you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: investigators uncover evidence of mass graves and other atrocities allegedly committed by russian soldiers in the kherson region of ukraine. relatives of the 298 people on board the malaysian airliner shot down over ukraine in 2014 give their reaction to the life sentences handed down to three men convicted of murder. when you look at the world, all these tragedies happen, but this one was part of me, it's part of my life, and it'll stay there forever. as the cop27 climate summit in egypt reaches its final day, and with a deal still to be done, we've been speaking to a senior advisor to the un secretary general. twitter tells staff to stay at home until monday after reports that many employees are quitting elon musk�*s new company.

and the end of an era in american politics: nancy pelosi says she won't seek re—election to lead the democrats in the house. hello. welcome to the programme. we begin in ukraine and the southern city of kherson, which was recently liberated after russian forces withdrew. but investigators there say they've found 63 bodies of ukrainian civilians, which show signs of torture. russia denies its forces have committed atrocities. our correspondent james waterhouse has been speaking to people who were held by russian forces in kherson. a warning — you may find the details are upsetting. it's only once russia leaves...

..that you get a sense of what they've done. what allegedly happened here is a picture of brutality. this used to be a police station in kherson. after russian forces took control, officials say it became a torture chamber. angella, a tvjournalist, spent 31 days there. translation: on the third floor, people, men were beaten. on the first floor, we heard that it was electrocution. when a person is being tortured with electricity, you hear it. it is a peculiar sound. after hearing what angella's been through, you get a really vivid glimpse of what this place must have been like.

there is still the smell of burning in the air, but the silence is almost deafening, and each one of these rooms has its own story and all of them will come out over time. she shared cell number six with four other women. what she didn't know was that her boyfriend was there too. translation: there were some people i who were electrocuted. it was horrible. one guy was brought to the cell after interrogation. his tongue was black. it was so swollen, he couldn't put it back in his mouth. in kherson, daily life runs alongside grim discoveries. a mass grave was found here. elsewhere in the city, the bodies of 63 civilians were also found.

they all, say investigators, showed signs of being tortured. "there were more than 3,000 crimes "committed throughout occupation," the chief investigator tells us. "90% of them are war crimes, "including rape, torture and murder." as the evidence mounts, so do moscow's denials of targeting civilians. but when russia retreats, it leaves a now—familiar footprint. james waterhouse, bbc news, kherson. meanwhile, fresh russian strikes have hit cities across ukraine. they're the latest in a wave of attacks that have crippled the country's energy plants as winter sets in. we can now speak to mark montgomery who's a retired us navy rear admiral and now a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies. he previously served as policy director

of the us senate armed services committee. thank you very much for being with us. it is russia's intentions with this latest missile strikes?— intentions with this latest missile strikes? thank you for havin: missile strikes? thank you for having me. — missile strikes? thank you for having me, and _ missile strikes? thank you for having me, and it— missile strikes? thank you for having me, and it is— missile strikes? thank you for having me, and it is pretty - having me, and it is pretty clear that the intentions here are twofold. first, they are seeking retribution for what happened on the battlefield. second, this is about trying to break the will of the ukrainian people. we take that for granted. but these attacks on the critical infrastructure of ukraine, the damage to public health and safety, they can have a long—term cumulative impact on the population in an attempt to break their wills. how can ukraine best to defend against these types of attacks? this is where the united states and european allies come in. we have to provide them with the missile and cruise missile

defence systems that they need. we need to push faster to get them systems, notjust the two that are coming into ukraine now, but there are six more on order, we have to get access missiles from pork systems that other countries are honest into theatre, and any remaining missiles from former countries in nato need to be transferred as soon as possible. i also tell you that we have to attack or dismember the russian military industrial complexes, access to critical materials. they need to build cruise missiles. i promise to the russians are getting low on these systems. they have been firing them consistently for eight months now. we need to make sure that they cannot restock themselves rapidly. there were scenes of tribulation over the last week when her son was liberated by ukrainian forces. a real sense that things were being tipped in favour of ukraine —— kherson. is the balance now

swinging back towards russia? i swinging back towards russia? i think you have to look at this as two different battlefields. there is the ground manoeuvre on the front lines, really the ukrainians have had the upper hand. the use of the artillery we give them, particularly the longer range systems, that is very important. but the other battlefield, battlefield that is the nation's resilience, the ukrainian�*s nation resilience is under threat. these attacks took out 12 electricity power substations. disconnecting two of the three remaining nuclear power plants from the grid. this type of attack can have both short—term impact on the movement of forces and things, but a longer term impact on the will of the ukrainian people. 0k, will of the ukrainian people. ok, admiral mark montgomery, thank you very much for being with us. ., ~ , ., in the netherlands, a court

