welcome to bbc news. i'm nuala mcgovern. our top stories: alleged war crimes by russian troops near kyiv: the un human rights council orders an urgent inquiry and the bbc sees first—hand evidence of unarmed civilians shot dead as they walk away. translation: they| killed a 65-year-old. what for? i am not so much furious as full of grief. biden�*s baby formula crisis: following days of criticism, the us president announces measures to tackle the nationwide acute shortage. after days of violent unrest in sri lanka, a veteran politician is sworn in as the new prime minister. a team of astronomers unveil the first image of the monster black hole lurking at the centre of our galaxy. and a trifle has triumphed

in the search for the ultimate pudding to mark the queen's platinumjubilee. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the kremlin has accused western countries of using the un human rights council to demonise russia after the body voted to investigate alleged war crimes in ukraine. the inquiry will examine accusations that moscow's forces carried out atrocities north of kyiv at the start of the war. in shocking images caught on cctv, the bbc has found clear evidence of war crimes alleged against russian soldiers near ukraine's capital — two unarmed civilians are shot in cold blood. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. it contains flashing images and some parts which you may find disturbing.

these are russian soldiers on their way to loot and to kill, but their every move is caught on multiple cameras. and so is leonid, the security guard, as he approaches them. the men talk, even smoke and then, the soldiers leave. but suddenly, two turn back. they shoot leonid and a second man multiple times in their backs. leonid somehow survives. his boss dead, the guard staggers back to his hut and starts phoning for help. the russians drove a stolen van daubed with their v symbol and the words "russian tank special forces". and this is the man we saw shooting, now helping himself toa drink. he has no idea he's being filmed.

no—one does, until it's too late. and all this time, leonid is hiding in here, bleeding heavily. weeks later, we found his clothes and mattress bundled up outside. he died before help could reach him. i met the men who'd tried to save leonid, sasha and kostya, who sold air conditioning before the war. translation: we tried to calm him down. - we said, "it's all 0k. "we're coming. "you'll live." maybe it helped him — maybe. they show me how the nearby road looked in those days with russian tanks rolling past their positions. it's notjust the burnt—out buildings and businesses along this road that you see, but things like this — two russian tanks just lodged in the forest, and you can see the vs painted on the front. and it's a really stark reminder ofjust how fierce

the fighting was all along these roads into kyiv and how terrified leonid must have been as he was lying there, bleeding and calling for help. leonid's daughter shared this image of her dad as she'd like him remembered. yuliia is abroad now. she tells me she wants her father's killers to face justice. translation: they| killed a 65-year-old. what for? i'm not so much furious as full of grief and fear. these damn russians are so out of control that i'm afraid of what they might do next. leonid never returned to his home or his pets. another life stolen by russian troops, now notorious for their brutality. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv.

we can now speak to gissou nia, a human rights lawyer and the director of the strategic litigation project at the atlantic council. a very warm welcome to the bbc and thank you forjoining us so we have seen from sarah's report there so many other details of alleged war crimes. how significant do you think it is that the human rights council is adopting resolutions for investigations into possible war crimes, and i think for a lot of people watching this, they have probably heard some statements like this previously but really wondering what difference will it make on the ground? yes. wondering what difference will it make on the ground? yes, so this is very _ it make on the ground? yes, so this is very significant. - it make on the ground? yes, so this is very significant. what - this is very significant. what i see with a resolution that was adopted at the special session of the un human rights council today is that there is a real effort by the council to put a lens on accountability. there is language in the resolution, calling to account for, you know, who is actually perpetrating these violations,

and that's something that we don't always see with content from the human rights council, with its enquiries. there are different commissions of enquiry that have been set up for different conflict situations, human rights crises around the world, and sometimes there is just around the world, and sometimes there isjust an around the world, and sometimes there is just an analysis of what violations have happened but there is not always a naming and shaming of perpetrators. and so, i view this is quite a significant move and shows that the human rights council is serious about sustained efforts for accountability. 50 sustained efforts for accountability. sustained efforts for accountabili , accountability. so they will start an investigation - accountability. so they will start an investigation and l start an investigation and begin to look into some incidents perhaps like that would but we heard about from my colleague. by default but one that we heard about. what time i know we talking about. there was a commission of enquiry that was set up at a session in march. so, is this commission of enquiry that has three independent un experts that have been looking into this situation on the ground. dave made visits, they are

