

some people there have already been confined to their homes for weeks, and the city may not be able to reopen for at least another month if it's to wipe out the coronavirus outbreak. monica miller reports. residents in shanghai are frustrated. they've been stuck in a strict lockdown for 11 days, and running out of food. millions of residents are up before dawn in a race against time to book food and grocery delivery slots on apps that are struggling to keep up with the demand. many items are already sold out by the time they checkout. under the quarantine rules, couriers have been limited on how far they can travel, making it difficult for them to deliver goods. neighbours sharing or swapping food items to get by. authorities in shanghai are rushing to deliver supplies of rice, noodles, grains, oiland meat. translation: because of covid control, markets can't run -

as normal, and the delivery capacity of online platforms have also dropped significantly. it makes the last kilometre, last hundred metres delivery difficult. 0ur fight of covid has affected the quality of people's lives. daily supplies can't reach their homes. we are making all efforts to improve it. the lockdown was originally meant to last four days each for different sections of china's largest city to test and quarantine its 25 million residents. looks like it's not working anymore, so it is, yeah, quite unsettling because the reserves are going down and we don't know when we can get the next order in, or very unpredictable and unstable. the lockdown happened so suddenly it caught its residents off guard. now, two years into china's zero—covid policy, their patience is wearing thin. monica miller, bbc news. medical services in israel says two people have been killed and at least eight people wounded by a gunman who opened fire in central tel aviv. the attack caused panic in a busy area thronged with bars.

the gunman is reported to still be at large. it's the latest in a wave of attacks, which the israeli prime minister has described as "a wake—up call". this shooting took place on one of the busiest streets in tel aviv. there's security camera footage you can see from the scenes where people are in a packed bar and they start to flee, scattering their bar chairs as they go. police have now brought in hundreds of officers, and they say they're still searching for the shooter. they've told local residents to stay in their homes. this, as you said, is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in israel, actually the most deadly attacks that there have been for several years. now a total of 13 people killed in just over two weeks. the palestinian militant group homes has once again praised this attack, and it's all happening at a very sensitive time. tomorrow is the first friday players of the islamic holy month of ramadan. that's the time when tens of thousands of palestinians from the west bank are hoping to cross intojerusalem to pray at al—aqsa mosque.

israel could very well now introduce new restrictions because of its own security fears. let's turn next to the constitutional crisis in pakistan, where the supreme court has said a decision to block a vote of no confidence against the prime minister, imran khan, was unconstitutional. meanwhile, the election commission has said it can't hold fresh elections within 90 days, which is required after parliament was dissolved on sunday, a move that was also unconstitutional. 0ur correspondent in islamabad secunder kermani explains what's next for prime minister imran khan. this is a political drama that's been full of twists and turns, of twists and turns, but, as of the moment, it looks as if imran khan is on his way out. last week, he was meant to be facing a vote of no confidence in parliament, which he was widely expected to lose

after a number of his coalition allies deserted him. instead, at the last minute, the deputy speaker of the house blocked the vote from going ahead. and instead, imran khan's party called for early elections, dissolving parliament. now the supreme court has ruled they did not have the right to do that, and so pending any further twists, that vote of no confidence will go ahead on saturday morning. and it seems the opposition will be able to remove imran khan from power and nominate their own prime minister without elections taking place. what has imran khan been saying? well, he alleges he's the victim of an international conspiracy orchestrated by the united states because of his more anti—western foreign policy. most analysts don't believe him, but it is a narrative that's resonating with his voters. in reality, it seems as if imran khan and his party have fallen out with pakistan's powerful military, with whom they previously had a close relationship. and that's the reason why his opponents have sensed a weakness in him and have launched this attack against him.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, a theory that has predicted the behaviour and properties of particles for half a century might turn out to be wrong. 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 newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines — details emerge of more than 100 ukrainian civilians held captive in a cellar for weeks by russian forces. it happened in chernihiv, which is now back under ukrainian control. 25 million people are under a covid lockdown in shanghai as cases in the city continue to rise. the speaker of sri lanka's

parliament has warned that the country is at risk of severe food shortages and starvation if the economic crisis there persists. record inflation and power cuts continue to inflict misery on the island nation. protests are continuing across sri lanka, calling for the president and prime minister, the rajapaksa brothers, to step down. from their hometown of tangalle in the south of the country, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report which does contain flashing images. these are dark days for sri lankans, like this rickshaw driver. he's one of millions forced to endure lengthy power cuts. living costs are rising rapidly in the worst economic crisis of recent times. now, he and his wife are having to ration what they eat. translation: earlier, _ we used to have three meals a day. nowadays we can have only two.

translation: this government isn't unable to provide us _ with affordable food. only god can help us now. if you want to get an idea of the desperation being felt across sri lanka, you just have to come to a petrol forecourt. people have been queuing for hours at this one, just to get their hands on basics like cooking gas. sri lanka uses foreign currency to import essentials like fuel. a drop in tourism due to the pandemic is one reason it's now struggling to pay for them. in this beach town, i meet a hotel owner who blames the government, led by president gotabaya rajapaksa, for this crisis. did you vote for the rajapaksas? oh, i hate them! i'm 35 years old, i voted for rajapaksa — i'll never vote for them again.