in the hague has found three men guilty of murdering 298 people after shooting down a malaysian airlines plane over ukraine in 2014. the men — two russians and a ukrainian — were tried in absentia and given life sentences. anna holligan sent this report. speaks dutch thejudges ruled that the three men had set out to bring down a plane, even though they had intended to shoot down a military, not a civilian aircraft. the court found the surface—to—air missile was supplied by a russian military brigade and fired from territory controlled by russian—backed separatists. for the relatives at the epicentre of this disaster, this long—awaited judgement day brought mixed emotions. when you listened to what was said in there, what was your feeling? it was grief, anger, relief, anger, grief. when you look at the world, all these tragedies happen, but this one was part of me, part of my life,

and it'll stay there forever, so... the families here have been waiting eight years for this verdict, and the sentiment among so many of them is that their loved ones were among the first casualties of a conflict which is still raging today. this verdict is a reminder that russia's military presence in ukraine started long before this year's full—scale invasion. many of the victims�* families feel this is a vindication of their sentiment, but if the world had taken a tougher stance against russia eight years ago, that invasion and the geopolitical instability that followed could have been avoided. 0k! among them, elsemiek's father, hans de borst. he cherishes the memories of his only child and her documents, recovered intact from the crash site. it is extremely important to me. that feeling of justice to be done gives a good feeling

and gives, i hope, gives some peace about this subject. while thisjudgement can't heal the pain and is unlikely to result in anyone serving life for taking those 298 lives, it has established the truth and has kept the victims�* memories alive. anna holligan, bbc news, schiphol. the hours are counting down to hammer out a deal at the cop27 climate summit in egypt. negotiations have been going on for almost two weeks. friday is supposed to be the final day when the most important commitments and decisions are made, but there's concern the talks could collapse. the un secretary general antonio gutteres urged delegates to reach an �*ambitious and credible�* deal. we must have agreed solutions in front of us to respond to the damage, close the gap and deliver on finance. the climate clock is ticking and trust keep

eroding. the parties of cop27 have a chance to make a difference here and now, and i urge them to act, and act quickly. earlier, i spoke to rachel kyte who is dean of the fletcher school at tufts university. she is also a senior climate change advisor to the un secretary general. she had just flown back from cop27 a few hours ago, and i asked her how the talks were going. it isa it is a physics and negotiation that comes down to the wire. this time around, the egyptian presidency introduced that text very late in the day. it is still really a laundry list without some detail, but there are important significant movement in particular on loss and damage whether european union seems to be moving its position, not everywhere, and there is some tension within there is some tension within the european union, but there is the possibility of if not a complete agreement on a financial facility complete agreement on a financialfacility for complete agreement on a financial facility for loss and damage, which is what the developing world really wanted coming into the talks, but

substantial movement in that direction. so it is still all to play for. direction. so it is still all to play for-— direction. so it is still all to play for. what are some of the main _ to play for. what are some of the main sticking _ to play for. what are some of the main sticking points - to play for. what are some of the main sticking points at i the main sticking points at the summit? a, , ., , the main sticking points at the summit? , ., , ., , summit? money, money, money, mone , summit? money, money, money, money. money! — summit? money, money, money, money, money! at _ summit? money, money, money, money, money! at the _ summit? money, money, money, money, money! at the end - summit? money, money, money, money, money! at the end of- summit? money, money, money, money, money! at the end of the| money, money! at the end of the day, the longer we don�*t act, the longer it will cost us. it will cost the transition to renewable energy, the more it will cost the damage that we are already incurring from climate impact on the more it will cost countries, rich countries that can, should and can afford to help developing countries, it will help —— assemble to do so. all the way through these talks, the question of who is financing with what finance and how has come up there has been important movement away from the text of the negotiations, the text of the negotiations, the deals for indonesia and egypt, and also, some reframing of what we are supposed to be financing. the indian prime minister, interestingly after last year has been seen to be blocking language in glasgow around phasing out fossil