speaking to several societies, they are conducting interviews. but there are other mechanisms at unhcr. -- but there are other mechanisms at unhcr. —— they have made visits. we heard from michelle bachelet today about the efforts her office has made, including the special business wonderful second visit to the region last week to document these violations so i see the resolution today as sort of an effort to focus on this accountability piece and kind of the different pieces of machinery that the council can vote on and establish and that unhcr controls to really co—ordinate with international courts and prosecutors in ukraine and in other european countries that are looking to hold perpetrators accountable. but, i suppose, hold perpetrators accountable. but, isuppose, might hold perpetrators accountable. but, i suppose, might be our next area. what courts might use this information?- next area. what courts might use this information? right, so one thing to — use this information? right, so one thing to note _ use this information? right, so one thing to note is _ use this information? right, so one thing to note is that - use this information? right, so one thing to note is that the i one thing to note is that the commission of enquiry that has

been set up, that was set up in march but which i think the mandate sort of deep into today with the resolution, with these exquisite guidelines, they are not the body that would be tasked with prosecuting perpetrators. that would be dealt with by ukraine's prosecutors that are looking at establishing war crimes prosecutions. that would be dealt with by the international criminal court and the hague, but has a situation open and investigation on the situation of ukraine open, and it has been moving forward, and also dealt with by different european countries that have the ability to prosecute alleged perpetrators under universal jurisdiction. alleged perpetrators under universaljurisdiction. so there are different bodies around the world that would be looking at bringing perpetrators to account. i think with mid to lower level perpetrators but i captured in the ukraine, the possibility of getting them into the dock is a real prospect. i think with going up after a high level perpetrators like military and political leaders and moscow,

putting them in there, that will be difficult but article fortunes can change and they could one day see themselves in the dock —— but article fortunes can change. i the dock -- but article fortunes can change. i was seeinu fortunes can change. i was seeing just _ fortunes can change. i was seeing just now _ fortunes can change. i was seeing just now the - seeing just now the courting people here the first trial since this depression order the —— | since this depression order the —— i wasjust since this depression order the —— i was just seeing that the court in kyiv will be holding the first war crimes trial since mr putin invaded ukraine, about a soldier that killed a man. gissou nia. the white house has announced that the us has passed more than one million deaths from covid—i9. it's the highest official total in the world, although the world health organization believes the true number may be higher in other countries. in a statement, president biden described it as "a tragic milestone". this pandemic isn't over. today, we mark a tragic milestone here in the united states — one million covid deaths. one million empty chairs around the family dinner table, each irreplaceable. irreplaceable losses. each leaving behind a family, a community forever changed because of this pandemic. my heart goes out to all those who are struggling, asking

themselves, "how do i go on without him? "how do i go on without her? "what will we do without them?" it's grief shared by people across all of our nations. the chinese government has announced that it will restrict citizens from leaving the country for non—essential reasons. there'll also be limits placed on the issue of new passports. remain under lockdown. meanwhile, in north korea, at least six people it also reported that almost 190,000 people are currently

vaccinations, relying instead on trying to keep its borders in the us state of california, a wildfire in orange county, south of los angeles, has burned at least 20 mansions fire officials say the blaze has scorched 199 acres since it started on wednesday. hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. will grant reports. another multimillion—dollar manchin reduced californian manchin reduced to ashes in minutes. around 20 californian manchin reduced to ashes i in ninutes. around 20 californian manchin reduced to ashes i in the tes. around 20 californian manchin reduced to ashes i in the tes. around laguna homes in the canyon near laguna beach were quickly engulfed in flames by the fast—moving modifier —— mansion. it's the latest through brick damage along the southern coastline. —— wildfire. firefighters are doing what they can to contain the flames but their job doing what they can to contain the flames but theirjob has been complicated by coastal winds and the long—running drought, worsened by climate

change which has turned the thick brush on the hillsides into dry, brittle kindling. the localfire into dry, brittle kindling. the local fire chief said previously manageable wildfires quickly get out of hand. fiur quickly get out of hand. our fuel moisture _ quickly get out of hand. our fuel moisture is _ quickly get out of hand. oi" fuel moisture is right now are very low which basically means that when a fire starts, it will get established very rapidly. throwing some wind on that and the terrain, the steepness of it, was a bad recipe. steepness of it, was a bad recie. ., ., , steepness of it, was a bad recie. ., ., ., , recipe. mandatory evacuations are in place — recipe. mandatory evacuations are in place for— recipe. mandatory evacuations are in place for several- recipe. mandatory evacuations are in place for several areas | are in place for several areas along the pacific coast while voluntary evacuation orders were also issued. an estimated 900 homes are currently under evacuation and rode have been closed throughout the area. —— roads have been closed. the priority for the fire authorities is saving life and property, in that order. fiur property, in that order. our priorities — property, in that order. our priorities are _ property, in that order. our priorities are always - property, in that order. oi" priorities are always life and property, so as you can see behind us, we've established life security with people evacuating and doing their part by getting out which we

