this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories... russia is suspended from the un human rights council looking into alleged war crimes — as harrowing details emerge of ukrainian civilians held captive undergound. there were people here, including dozens of children, who were living amongst corpses for hours, sometimes days. meet the new supreme courtjustice, ketangi brown jackson — the first black woman appointed to america's highest court. another attack in israel — at least two people dead and eight wounded in a shooting in central tel aviv. and from big budget shooters to indie favourites — hit games have been battling it out for glory at the bafta awards.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in ukraine, where there have been more harrowing accounts of life under russian occupation. the city of chernihiv has just about survived, following a siege lasting several weeks. tens of thousands of residents suffered punishing conditions with little food, water or power. whole neighbourhoods have been flattened. and details are now emerging of 130 people, held captive in the basement of a school for a month. our correspondent, yogita limaye, has been given rare access to the area, now russian forces have pulled out. her report contains material some viewers may find 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another area the russians have withdrawn from, more unimaginable trauma.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, the un general assembly has 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. 0rde kittrie is author of the book lawfare: law as a weapon of war and is now a senior fellow with the foundation for defense of democracies. here's his take on russia's suspension. i think it's very significant and i think the general assembly suspension of russia from the human rights council is a historic step towards isolating russia and cleaning up isolating russia and cleaning up the dictator dominated human rights council. i think it sends a clear message to the russian people that rushes egregiously violating the law of armed conflict and human rights law. russia obviously keeps trying to claim it is the

victim but this is where it is shown russia is lying and the world is not buying the lies. you say this is historic and isolating russia and sends a message to the russian people. we have seen sanctions upon sanction imposed on russia, they have not released of russia doing what it is doing in ukraine. when the suspension was announced russia said it does not respect the human rights council and we were going to leave anyway so will this change what russia is doing? i this change what russia is doinu ? ., �* ~' doing? i don't think it will chance doing? i don't think it will change what _ doing? i don't think it will change what russia - doing? i don't think it will change what russia is - doing? i don't think it will. change what russia is doing doing? i don't think it will- change what russia is doing all by itself. there is a military dimension to this which is paramount. there is also frankly a sanctions dimension to this, even though many sanctions have been put on russia with a lot of fanfare, josep borrell, the eu representative for foreign affairs, said yesterday since the invasion, the eu has blocked 35 billion euros of

russian energy, oil, gas, coal and has only provided $1 billion in aid to ukraine. at the same time, there are many key countries, key economies worldwide that aren't participating in sanctions at all. and what needs to be done in that regard to ramp up the sanctions pressure on russia. russia is a permanent member of the un security council and cannot be removed from that so what more can the un do? it’s what more can the un do? it's interesting _ what more can the un do? it�*s interesting because the security council is the only un body that has the ability to impose legally binding sanctions. but the un general assembly has the ability to strongly recommend that member states engage in sanctions. and in the past, the un general assembly has done that vis—a—vis south africa, for example, or portugal during its colonial era, the un general assembly imposed a complete

embargo on both of those countries. which provided significant leveraging getting them to change their ways. yet thus far, the three un general assembly resolutions with regard to russia have said nothing whatsoever about economic sanctions. it seems to me the next resolution ought to take that sanctions issue head—on and recommend un member states cut off all trade with russia. two men ? one of whom is said to be linked to pakistan s main intelligence agency — have been arrested in washington dc and charged with impersonating us government officials. it's alleged the men showered secret service agents with gifts over the course of a year and a half. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis. david, good evening to you there on the west coast, so what more do we know about this? it what more do we know about this? , . ., , ., this? it is certainly an intriguing _ this? it is certainly an intriguing tale. - this? it is certainly an intriguing tale. two . this? it is certainly an - intriguing tale. two men, one

of them with alleged links to pakistani intelligence are alleged to have duped secret service agents in washington, dc into believing that they were members of law enforcement and they went to elaborate lengths it would seem in order to pull this off. finding out who worked as local law enforcement officers in a particular washington, dc apartment building, targeting those people, plying them with tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts including iphones and television sets before the fbi caught up with them. the fbi searched vehicles and apartments belonging to these men, they confiscated ammunition, weapons, body armour and they also found a list of details of who was living in the apartment building and visas from pakistan and iran relating to one of the two men. the two men were arrested yesterday, appeared in court today in