fuels, basically calling for a phase out of fossil fuels. so in the are taking up the mantle of leadership now. fine in the are taking up the mantle of leadership now.— of leadership now. one of the observations _ of leadership now. one of the observations with _ of leadership now. one of the observations with the - of leadership now. one of the observations with the cop27 i observations with the cop27 summit in egypt as many western countries in europe have taken their eye off the ball when it comes to climate change because of pressing problems in their home turf. how much are things like the war in ukraine detracting from talks at cop27? it is clearly changed in some respects the energy dynamic, we have an energy supply shop, europe has responded to that by pivoting away from russian hydrocarbons, but the european union has not watered down its commitment to climate change. in fact, it is actually extended its ambition are what it has done however is entered energy markets and buy a lot of gas and has fought has. the price of energy, and that has forced a number of developing countries into debt distress, so there is a feeling that the developed world caused the problem is not with enough assistance weekly enough, and thatis assistance weekly enough, and that is what really is eroding

the trust which you heard the secretary general remark. there are more energy deals done on the margins of cop27 that they were gas deals even though the oil and gas industry was actually there unless, very different from glasgow. but you can�*t change the science, you can�*t change the science, you can�*t change the markets. at the end of the day, renewable energy will be the cheapest, easiest, quickest way for us to meet the one in five goals. how to end what is going to finance it is really the sticking point. if it is really the sticking oint. . ~ it is really the sticking oint. ., ~ ., ., ., point. if talk more about oil and gas- — point. if talk more about oil and gas. role _ point. if talk more about oil and gas. role have - point. if talk more about oil and gas. role have those i and gas. role have those industries played? i and gas. role have those industries played? i think the best estimate _ industries played? i think the best estimate is _ industries played? i think the best estimate is that - industries played? i think the best estimate is that there i industries played? i think the best estimate is that there is| best estimate is that there is about 670 obvious to one kind or another for the about 670 obvious to one kind or anotherfor the oil and about 670 obvious to one kind or another for the oil and gas industry, which is a big change from recent climate negotiations. they were there only badged as other people, some were badged as a country somewhere badged as a non—governmental organisation,

so they were a little shy, didn�*t want it all up with their corporate badges on. but i think the question, especially next year as well, because the talks will move to the united arab emirates, is how do these companies transition themselves and how do these companies play a role in sparing the transition? again, they cannot and do not deny the science, but importantly, in most countries in the world, oil companies nationally owned, so how do you help nationally owned companies make the transition, that shell and bp will tell you they are beginning to make? stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as the cop27 climate summit in egypt twitter tell staff to stay at home until monday. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan�*s general election and she�*s asked pakistan�*s president to name her as prime minister.

jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest i demonstration so far of the fast—growing _ european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it�*s opening the country�*s remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, i one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. i 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, i which has caused millions. of pounds' worth of damage. this is bbc news. the latest headlines —

the bbc hears details of alleged atrocities by russian soldiers, before they left the liberated region of kherson in ukraine. a dutch court sentences two russians and one ukrainian to life in prison, for shooting down a malaysia airlines plane, killing all 298 people on board. twitter has told employees not to return to the office, in a message obtained by the bbc. workers were told offices would reopen on monday 21st workers were told offices november. the announcement comes amid reports that a large number of staff are quitting, after new owner elon musk gave employees an ultimatum to work "long hours at high intensity" or leave. no reason has been given for the closures. for more on this story, i�*m joined now by our north america correspondent, david willis. good to see you. what has been happening at twitter hq?

on wednesday, elon musk gave twitter employees until five o�*clock in the evening to decide whether they were going to stay with the company or take three months�* severance pay, or stay on and work as you put a just now, at high intensity for longer hours. well, it seems like there has been virtually a stampede for the exit with hundreds of twitter employees opting to take that severance pay, and that has prompted mr musk, and his advisers, to get into negotiations with some critical staff who they rely upon to give the social platform working. it is also apparently causing him to relax the stipulation that employees spend at least a0 hours in the office, suggesting he may be more open to remote working now. as you mentioned, he has closed the offices until monday, no explanation given. meanwhile, trending on twitter is the hashtag riptwitter.