sincerely appreciate. while no in'uries sincerely appreciate. while no injuries have _ sincerely appreciate. while no injuries have yet _ sincerely appreciate. while no injuries have yet been - injuries have yet been reported, the loss of entire losses of communities of homes is a common sight in this desperately parched state. will grant, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the first ever image of the monster black hole at the centre of our galaxy. the pope was shot, the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentencedl to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication - she felt even - the slightest remorse. the chinese government has

called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake — the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legall same—sex marriages have been taking - place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the un human rights council orders an investigation into possible war crimes committed by moscow's forces in ukraine. the white house has announced that the us has passed, more thani million deaths from covid—i9. it's the highest official total in the world. the white house says president biden is taking steps to address an acute shortage of baby formula, that has seen empty

shelves and rationing of the product in shops across the united states. major us pharmacies have restricted sales of baby formula in response to a worsening shortage, which intensified when abbott — which makes top brand similac — closed a key factory and issued a recall in february afterfinding contamination. in the past few hours, white house press secretary, jen psaki, gave an update on the situation. president biden has directed the administration to work urgently to ensure that infant formula is safe and available formula is safe and available forfamilies formula is safe and available for families across the country, during the abbot nutrition voluntary recall. this is work that has been under way for months. today, president biden spoke with retailers and manufacturers, including the ceos of walmart, target, and others to call on them to do more to help families purchase infant formula. joining me now is dr karleen gribble, adjunct associateprofessor at western sydney university, specialising in infant feeding.

grade two have you with us. —— great. think people might be coming new office to the story. just a serious is the situation? i5 just a serious is the situation?— just a serious is the situation? , , , ., , situation? is very serious. because _ situation? is very serious. because infants _ situation? is very serious. because infants who - situation? is very serious. because infants who are l because infants who are dependent on infant formula needed. if they don't have that there's not another product thatis there's not another product that is able to meet their needs. �* , , , ., , needs. and why is the short is takin: needs. and why is the short is taking place? _ needs. and why is the short is taking place? well, _ needs. and why is the short is taking place? well, there - needs. and why is the short is taking place? well, there wasj needs. and why is the short is i taking place? well, there was a roblem taking place? well, there was a problem with — taking place? well, there was a problem with contamination - problem with contamination within this major factory that resulted in them having to shut it down and clean it all and so isjust it down and clean it all and so is just created a shortage of product across the us. i remember that story, some of our stories may remember it as well, so it is really stemming from that. we did see that the white house has responded to this latest crisis, as people are calling it, announcing it will be cutting red tape to get more infant formula to stores and two shelves quicker. how reassuring to think that will

be or any idea how they might do that? ~ ~ , ., do that? well, i think they are doinu do that? well, i think they are doing the _ do that? well, i think they are doing the best _ do that? well, i think they are doing the best they _ do that? well, i think they are doing the best they can, - do that? well, i think they are doing the best they can, theyl doing the best they can, they have an acute problem right now. my concern is that they really need to be dealing with the systemic problems that led to them having so many babies in the us that are dependent on infant formula and so in this situation where they are reliant on supply chains and the way that, you know, makes them vulnerable. i the way that, you know, makes them vulnerable.— them vulnerable. i don't know what's in _ them vulnerable. i don't know what's in infant _ them vulnerable. i don't know what's in infant formula, - them vulnerable. i don't know what's in infant formula, i'm l what's in infant formula, i'm no expert, you are, that is why we have you here, is there anything else that can be used instead of, i don't know, those branded infant formulas, for example, if you have a child that that's what they are being fed at the moment?— that that's what they are being fed at the moment? well, guess the first thing — fed at the moment? well, guess the first thing to _ fed at the moment? well, guess the first thing to note _ fed at the moment? well, guess the first thing to note is - fed at the moment? well, guess the first thing to note is that - the first thing to note is that infant formula as a substitute for breast milk, so the recommendation is that all infants be breast—fed for the first six months, just with breastmilk, and then until they