washington, dc charged with impersonating federal officers but what is most frustrating about this whole thing is that officials are not saying what the motive was for these men, what they were doing, who was financing them and so on. but if found guilty of impersonating a federal officer they could be sentenced to up to three years in jail. this they could be sentenced to up to three years in jail.- to three years in “ail. this is not the first h to three years in jail. this is not the first time _ to three years in jail. this is not the first time that - to three years in jail. this is not the first time that the i not the first time that the conduct of us secret service agents has been the focus of news reports? it agents has been the focus of news reports?— news reports? it is not in these peeple _ news reports? it is not in these people charged - news reports? it is not in l these people charged with protecting the president of the united states, the vice president, theirfamilies, visiting foreign dignitas and former presidents around the clock and years ago, various members of the detail attached to then president barack obama were found to have consorted with prostitutes in colombia during a presidential visit there. some were dismissed and some resigned. this latest incident has seen four secret service agents placed on administrative leave whilst

inquiries continue.- inquiries continue. david, thank yon _ two people have been killed and eight wounded, after a gunman opened fire in the centre of the israeli city of tel aviv. it's the fourth attack of its kind in just over two weeks. shelley phelps reports. the moment first responders rushed to reports of a gunman on one of tel aviv is the busiest streets. it had been filled with pubgoers and diners. who gathered shocked and shaken in the aftermath of the attack. iam coming i am coming from north tel aviv and driving, and there is no police yet. i see a bunch of people running and i hear loud noises so i ran this way. and i parked right here. and now i am here. and i have been hiding

under the bar, here. and i have been hiding underthe bar, i here. and i have been hiding under the bar, i have seen many police looking very focused with guns. a huge manhunt is under way for the shooter and residents have been told to stay indoors. behind us, a restaurant, famiiies— behind us, a restaurant, families were sitting having supiper— families were sitting having supper and drinks. and all of a sudden, — supper and drinks. and all of a sudden, the terrorist came over and shot— sudden, the terrorist came over and shot them, shot ten innocent people. and injured them — innocent people. and injured them. unfortunately, two of them — them. unfortunately, two of them were murdered. the terrorist _ them were murdered. the terrorist ran away and we are now — terrorist ran away and we are now doing _ terrorist ran away and we are now doing all that we can do. the wounded were taken to a nearby hospital. regretfully, reg retfully, two were regretfully, two were declared dead but now we are still fighting in order to save lives. translation: i wasjust translation: i was just walking and then i felt a lot of blood, i saw

blood, i turned felt a lot of blood, i saw blood, iturned right felt a lot of blood, i saw blood, i turned right and a friend looked and saw there was a lot of blood. they laid me down, they called an ambulance and the neighbours helped me. this is the latest in the deadliest wave of attacks in israel for several years. two previous attacks were carried out by arab israelis with links to the islamic state group and one by a palestinian from the west bank. the israeli prime minister — naftali bennett — has vowed the perpetrator will be found and anyone who helped them will "pay a price". shelley phelps, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: back to the real world after two years of virtual ceremonies — the video game industry gets together to celebrate.

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... 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. the united states supreme court has a newjustice — ketanji brown jackson has been confirmed by the us senate. she'll become the first black woman to sit on the country's highest court — and only the sixth woman in history to be a supreme courtjustice. three republican senators joined democrats to vote in favour of her confirmation. sonia gipson rankin is a law professor at the university of new mexico and former president of the new mexico black lawyers association. i asked for her reaction to this historic confirmation. this is a reallyjoyous day in the united states for all americans.

the honorable ketanji brown jackson is a testament of a true american story. a family that was born here, raised here, she's had a commitment and a life of service to this nation, to service of the justice system. this is a fantastic day forjustice and for all of us. tell us a bit about what her character is like, and the way she will shape and influence supreme court decisions in years to come. i think that's a great question. i think we have already seen a glimpse of her character. calm under pressure, able to take really complex ideas and make them palatable and understandable to the common person in the community, and i believe that from what we watched from her, dealing with the confirmation hearings, herability to reflect on the law, to show her reflection and understanding, the depth and the breadth of the legal decision she has already decided in her previous position, there were 600 opinions over the course of her career.

i believe we are going to see her bring that same appreciation for the rule of law and how it serves citizens. her background, as a public defender, is the first in the united states supreme court history. and her understanding of the justice system and how the system works to achieve justice is going to really play out in how she interacts with her colleagues on the bench. you are former president of the new mexico black lawyers' association. what does this mean for black lawyers and attorneys in the united states? here is what we know. right now, about 8% of first—year law students are black women. we know that, in the practice of law, less than 5% of all lawyers in the united states are black but, what the honourable ketanji brown jackson has gone through, to get to where she is, the pedigree and the things she accomplished and the work she's done, is really a sign