since mr musk bought twitter he has been very active, variable kilometres now his own platform. he has been responding to the latest development? h0 responding to the latest development? responding to the latest develoment? ., , ., development? no response from the communications i development? no response from the communications department| the communications department because there isn�*t one. they have all that. elon musk himself has three versions and all saying in a tweet, he said, "how do you make a small fortune on social media? well, you start with a big one. the key concern here is that some of the workforce reductions have involved people whose work involves child protection on working on such things such as content moderation, and that has raised the concern of federal regulators who say that there could be a consumer privacy implication here with data security measures having been subject to lapses, that sort of thing. it seems that elon musk is running this

company basically whether a contract, he has brought in some people such as his brother and people from toffler operations but it is becoming much more difficult to run a social media platform than to launch a rocket into space. thank you. it�*s been more than a week since polls closed in the us mid terms, and we now know the result. the republicans will take control of the house of representatives. the seat that handed them the majority was california�*s district 27, with the republican incumbent mike garcia re—elected. it means they have passed the 218—seat threshold. although our partners cbs, project the republicans majority will be five seats at most. and that means there will be a new speaker, most likely kevin mccarthy. it also marks the end of an era, with the democrat nancy pelosi today announced she�*s standing down.

my friends, no matter what title you all, my colleagues, have bestowed upon me — speaker, leader, whip — there is no greater official honour for me than to stand on this floor and to speak for the people of san francisco. this i will continue to do as a member of the house, speaking of the people of san francisco, serving the great state of california and defending our constitution. and with great confidence in our caucus, i will not seek re—election to democratic leadership in the next congress. for me, the hour�*s come from a new generation to lead the democratic caucus that i so deeply respect, and i�*m grateful that so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibility. let�*s now speak to john lawrence, who is a former chief of staff to speaker nancy pelosi, and also author of �*arc of power: inside nancy pelosi�*s speakership 2005—2010�*. hejoins us live from washington, dc.

thank from washington, dc. you forjoining us, let�*s begin thank you forjoining us, let�*s begin with a live inside, what if you like to work with? she is the hardest i if you like to work with? sue: is the hardest working if you like to work with? s“i;e: is the hardest working person i have seen in public life, simultaneously runs the political operation, she manages a caucus of over 200 members, she has a strategic plan for members, she has a strategic planfor campaigns, members, she has a strategic plan for campaigns, the legislation, she represents the house and its negotiations with the senate and with the white house, and with the strangely bifurcated system that the united states government has, and she has really done a marvellous job in promoting and she has really done a marvellousjob in promoting the role of women and minorities to play a much larger role in the government, particularly in the democratic caucus in the house, so she has been a formidable force for now two decades. tiara

force for now two decades. two decades, force for now two decades. two decades. a _ force for now two decades. two decades, a lengthy i force for now two decades. two decades, a lengthy career in politics, are you surprised she is standing down? i�*m politics, are you surprised she is standing down?— is standing down? i'm not really surprised i is standing down? i'm not really surprised because l is standing down? i'm not i really surprised because she is now the second longest serving party leader in congress in history. she has served under minority and majority, she served under republican presidents, president bush, president trump, and under majority presidents, president obama, president biden, and all those situations she has been able to regularly pass legislation that she had as highest priority, climate change, healthcare, infrastructure, human rights. these other things that she set out as a legislative objectives of her career, and she has been able to be unusually successful, both in terms of passing legislation and in terms of electing democratic and winning the majority. it has been a difficult couple of years for her personally and professionally, we saw the awful pictures from the insurrection, people trying to seek out ms policy, there was

also the recent attack on her husband in the home in california, how much would that have impacted her decision to step aside now? it have impacted her decision to step aside now?— have impacted her decision to step aside now? it has probably had an impact. i step aside now? it has probably had an impact. she i step aside now? it has probably had an impact. she feels i step aside now? it has probably had an impact. she feels such l step aside now? it has probably had an impact. she feels such a strong identification with the congress, particularly with the house, and to see the congress, the capital of the united states, the people�*s as subjected to the desecration that it was, with the encouragement of the outgoing president, it must have been a terribly, terribly disturbing, both for her, her staff, the police and others, and then of course as you mention the attack on her husband a few weeks ago. these things obviously must weigh on her after a career of 35 years in congress. after a career of 35 years in congress-— after a career of 35 years in concress. ,, , , , ., .,, congress. she stepping down as bi aer but congress. she stepping down as bigger but she _ congress. she stepping down as bigger but she will i congress. she stepping down as bigger but she will still i congress. she stepping down as bigger but she will still be i bigger but she will still be representing constituents in california, one must argue that they must now be told that they could have attention?— could have attention? yes, and i'm not sure — could have attention? yes, and i'm not sure how— could have attention? yes, and i'm not sure how it i