are two years of age to continue breast—feeding with solid foods. so we have a situation where the food that infants, that they are designed to have, they are meant to have them is being replaced with this other product, which is not as good. there are some real health problems for infants that are being fed infants that are being fed infant formula, but it's as good as we've got, is a tissue replacement, is actually replacing a body fluid that is produced by women is quite complex in terms of composition. so there are very tight requirements about what needs to be in infant formula, it's not something you can make at home. so it does mean that parents who are formula feeding are reliant on the availability of this product, particularly for infants under six months of age. there isn't anything else that they should be being given, if they're not being breast—fed. given, if they're not being breast-fed.— breast-fed. and of course everybody _ breast-fed. and of course everybody will _ breast-fed. and of course everybody will make - breast-fed. and of course everybody will make theirj breast-fed. and of course - everybody will make their own decision about whether they

want to breastfeed or not. they understand your point of view and where you are coming from without. what would you like to see happen then in the future, apart from more breast—feeding, perhaps, being promoted, if i've heard you correctly on that. is there another way around this issue?- around this issue? just briefly- _ around this issue? just briefly. what _ around this issue? just briefly. what really - around this issue? inst briefly. what really needs to be done in the us is to actually remove some of the things that are preventing women from being able to breastfeed. they are the only oecd breastfeed. they are the only 0ecd country that doesn't have paid maternity leave available to women. they also have rampant unethical marketing of infant formula in the us. any who just released a report two weeks ago describing how bad this is and the impact that has on the ability of women to breastfeed. so those are two things that really need to be addressed in the us that will result in a situation where they have fewer infants that are actually in this vulnerable position being dependent on

infant formula. dr position being dependent on infant formula.— infant formula. dr karleen gribble, — infant formula. dr karleen gribble, thank— infant formula. dr karleen gribble, thank you - infant formula. dr karleen gribble, thank you very i infant formula. dr karleen - gribble, thank you very much. we turn to sri lanka now. after days of violent unrest, sri lanka has sworn in a new prime minister. he's a veteran politician who's served as prime minister five times before. protestors forced out mahinda rajapaksa on monday, blaming him for the economic collapse of the country. they're also demanding that his brother, the president, also resign. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from colombo. returning to the top of sri lankan politics, but what will ranil wickremesinghe offer to this troubled nation? ranil wickremesinghe is no stranger to sri lankan politics. he's held the role of prime minister on five previous occasions. but this might be his biggest challenge yet — lifting this island nation out of its worst economic crisis. sitting on the left of sri lankan politics, he's agreed to work with president gotabaya rajapaksa, a neutral choice for the president who is clinging onto power. he replaces mahinda rajapaksa —

seen on the left — who quit as pm on monday. chanting but many say ranil wickremesinghe isn't the face of change they've been chanting for. ranil has been in politics since i was a child. he's a one—member party, and we have a person who has just one member in his party becoming the prime minister of the country and trying to convince the general public here that he is our saviour and solution. he's not our saviour and solution. in the centre of colombo, they're lining up for hand—outs of bread. as desperation deepens, the task ahead for the new prime minister gets even tougher. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka. for many years, scientists have known about the existence of a huge black hole at the centre of our galaxy. now, for the first time, they know exactly what it looks like. pallab ghosh reports. for decades, astronomers

have been on a quest, searching the skies and into the very heart of our galaxy for a mysterious and elusive black hole. now they've found it and taken this picture. the black hole is at the centre of the image. it's revealed by swirling hot matter pulled in by powerful gravitational forces. it's dark, you're not meant to see a black hole, it traps light. and yet here we are, capturing something that's meant to be invisible, seeing at the literal edge of space and time. i think that's truly remarkable. a black hole is created by a dead star collapsing in on itself. more than 500,000 computer simulations have been run and compared to the actual image. scientists believe that this video reconstruction is the closest to what the black hole in our galaxy looks like. no single telescope can see the object, so several have been linked together to create a giant observatory on earth. here, high in the mountains of southern spain, scientists

have been part of that search. we're in the heart of a telescope that's a0 years old... inside is a man who came up with the idea of photographing a black hole when he was a student in the i990s. it's a fulfilment of a dream and the beginning of a new chapter, actually. studying black holes in great detail. they�* re no longer fantasy. we can test all our understanding and our models. we can do precision astrophysics. how does it make you feel now that you've finally produced this image? it's... you know, it's wonderful. for researchers, this is just the beginning. theory has now become reality, and they can now kick on to find out how this black hole really works and even how our own galaxy came to be. pallab ghosh, bbc news.