for everyone to persevere, to stay committed to the task and to continue to keep their eye on the ball and the prize, and being placed on the united states supreme court, and the work she's going to do on behalf of persons in the united states and around the world, is going to be monumental. 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 south asian island nation. protests are continuing across sri lanka, calling for the ruling rajapaksa brothers — who hold the offices of president and prime minister — to step down. from their home town in the south of the country, our 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 able 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. with nearly a million deaths — the united states has had more fatalities caused by covid than any other country. many people are trying to put the pandemic behind them, and many countries now have policies of living with covid. but for the us — as elsewhere — covid is still a potential danger. as tim allman reports. even on broadway, sometimes the show must not go on. most of these theatres only reopened in the second half of last year after being shut for the best part of 18 months but now the curtain is falling once more. only at a couple of venues

and only any to begin with for a couple of days. ticket holders don't seem too worried. i am not as concerned because we are all vaccinated and boosted and i know that theatres have mask still. i don't think i would go if they did not require maskings and vaccinations. it seems to be a head cold so as far as i'm concerned i need to live and get on with things. be it a head cold or something more serious covid has not disappeared. the latest high—profile case, nancy pelosi. she is currently asymptomatic but the concern is still there. the sub variant that is going along with it, i the ba.2 sub variant is thought to be even more transmissiblel than omicron. tell that to the thousands of baseball fans who came to see this chicago clubs played the milwaukee brewers. 0pening day in the new season. no virus could keep away the crowds. it looks like america is done with covid. but the question that has

to be asked, is covid done with america? tim allman, bbc news. bafta has recognised the achievements of the video games industry, which has reached record levels of popularity in the uk ? worth £7 billion, just over $9 billion — to the economy in just one year. the bbc s gaming reporter steffan powell was at the award ceremony. applause. it's been two years of virtual ceremonies, so nominees really made the most of the glitz and glamour of a bafta awards do. and the title enjoying that bafta glow most tonight, with four awards in total including the best game, is returnal, a dark, action—packed psychological horror that made the most of the latest gaming technology. it's, i guess, people want to experience different things. i guess that's all about, and, you know, when i go out

there and explore the world. it's kind of the first time being here, so it's awesome. it feels wonderful, of course, and we're so proud for the team that they made it. and although it's a global industry, these awards also have a uk focus. forza horizon 5 driving away with the award for best british game. recognising games since 2004, this event gives the gaming industry a mainstream legitimacy that many of tonight's winners passionately believe it deserves. and the bafta goes to... ..returnal! applause. but after spending much of the last few difficult years looking for ways to escape, perhaps it's no surprise that a title that lets you vent your frustration on invading aliens is tonight's big winner. steffan powell, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @ rich preston. thank you for watching. see you next time. hello. thursday brought us a mixture of sunshine and showers. we also had reports of hail around and generally it was quite wet. 0n the satellite picture we have a developing low pressure that will bring wet and windy weather to france for friday. a trough that will enhance the showers and downpours, sweeping in from the north—west as we go on through today. right now, showers mostly affecting northern areas, particularly in scotland, some are falling snow especially over the high ground, bringing the risk of icy stretches and a widespread frost as well. cold start as we head into the first of friday.

let's take a look at the low pressure to the south, outbreaks of rain from this system just about raising the south coast of england, will not take much either way to bring the rain across southern england or equally keep it out to sea so it's one of those forecasts that will be a close call today. away from that, many of us start the day with sunshine, cold and frosty, widespread showers and thunderstorms moving in across scotland and northern ireland through the morning and into northern england through the afternoon. the showers widespread across these areas, they will have hail and thunder are mixed in. temperature is about ten or 11 degrees but the wind is not quite as strong so if you are out and about, it might feel more pleasant. for saturday, it's rather showery, the majority of the showers across northern and western areas although tending to die away from northern ireland later on saturday as pressure rises. looking at temperatures again about 9—12 or 13 degrees

in the south. the second half of the weekend sees this area of the weekend sees this area of low pressure starting to slowly moving towards our shores off the atlantic. sunday, nice enough start with plenty of morning sunshine, tending to cloud over from the west and we may well start to see some patches of rain, light stuff really arriving in northern ireland before the end of the day but as the winds turned more to a southerly direction, it gets milder, ten to 14 direction, it gets milder, ten to 1a degrees for most, chilly across the far north of scotland. next week is unsettled, a spell of rain followed by its showers. that is your latest.

this is bbc news. the headlines... russia has been suspended from the un human rights council looking into alleged war crimes — as harrowing details emerge of ukrainian civilians held captive undergound. 130 people were trapped in the basement of a chernihiv school for a month. thousands of residents faced life with little food or water. the united states supreme court has a newjustice. ketanji brown jackson has been confirmed by the us senate. she'll become the first black woman to sit on the bench of the country's highest court — and only the sixth woman in history to be a supreme courtjustice. pakistan's prime minister imran khan could face removal from office this weekend,

after the country's top court ruled his move