could have attention? yes, and i'm not sure how it is i could have attention? yes, and i'm not sure how it is in i could have attention? yes, and i'm not sure how it is in the i i�*m not sure how it is in the british parliament but there is a bit of attention when you are a bit of attention when you are a national leader and have to reconcile all the different points of view that exist within your caucus, and cut the kind of deal that you have to do is a leader, as opposed to the specific positions of the people who elected you back when you were in the district, in her case in san francisco, so she will be able to continue as a representative of san francisco, she would be a backbencher, she will very much be sorted out by the new members in terms of their accommodation to the house of representatives but also to the senior members of congress who are going to have to negotiate some very dangerous and perilous waters here as we move into the era of divided government, once again. tom lawrence. — government, once again. tom lawrence, former i government, once again. tom lawrence, former chief i government, once again. tom lawrence, former chief of i government, once again. tom lawrence, former chief of staff to speaker nancy pelosi who is backing down from the role, thank you for making the type arise. —— morris. much more on the website. you can download the website. you can download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @ richpreston.

please get in touch. we�*ll see you next time. goodbye. hello. our very unsettled spell of november weather is set to continue for some of us, particularly towards the north and east. there�*s some fairly heavy rain in the forecast over the next 2a hours or so. further south and towards the south—west, things are tending to dry out through the day on friday, so it�*s going to be a day of mixed fortunes. let�*s look at the expected rainfall accumulation over the next 2a hours. not much for southern england, wales, northern ireland, but take a look at scotland — this green zone here — that is where we�*re going to see the heaviest and most persistent rainfall. in fact, the met office have issued an amber warning for heavy rain in eastern scotland, particularly for aberdeenshire, angus, perth and kinross, as well. could be up to 150 mm perhaps over the cairngorms, certainly enough to cause some flooding issues. so, we�*ve had this low pressure drifting its way northwards overnight, continuing to bring

all of this heavy rainfall. through the early hours of friday morning, still a pretty soggy scene in the north and east of scotland. most of us frost—free to start the day — we could just see a touch of frost, though, earlier on across northern ireland. through the day on friday then, there�*s that persistent rain driven in by these easterly winds across parts of scotland, drifting its way westwards. elsewhere, a few showers around, but they�*re tending to peter out through the day. best of the sunshine for parts of southern england, wales, perhaps into northern ireland later in the day. it�*s not quite as warm as it has been — temperatures generally around nine to 12. then, overnight into saturday, we�*ve got more cloud and rain sitting in the east, so overnight temperatures by saturday morning around about four to six, but further west, we�*re looking at a touch of frost for parts of northern ireland, into western wales, for instance, as well. but through the day on saturday, the next front will move its way in from the west. we�*ve still got that front in the east as well, so something of a frontal sandwich, i think. we�*ve got cloud and patchy rain moving in from the east, another area of cloud and rain from the west,

and in between, there will be some sunshine and some drier weather on the cards. it�*s going to be a little cooler than it has done recently, with temperatures generally only around seven to nine around that east coast, perhaps up to around 12 down towards the southwest. it looks like the front in the west winds out as we head into sunday. it pushes its way east across the uk and it�*s followed by scattered showers. so, early on, perhaps a band of persistent rain, slowly clearing eastwards, some heavy, potentially thundery showers and turning colder — could even be a little bit of snow on top of the mountains in scotland. top temperatures by this stage around six to 11 degrees. bye for now.

hello. this is bbc news. our top stories this our... —— hour... investigators uncover evidence of mass graves and other atrocities allegedly committed by russian soldiers in the kherson region of ukraine. —— details have emerged of more mass graves and atrocities allegedly carried out by russian soldiers before they left the liberated region of kherson in ukraine. war crimes investigators say the torture was even worse than in other areas. kyiv believes the abuses are continuing in territory russia still occupies. a court in the netherlands has found three men guilty of murdering 298 people on board a malaysian airlines plane shot down over ukraine in 201a. the two russians and a ukrainian were tried in absentia and given

life sentences. moscow has repeatedly denied any involvement. the outgoing speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has decided not to seek re—election as the chamber�*s democratic party leader. she�*s been in the role for nearly two decades, but is stepping down as republicans prepare to take control of the house. a very good morning to you. now on bbc news, panorama. tonight on panorama, we investigate the rising cost of food. before, we�*d just go to a supermarket and just put things in our trolley and think, "oh, we�*ll make this or we might make that." can�*t do that anymore. the ways families are balancing their budgets. we've tried going for a cheaper option. the kids definitely notice the difference between heinz ketchup and essentials ketchup. and how where you shop can really impact what you pay. if you were to buy this exact shop every week for a year,

it would cost over £300 more