never, never, never. anger towards the ruling rajapaksa brothers is at boiling point, even in their own backyard. huge crowds have been protesting outside prime minister mahinda's house here in tangalle. president gotabaya rajapaksa appeared before mps on thursday — he's still refusing to step aside. elected in 2019, critics say economic mismanagement, sweeping tax cuts and high borrowing mean he should take the blame for this crisis. this has grown into a movement to oust a political family which has run sri lanka out with an iron fist. and until they go, protesters say they'll stay. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.

the man accused of murdering the conservative mp sir david amess told jurors he decided to kill him because he'd voted for air strikes on syria. at his trial at the old bailey in london, ali harbi ali told jurors he doesn't regret killing sir david in essex last october. the 26—year—old from north london denies one count of murder and one count of preparing acts of terrorism. the wife of britain's finance minister, chancellor rishi sunak, has insisted she has always paid tax on her british income. it's emerged that akshata murty has non—domiciled status for uk tax purposes, meaning she doesn't have to pay tax in britain on income she earns overseas. a former security guard at the british embassy in berlin has pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to spy for russia. 57—year—old david ballantyne smith faces nine charges relating to the official secrets act. he was arrested by the german authorities in august 2021 and was accused of collecting secret information and trying

to contact the russian state. and finally, i want to tell you about a new discovery which is being described as the first step in a big shift in our understanding of the universe. scientists at fermilab just outside chicago have found that the mass of a particle is not what the main theory of sub—atomic physics states it should be. the result has been described as "shocking" by the researchers because the theory has successfully predicted the behaviour and properties of particles for 50 years. here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh. scientists explain how the universe works using the theories of physics. but those ideas could be about to change. a particle acceleratorjust outside chicago has made a measurement that could change physics forever. researchers here have discovered that the mass of a subatomic particle called a w boson

is not what it should be. and in the world of physics, that's a huge deal. the world could look very different. it could mean that the standard model as we know it is wrong, or it needs to be modified in some important way. it is also possible that there are other fundamental particles out there waiting to be discovered, and our colleagues around the world will have a lot of fun discovering them. the standard model is one of the most important theories in physics. and in the journal nature, researchers say this might be the first time it's been shown to be wrong. everything in the world around us is made from atoms, which in turn are made from even smaller particles. their interaction can be explained by the standard model — but for over 50 years, it's predicted their behaviour perfectly with no errors whatsoever — until now. more experiments will be needed to confirm the results,

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universe works. in the last few hours, a new supreme courtjustice has been confirmed by the us and it with president biden can read on becoming the first black woman to sit on the supreme court and she will also be just the six woman in history to sit on the highest court in the united states. now you remember that three republicansjoined democrats now you remember that three republicans joined democrats to vote for her confirmation. something that we have covered for you on bbc news for the last few months as we have followed that confirmation and that nomination in the. lots more of course on the website as always so do be sure to head to bbc news or

download the app. that is it for us on newsday at this hour. thank you forjoining us. do stay with us. hello again. thursday brought us a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of those shower clouds were brought in by these big cumulonimbus clouds, thunder clouds. we also had reports of a bit of hail around, and generally it was quite a windy day, too. 0n the satellite picture, we've got a developing low pressure that's going to be bringing some way and windy weather to france for friday, and we've got a trough that's going to enhance the showers and downpours. well, that's going to be swinging in from the north—west as we go on through today. so, right now, we've got showers mostly affecting northern areas, particularly in scotland where some are falling as snow, particularly over the high ground, bringing a risk of some icy stretches and a widespread frost as well. so, it's a cold start as we head into the first part of friday morning. now, friday, let's take a look

at this low pressure to the south. the outbreaks of rain from this system just about grazing the south coast of england. wouldn't take much either way to either bring the rain in across southern england or equally keep it out to sea, so it's one of those forecasts that's going to be a really close call today. away from that, many of us will start the day with some sunshine. cold and frosty first thing in the morning. there will be widespread showers and thunderstorms that then move in across scotland and northern ireland through the morning and across into northern england, north wales through the afternoon. the showers really widespread across these areas. they will have hail, and they will have some thunder mixed in. temperatures about 10—11 celsius, but the winds won't be quite as strong. so, if you're out and about, it might feel slightly more pleasant. 0nto saturday's forecast, again it's a rather showery forecast. the majority of the showers across northern and western areas, although tending to die away from northern ireland later on saturday as pressure begins to rise. we're looking at temperatures again about 9—13 celsius in the south. the second half of the weekend sees

this area of low pressure start to very slowly move in towards our shores off the atlantic. so, sunday, a nice enough start to the day with plenty of morning sunshine. the weather will then tend to cloud over from the west, and we may well start to see a few patches of rain, light stuff really, arriving in northern ireland before the end of the day. but as the winds start to turn more to a southerly direction, so it gets a little bit milder. 10—14 celsius for most, still quite chilly across the far north of scotland. next week, unsettled, a spell of rain followed by some showers. that's your latest.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the united nations general assembly has voted to suspend russia from the un human rights council. it's over violations of human rights and atrocities in the ukrainian city of bucha. pakistan's supreme court says the suspension of parliament — in a bid to block a vote against prime minister irman khan — was unlawful. it also ordered that the lower house to be restored. the us senate has confirmed ketanji brown jackson as the first black woman to become a supreme courtjudge. the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, said it was a great moment for america. and at least two people are dead and six have been wounded

after a gunman opened fire in central tel aviv.