welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. gross and systematic violations of human rights — russia suspended from the un human rights council looking into alleged war crimes as harrowing details emerge of ukrainian civilians held captive. there were people here, including dozens of children, who were living amongst corpses for hours, sometimes days. running out of food and water. 25 million in lockdown in shanghai as covid cases continue to rise. in israel, at least two dead and 8 people wounded after a shooting in central tel

aviv. and time for a rethink? the new scientific discovery which could provide answers to how the universe works. welcome to bbc news to our viewers in the uk and around the world. it's six 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. my colleague yogita limaye has more — i want to warn you, some of the details in her 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 another area the russians have withdrawn from, more unimaginable trauma.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. "for no reason, theyjust died, sitting there." 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 on thursday, the 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. our world affairs editor, john simpson has more on how president putin is likely to react. it isa it is a humiliation for him. 93 countries voting against russia, but it simply increases the necessity for him to have

some kind of victory in this war. and what the people here that i've been talking to think will happen is that he will concentrate his efforts, what they are afraid of, really, he will concentrate his efforts on mariupol, that city in the south—east of the country which has been under siege since very early on in the war and people really want to take that and to have that as a victory that he can celebrate on russia's annual victory day parade on the 9th of may. that is only a month away. that is why the ukrainians are so desperate to get the europeans and the americans to give them more and more weapons. they need those weapons urgently. if he gets them, if the ukrainians get them, if the ukrainians get them, then they do stand a chance of resisting but they

are worried, very worried that the europeans and the americans don't really want vladimir putin to be humiliated in that kind of way and they are dragging theirfeet on kind of way and they are dragging their feet on giving ukraine weapons. ukraine has appealed for more weapons at a meeting of nato foreign ministers in brussels. mason clark is the lead russia analyst at the institute for the study of war. he gave me his perspective on the latest requests coming from the government in kyiv. the emphasis on the last couple of weeks as the current pace of western aid to ukraine is too slow and needs to be ramped up particularly, it has been interesting to watch ukrainian requests over the course of the war changed to where 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 sustained support of lower—level supplies like ammunition and body armour and medical supplies and that sort of thing that will enable them to resist it russian attacks and east of the country as well as enable their own counterattacks. i do think that western is going to increase in the coming weeks particularly, very sadly, the exposure of the russian to crimes which is likely to rally support of the ukraine is likely going to need very sustained support over the coming months as this war is not going to come to a close anytime soon and that is their main concern at this time. do ou see main concern at this time. do you see russia taking all of theirs is a sort of escalation, then? at the west does 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 ? ., �* , already? i don't believe so. i don't believe _ already? i don't believe so. i don't believe western - already? i don't believe so. i don't believe western aid - already? i don't believe so. i | don't believe western aid will be construed as a feather

—esque that are by the kremlin. the kremlin has previously stated that it would treat western military aid as legitimate targets. 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 already doing its utmost in efforts to take the east part of the country. 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 nearfuture. as shanghai continues to face its biggest ever covid—i9 lockdown — some residents are complaining about a lack of food as they continue to be banned from leaving their homes to buy groceries. frank tsai who's the founder of the consultancy firm china crossroads. he explained what life was like there at the moment. we've locked down here in the western part of shanghai for

seven days and around april one, the government had said that, you know, we would be locked down for four days but it has been extended indefinitely. you know, life is very unpredictable. we had no idea that we would be locked down this long. we had a few days to get food so i bought groceries, only enough for a week and has been one week. as you mentioned, we are are experiencing food insecurity and anxiety here in china and i would say more than half the people i know are having trouble ordering food online for a variety of reasons mostly to do with the fact that there are not enough delivery staff in shanghai to deliver all this food. many of the online stores are already locked down themselves. some of the logistic countries to deliver the food are in lockdown and, you know, it is leading to a perfect storm of embarrassment for the government because, you know, it is pretty obvious that they did not plan this too well. i they did not plan this too well. , ., , well. i remember the last time ou are well. i remember the last time you are newsday _ well. i remember the last time you are newsday and - well. i remember the last time you are newsday and we - well. i remember the last time you are newsday and we werel you are newsday and we were

talking about the covid zero approach in china. do you have approach in china. do you have a sense that, as a result of this lockdown, china might shift that policy rethink that zero covid approach at all. i think we are on a point right now and this two year saga of covid. it is kind of an irony that china is the first and may not have been the last to be dealing with are so thinking is definitely changing. educated people realise that omicron is not as deadly and all that kind of disadvantages, last medical care, lost economic activity, but the great mass of chinese people still support the policy mostly because the government has been saying for two years that this is what makes us better in china and her we have a more effective system so popular support is not yet. the party congress is coming up in the fall and the

government has to avoid embarrassment of a huge outbreak so i don't predict the sending but i think thinking is changing on this issue. 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. our middle east correspondent yolande knell sent us this update from jerusalem. 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. our correspondent in islamabad secunder kermani explains what's next for prime minister imran khan.

well, this is a political drama that's been full 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. 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. details emerge of more than a hundred 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 home town 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 rajapa ksa, 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 with an iron fist. and until they go, protesters say they'll stay. the supreme court in the united states has a newjustice —ketanji brown jackson has been confirmed by the us senate. president biden congratulated her on the result, as they watched the vote in the roosevelt room at the white house. as well as becoming the first black woman to sit on the supreme court, jackson will also bejust the 6th woman in history to sit on the highest court in the land. 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 airstrikes 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 accelerator just 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 — and 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, but there have been other indications that there might be more going on in the universe than can be explained

by the standard model. there have been hints of a completely new fifth force of nature from data from the large hadron collider on the swiss—french border. this doctor is among the physicists trying to explain these anomalies. the hope is that these cracks eventually turn into a chasm and that not only confirms that the standard model has broken down, but gives us some idea of what the theory beyond the standard model is. so this data eventually develops into a new direction for how we might get a better understanding of what is at play in nature. all eyes are now on the lhc, which is about to restart after a three—year upgrade. experiments here could soon confirm the result and make more discoveries,

which could lead to a new more complete theory of how the universe works. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. 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.

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