now back down to earth. and finally, a lemon swiss roll and amaretti trifle has won the competition to be the queen's platinum jubilee pudding. it'll follow in the footsteps of the coronation chicken and the victoria sponge, now part of the british food story. the duchess of cornwall announced the winner on a special programme on the bbc. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has been to meet the champion baker. gemma's lemon swiss roll and amaretti trifle. it was a unanimous decision from the judges. and a popular choice among herfellow finalists. i hope peoplejust stick their spoon in it and eat it how they want to eat it. gemma's trifle is a twist on the traditional trifle — based on recipes passed down from her gran and her nan, and inspired by lemon posset, served at the queen's wedding. i cannot believe it. everything that i was up against was just the most beautiful desserts, puddings, with beautiful stories. that this quite humble trifle has won is a bit surreal. this will hopefully go down

in history, it's something i'm going to have to try and process for a few weeks, i think. almost 5,000 entries were cut down to just five. the all—female shortlist had to make their pudding for the queen of baking. very happy! fit for a queen, mary! quite right. the pudding will now be sold at fortnum & mason — all proceeds will go to charity. the flavours were incredible. from my point of view as a chef, she made every element, but you could also buy most of the elements, so that became accessible to everybody. and, you know, it's a trifle, but it's a beautiful, beautiful trifle, and it's sunshine in a bowl. a trifle to mark a moment in history. alongside victoria sponge and coronation chicken, we now have a queen elizabeth ii platinum pudding. daniela relph, bbc news, central london. you can reach me on twitter.

i'm @bbcnuala. looking forward to that being on the menu. thanks very much watching bbc news. hello again. we're looking at a fairly windy day today across northern areas of the country, and there's a bit of rain around, as well. this is where the rain's been over recent hours, it's been quite wet in northern ireland. a few splashes from northern england, north wales, but the majority of the rain has been working its way across scotland. it will continue to move its way eastwards over the next few hours, the rain ending to become confined, really, to north—western areas of scotland, where it will be quite heavy at times, quite windy, as well. these are kind of temperatures as we head into the first part of friday morning. so it is a mild start to the day, 9—ii celsius. then for many of us, it's a bright enough start, as well. some sunshine to come for england and wales, but a different story for scotland, where low pressure will be pushing this band of rain, particularly across northern and western areas. through the day, there should be an improvement with a bit of sunshine coming through across eastern and southern

scotland, but perhaps staying quite damp across northern areas, particularly for the northern isles. the rain reluctant to push away. in the sunshine across england and wales, the winds a little bit lighter to the south, and there will be a bit more of that sunshine, so warmer — temperatures reaching 22 celsius or so, but quite cool underneath those windier conditions in scotland with that rain, as well. well, into the weekend weather prospects, well, we have some thundery showers that we are watching to come up from the south. however, on saturday, should be a largely dry day with sunshine for the majority of the country, given those brighter skies are working in across scotland, and to a degree northern england and northern ireland, as well, we'll see those temperatures climbing a little bit here. i7 celsius or so for glasgow, 17—18 in parts of northern ireland. but it's in eastern england that we will see that day's highest temperatures — up to 22—23 celsius. saturday night time, there probably will be some thunderstorms coming up from the south. now, these are going to be hit or miss in nature. the first batch of thundery showers probably not bringing a huge amount of rain, but could bring lots of lightning, but, as we get into sunday and then monday, as well, there is a greater chance of seeing some heavier downpours develop over time. still on sunday, there will be some places that stay dry with some hazy

spells of sunshine. it will start to feel a little bit more humid in the south compared with recent days. i9 celsius in glasgow, still into the low 20s across parts of the south and east, but then monday, we've got rain or thundery showers that will break out a little bit more widely. some of the rain quite heavy.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the united nations is setting up an investigation into alleged war crimes by russian forces in ukraine, prompting moscow to complain that it's being demonised by western countries. the bbc has seen footage showing two unarmed civilians near kyiv being shot in the back by russian soldiers. it's one of more than 10,000 cases of alleged war crimes being investigated currently. the white house has announced that the us has passed more than one million deaths from covid—19. it's the highest official total in the world, although the world health organization believes the true number may be higher in other countries. a wildfire in orange county, south of los angeles, has burned at least 20 mansions to the ground. fire officials say the blaze has scorched 199 acres since it started on wednesday. hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes.