yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha. to the global outpouring of anger and condemnation has been to deny any involvement, accusing the world's media of making it all up. the shocking images of bodies in the streets of bucha were staged, they said, and talk of war crimes and genocide was fake news. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has led the kremlin�*s response to the fury of the international community, as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. this is how russia wants its soldiers in ukraine to be seen, as heroes and humanitarian workers, a caring, sharing army, spreading goodness and light to those it claims to be liberating. but moscow knows the international community doesn't believe that. mr lavrov, the us president has called your president a war criminal and said he must be held accountable. what does that tell us about russia's international reputation right now? translation: what this says is many american politicians _ who started the iraq war, destroyed syria, invaded libya, their conscience is in

yogita limaye, bbc news, chernobyl.mining area of north—west colombia. the flooding surprised a group of miners as they were eating dinner on wednesday evening. shelley phelps reports. seen from above, the destruction and devastation caused by rain and flooding at a mining camp in colombia's antioquia province. rescue workers began scouring for survivors, and helping miners to evacuate. but the effort to recover the missing had to be delayed until friday morning, due to inclement weather. family and friends joined in a frantic search for missing loved ones, fearing the worst. translation: as the hours go by, we, as family members, i get the idea that we may not find him alive. translation: ferney - was approximately between 20 and 21 years old. he was a young man who liked to go out a lot. he liked to go out to pick coffee. ferney was a very good worker, a good guy. rains in antioquia have caused more than 100 deaths so far this year, according to authorities. translation: we have 12 rescued, lifeless bodies, l ten male

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha., russia's response to the worldwide outpouring of anger and condemnation has been to deny any involvement and accuse the world's media of making it all up. the shocking images of bodies in the streets of bucha were staged, they said, and talk of war crimes and genocide was fake news. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has led the kremlin�*s response to the fury of the international community, as our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. this is how russia wants its soldiers in ukraine to be seen, as heroes. and humanitarian workers. a caring, sharing army, spreading goodness and light to those it claims to be liberating. but moscow knows the international community doesn't believe that. mr lavrov, the us president has called your president a war criminal and said he must be held accountable, what does that tell us about russia's international reputation right now? what this says is many american politicians who started the iraq war, destroyed syria, invaded libya, their cons

yogita limaye, bbc news.mother of a british man, who has been captured in ukraine, says she is horrified by images of him being shown on russia tv, and has called for him to be treated humanely. aiden aslin was fighting with ukrainian forces in the besieged city of mariupol, when he told family he was having to surrender to russian forces. here's our correspondent emma vardy. if you're watching this, it means that we've surrendered. the last words to loved ones from within one of the desperate places on earth. we ran out of ammunition. didn't really have any other choice other than to surrender. for weeks, aiden aslin and his unit defended the heavily—bombarded city of mariupol, holding off russian forces as long as they could. two days ago, his family received a phone call as he explained they were having to surrender. to lay down our arms and head towards the russian soldiers. i knew that the ammunition situation was very low. and they wouldn't have surrendered if they'd still got ammunition. the next time

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.ations now, and in president zelensky�*s speech to delegates, he not only accused moscow of war crimes, but he said the un was proving ineffective because russia is abusing its veto on the security council. and that, he said, was preventing international action. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. horrific images of dead civilians lying in the streets of bucha shocked the world, but russia claims the scenes have been staged. analysis of satellite imagery taken in mid—march shows bodies lying in the precise positions corpses were later found, proving they were killed when russian forces controlled the area. ukrainian president zelensky told the un security council the most terrible war crimes since world war ii are being committed in ukraine, saying what's been revealed in bucha is also happening elsewhere. translation: the massacre in our city of bucha is only i one, unfortunately only one of many examples of what the occupiers have been doing on our land for the past 41 days

yogita limaye, bbc news, chernihiv.o be focusing its attention on eastern ukraine, specifically the donbas region. the bbc has witnessed hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing that area, where separatists have been fighting for eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. 21st—century combat on ukraine's eastern front can look and sound more like something from the first world war. but they've been fighting russian—backed separatists this way for the past eight years. western officials say this is where ukraine has some of its best—trained and most battle—hardened troops. they're certainly not all young. from his dugout, 52—year—old anatoly says he can already see russian troops just 500 metres away. translation: if they try to take this position, - i'll kill them. if i don't kill them, they'll kill me. those are the rules of war. they know their enemy can be brutal. they've had little rest from the fighting. they can already hear the russian artillery getting closer. but they say morale is high.

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha. address to the nation, volodymyr zelensky urged the west to impose the toughest possible financial penalties on russia. translation: after what the world saw in bucha, i sanctions against russia must be commensurate with the gravity of the occupiers' war crimes. if after that, russian banks will still be able to function as usual, if after that, the transit of goods to russia will continue as usual, if after that, the eu countries will pay for russian energy as usual, then the political fate of some leaders will develop not as usual. my advice to everyone — feel now that the moment is really crucial. the white house has indeed confirmed that more sanctions will be imposed on russia in the coming hours, saying the us, eu, and the g7 had all worked together on the latest package. this will include a ban on all new investment in russia and increase sanctions on financial institutions and state—owned enterprises in russia and sanctions on russian government officials and their family memb

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.called vladimir putin a war criminal — and said the russian leader should be put on trial. let's have a listen. you may remember i got criticised for calling putin a war criminal. well, the truth of the matter, you saw what happened in bucha. he is a war criminal. but we need to gather the information, we have to continue to provide ukraine with the weapons they need to continue the fight and we have to gather all the detail so this can have an actual war crime trial. this guy is brutal and what is happening in bucha is outrageous — and everyone has seen it. i think it is a war crime. well, the us president's scathing criticism of president putin hasn't gone unnoticed and a little earlier i asked our north america correspondent, peter bowes if mr biden�*s intervention is significant. this is significant because it tells us there is this is significant because it tells us there is a this is significant because it tells us there is a process under way with the us president, a process tha

my colleague yogita limaye has more. 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 the

yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl. the moment — i'll be back later in the programme with an extended report from jeremy bowen on the war so far. but for now, back to reeta in the studio in london. clive, many thanks. clive myrie there. here in the uk, the home secretary, priti patel, has apologised for the visa delays which have prevented thousands of ukrainians fleeing the violence from entering the country. new figures show more than 40,000 visas for ukrainians have now been issued, and a total of 12,000 refugees have arrived in the country — that's in stark contrast to the hundreds of thousands who've been accepted in some european nations. our home editor, mark easton, has more. the welcome flags are out in north devon, in private gardens, on public buildings, the blue and yellow of ukraine illustrating a deep desire here to help those fleeing a war more than 1,500 miles away. chris tattersall is a local apple farmer and cider producer who got in touch with the ukrainian consulate to say he wanted to welcome a fami

yogita limaye, bbc news, kyiv.the last couple of hours president zelensky has warned about alleged russian threats to use chemical weapons in ukraine — have a listen. translation: today the occupiers issued l a new statement which testifies to their preparation for a new stage of terror against ukraine and our defenders. one of the mouthpieces of the occupiers stated that they could use chemical weapons against the defenders of mariupol. we ta ke we take this as seriously as possible. i want remind the world's leaders that the possible use of chemical weapons by the russian military has already been discussed. and britain's foreign secretary liz truss earlier posted on twitter to say there are "reports that russian forces may have used chemical agents in an attack on the people of mariupol". she says "we are working urgently with partners to verify details" and that "any use of such weapons would be a callous escalation in this conflict". she says the uk government would "hold putin and his regime to account". let'

yogita limaye, bbc news, kyiv.ps defending the beseiged city of mariupol, on the black sea, say they're now making a last stand, with ammunition running out and russian forces closing in. mariupol has been surrounded for a month, with president zelensky saying the siege has reduced the city "to ashes", and he fears tens of thousands of civilians have died there. it's believed thousands of russian troops are preparing for a new wider offensive in the east, to seize the entire donbas region. satellite images suggest a huge column of russian armoured vehicles is on the move there. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale is in eastern ukraine. many people who live in this region have already left — that's why you can see few lights on in the block of flats behind me. i think the fighting here will be different from what we've seen in kyiv — it's more open countryside. the advantage the ukrainians have is that they are already well dug in. remember, they've been fighting russian—backed separatists here for the past ei

yogita limaye, bbc news, chernihiv. 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 show

yogita limaye, bbc news, kyiv.n troops defending the beseiged city of mariupol on the black sea, say they're now making a last stand, with ammunition running out and russian forces closing in. mariupol has been surrounded for a month, with president zelensky saying the siege has reduced the city "to ashes" and he fears tens of thousands of civilians have died there. russian troops are preparing for a new wider offensive in the east, to seize the entire donbas region. satellite images suggest a huge column of russian armoured vehicles is on the move there. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale is in eastern ukraine. many people who live in this region have already left — that's why you can see few lights on in the block of flats behind me. i think the fighting here will be different from what we've seen in kyiv — it's more open countryside. the advantage the ukrainians have is that they are already well dug in. remember, they've been fighting russian—backed separatists here for the past eight years, they are som

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.ress to the nation, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, urged the west to impose the toughest possible financial penalties on russia. translation: after what the world saw in bucha, i sanctions against russia must be commensurate with the gravity of the occupiers' war crimes. if after that, russian banks will still be able to function as usual, if after that, the transit of goods to russia will continue as usual, if after that, the eu countries will pay for russian energy as usual, then the political fate of some leaders will develop not as usual. my advice to everyone — feel now that the moment is really crucial. in an address to the united nations president zelensky�*s not only accused moscow of war crimes, but he said the un was proving ineffective because russia is abusing its veto as a permanent member on the security council. and that, he said, was preventing international action. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. horrific images of dead civilians lying in th

yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl.d-19 going to testing on the city's entire population. a record 23,600 new cases were reported on saturday , as shanghai's 25 million residents remain under lockdown. china's zero—covid policy has recently come under strain with infections surging and signs of public anger. the first all—private mission to the international space station has docked. the crew — consisting of a pilot and three passengers — will be welcomed inside the iss shortly. they are due to spend eight days orbiting the earth. the flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. the three passengers, who are each reported to have paid fifty—five million dollars, are not space tourists and are expected to carry out meaningful research. axiom space is the private company leading the mission. now let's take a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there, it is still disappointingly chilly for this time of the year this weekend, another frost to come tonight, not so bad if you're in t

yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl.hts analyst a little later on the global impact of that strike on the train station. in other news, a former goldman sachs banker in new york has been found guilty of corruption and laundering money from the malaysian government's investment fund, 1mdb. roger ng helped embezzle hundreds of millions of dollars from the fund and bribed officials to win business for goldman. the guilty verdict marks the latest chapter in one of the biggest financial scandals of recent decades. here in the uk, the wife of the britain's chancellor rishi sunak says she has volunteered to pay uk tax on her worldwide income. akshata murty, who is exempt from paying uk tax because of her status as a non—domiciled uk resident, had been criticised for not paying it. our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster and said this change of heart may help the chancellor only a little. i don't expect him to be quitting number 11 downing street tonight. but it might not help him quite as much as he might like

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.st video address to his country, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky urged the west to impose the toughest possible financial penalties on russia for what he called the "most terrible war crimes" since the second world war. translation: after what the world saw in bucha, i sanctions against russia must be commensurate with the gravity of the occupiers�* war crimes. if after that, russian banks will still be able to function as usual, if after that, the transit of goods to russia will continue as usual, if after that, the eu countries will pay for russian energy as usual, then the political fate of some leaders will develop not as usual. my advice to everyone — feel now that the moment is really crucial. the white house says its sanctions package is intended to "put consequences in place" and "hold russian officials accountable". here's the white house spokesperson, jen psaki. this will include a ban on all new investment in russia and increase sanctions on financial institutions and

yogita limaye, bbc news, kyiv. truly appalling stories of violence against women in this conflict.the besieged city of mariupol on the black sea say they're now making a last stand, with ammunition running out and russian forces closing in. mariupol has been surrounded for a month, with president zelensky saying the siege has reduced the city "to ashes" and he fears tens of thousands of civilians have died there. meanwhile, it's believed thousands of russian troops are preparing for a new wider offensive in the east, to seize the entire donbas region. satellite images suggest a huge column of russian armoured vehicles is on the move there. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, is in eastern ukraine. jonathan, everyone where you are as bracing themselves for assault? yeah, clive, we have heard the intensified sound of shelling in recent days. we have seen thousands of people leaving. the block of flats behind me, there are hardly any lights on. they have been told to leave and tonight, the governor of luhansk, where we are, has said russian armour is moving that renewed russian

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.united nations president zelensky�*s not only accused moscow of war crimes, but he said the un was proving ineffective because russia is abusing its veto as a permanent member on the security council. and that, he said, was preventing international action. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. horrific images of dead civilians lying in the streets of bucha shocked the world, but russia claims the scenes have been staged. analysis of satellite imagery taken in mid—march shows bodies lying in the precise positions corpses were later found, proving they were killed when russian forces controlled the area. ukrainian president zelensky told the un security council the most terrible war crimes since world war ii are being committed in ukraine, saying what's been revealed in bucha is also happening elsewhere. translation: the massacre in our city of bucha is only i one, unfortunately only one of many examples of what the occupiers have been doing on our land for the past 41 days. ther

our correspondent yogita limaye reports from the ukrainian capital. this was the moskva.s prized warship in the black sea. it's now sunk. ukraine says its missiles hit the vessel. russia says a fire caused the ship to sink. it's a humiliating loss for the country. it is believed to be the biggest such incident since world war ii. in what is being seen as retaliation, russia's defence ministry shared this video, saying it had launched an attack on a missile making facility outside ukraine's capital. it also threatened more strikes on kyiv if ukraine continued to attack russian territory. sirens. after the relative silence of two weeks since russian forces withdrew from kyiv, air raid sirens continued to ring from night into the morning. yuri gladchenko lives near the site of the attack. translation: i woke up to the sound of an explosion atjust past 1am. - my house shook like there was an earthquake. then i heard more explosions. the lights went out. i have no electricity or water now. the area around the factory which was hit is a residential neighbourhood. it's quite den

yogita limaye, bbc news, kyiv. let's get some of the day's other news.ent biden used an hour—long video conversation with the indian prime minister to emphasise it was not in delhi's interest to increase its imports of energy from russia. mr biden told narendra modi the us stood ready to help india diversify its energy imports. the government in delhi has so far declined to impose sanctions or criticise russia's invasion of ukraine directly. the prime minister of sri lanka, mahinda rajapaksa, says his country has reached a decisivejuncture and called for patience as protests continue over the government's handling of the economic crisis. in a televised address, mr rajapaksa said the unrest was harming the economy. emmanuel macron and marine lepen have begun the next round of their campaigns ahead of the french election. i saw of other candidates to go head—to—head on the 24th of april. mr macron easily beat ms lepen when they faced each other in 2017. a stringent covert lockdown in shanghai has seen american governmental staff instructed to leave. the in

yogita limaye with that report.has formally warned the us and other allied nations against supplying weapons to ukraine. the warning came in a diplomatic note seen by us media. our north america correspondent david willis told me more. this was a 2—page diplomatic note — it was delivered to the us state department from the russian embassy in washington, dc — and it basically accuses the us and the west of prolonging the conflict in ukraine and threatens what it calls "unpredictable consequences" if those shipments of military assistance continue. now, the timing of this is potentially very significant because this note was sent on tuesday evening of this last week, just as word was beginning to leak out of another package of us military aid to ukraine — $800 million worth — which, for the first time, included some heavy and sophisticated weapons, including howitzers, long—range artillery, and those sort of things, designed to match russian capabilities on the ground in eastern ukraine, around the disputed donbas reg

yogita limaye, bbc news, kyiv. un secretary general and president zelensky are expected to get under way here in kyiv in the next few hours. to be honest, no one is expecting antonio guterres to be able to negotiate a peace deal between russia and ukraine or even a ceasefire, but as a minimum he will try to establish humanitarian corridors to get civilians out of danger from places like mariupol, under un and red cross auspices. and you can follow all the latest developments on the war here in ukraine by going to our online live coverage. follow it on bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. jane, over to you in london for the rest of the day's news. the rest of the news this lunchtime. a 28—year—old man has appeared in court to face four charges of murder, after a family was found stabbed to death at a property in south london, on monday. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is at westminster magistrates court. what happened in court? an extremely short hearing. joshua jacques, who was in the dock, wearing grey p

yogita limaye reports.s back home — volodymyr khropun, a red cross volunteer, was deported to russia, captured as he was evacuating people from war—hit areas near kyiv. translation: we were beaten j with rifles, punched and kicked. they blindfolded us and tied our hands with tape. they used tasers and kept asking for information about the military. after six days in a crowded basement in ukraine, we were taken to belarus. they thought we couldn't see, but i saw our car crossing the border. he showed us the identity slip made for him there. it's issued by the military of the russian federation. from belarus, he says, they were driven to a russian prison. translation: they treated us like animals. _ one evening, i counted 72 people, but there were more, because we could hear the voices of others. women were beaten too. volodymr doesn't know why he was picked for the prisoner exchange — the only one from his cell. further north, at the chernobyl nuclear site, we found more evidence of forced deportations. this

yogita limaye, bbc news, kyiv.ncellor has said he's pessimistic about the chances for diplomacy over ukraine, after a face to face meeting with president putin. chancellor nehammer said the russian leader had massively entered into the logic of war and there was no interest in moscow in a meeting with the ukrainian president. he said it was not a friendly meeting but it was important to confront the russian leader with the facts. meanwhile in the last couple of hours president zelensky has warned about alleged russian threats to use chemical weapons in ukraine. take a listen to this. translation: today, the occuwers _ translation: today, the occupiers issued _ translation: today, the occupiers issued a - translation: today, the occupiers issued a new. occupiers issued a new statement which testifies to their preparation for a new stage of terror against ukraine and our defenders. one of the mouthpieces of the occupiers stated that they could use chemical weapons against the defenders of maria pol. we take this as s

yogita limaye, bbc news, chernihiv.r 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'

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.ssia will present what he called "factual evidence" to the un security council demonstrating that western statements on events at bucha are lies that the shocking images of bodies in the streets of bucha were staged. foreign minister sergei lavrov has led the kremlin�*s response to the fury of the international community as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. this is how russia wants its soldiers in ukraine to be seen, as heroes and humanitarian workers, a caring, sharing army, spreading goodness and light to those it claims to be liberating. but moscow knows the international community doesn't believe that. mr lavrov, the us president has called your president a war criminal and said he must be held accountable. what does that tell us about russia's international reputation right now? translation: what this says is many american politicians | who started the iraq war, destroyed syria, invaded libya, their conscience is in a bad way. our main interest is what the russian people

yogita limaye, bbc news.fects of the war in ukraine, according to the international monetary fund. the imf says the conflict is driving up prices for food and fuel, which will slow economic growth around the world. the uk would no longer be the fastest growing economy in the g7 group — and was likely to be the slowest in 2023. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has more details. just as the world appeared to be recovering from the aftermath of the covid pandemic, another unprecedented economic shock has hit — the war in ukraine. a severe setback to the recovery, says the international monetary fund, slowing growth and driving up prices. in washington this week, finance ministers and heads of central banks are meeting to try to tackle these twin shocks to the system as the imf sharply cut its forecast for the world economy at the same time as raising its forecasts for inflation. we view a number of clouds on the horizon. first and foremost, the war itself could escalate militarily, but also the sanctions could

yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl.tan's parliament between supporters and opponents of the prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a vote of no confidence. imran khan, has said that if he is ousted from power — he will not recognise an opposition government. last sunday, the country's supreme court ruled that he acted unconstitutionally in asking the president to dissolve parliament before the vote could take place. we arejoined by faraz khan, entrepreneur and visiting professor at university of st mary's london. is there any expedition in your mind he might actually wind? the chances are very slim- _ he might actually wind? the chances are very slim- -- _ he might actually wind? the chances are very slim. -- he _ he might actually wind? the chances are very slim. -- he might _ he might actually wind? the chances are very slim. -- he might actually l are very slim. —— he might actually win? the social and political consequences will be interesting and yet to be seen. in consequences will be interesting and yet to be seen-

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.united nations today, president zelensky accused moscow of war crimes, saying the un is proving ineffective in stopping the violence because russia is abusing its veto on the security council, preventing international action. showing a short but gruesome video alleging civilians were being shot in the streets, he called for russia to be excluded from the council. the kremlin denies its forces have committed war crimes. our next report is from our north america editor, sarah smith, and it does contain some of those disturbing images. horrific images of dead civilians lying in the streets of bucha shocked the world, but russia claims the scenes have been staged. analysis of satellite imagery taken in mid—march shows bodies lying in the precise positions corpses were later found, proving they were killed when russian forces controlled the area. president zelensky told the un security council the most terrible war crimes since world war ii are being committed in ukraine, saying what's been

yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl.e on the prime minister imran khan, which was due today. earlier, there were angry clashes in parliament between his supporters and opponents, leading the speaker to adjourn proceedings. mr khan — who's been in dispute with senior military figures — is expected to lose the no confidence vote. legal experts say the vote must be held today, or the government will be held in contempt of the supreme court. the prime minister has called for his cabinet to meet shortly. our correspondent, secunder kermani, is following all the development in islamabad. and seems like it's reaching its climax but we have been beset by so many twists, turns and delays and who could rule out more of them down the line in parliament today, seeming like imran khan was my party have tried to further push back as vote of no confidence by giving deliberately long, meandering speeches, that is angering opposition members of parliament who have said any delay to the vote of no confidence with the in contravention to t

yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl.ughout the course of the next few hours. let's cross live to islamabad where pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, is facing a no—confidence vote. these are live pictures of the pakistan parliament. the forthcoming no—confidence vote follows a legal ruling that khan's attempt to block to the vote and then dissolve parliament was unconstitutional. mr khan said that if he is ousted from power, he will not recognise an opposition government. in a late night address on friday, mr khan insisted he was the victim of an international conspiracy orchestrated by the united states, an accusation that washington denies. addressing the speaker in parliament, the opposition alliance leader, shehbaz sharif, asked him to go ahead with the vote of no—confidence. take up this agenda item and no other item! that is the intent of his order. you cannot deviate from this and therefore i conclude my submissions. shabar sharif, there. in a late night address on friday, imran khan insisted he was the victim

yogita limaye, bbc news.or of the port city of odesa, in ukraine, has told the bbc one of the biggest threats in the black sea region has been taken away after the russian warship — the moskava — sank. but cities on ukraine's black sea coast remain on alert. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga is in odesa. southern ukraine has lived in fear of russia's navy, which is stationed in the black sea just behind me. this historic city, odesa, which has the country's biggest ports would be a great prize for the invading forces — but so far, russia has been prevented from taking it by land, and its navy stopped from reaching its shores. the russian cruiser, the moskva, is believed to have led a fleet of 25—30 ships which have been firing missiles at ukraine. odesa's mayor told me it was believed that the warship had been destroyed — but he warned the situation was still dangerous. translation: unfortunately, | the enemy has missiles not only on the cruiser moskva, but also on the land, in crimea, too. we can see it

yogita limaye, bbc news, bucha.orrespondent, peter bowes has more details on president biden�*s comments about the russian leader and the atrocities. this is significant because it tells us that there is a process underway with the support of the us president, a process that could lead to a war crimes trial with president putin as the defendant. president biden describing what's happened in bucha as outrageous but stopping short of describing it as genocide, a term which president zelensky has used. but president biden saying he's not prepared to go that far yet because there's an evidence gathering process that needs to go ahead. the state department here in the us and allies in the west gathering evidence as to what's actually happened on the ground. jake sullivan, the national security adviser here, gave a little bit more detail. he said that the us hadn't yet seen what he described as systemic deprivation of human life that would support genocide. but the key word there is "yet" — the process is underway to gath

yogita limaye, bbc news, chernihiv.putin can be prosecuted for war crimes in the international courts. iryna venediktova was speaking on a visit to borodyanka around 80km north—west of kyiv. she said 650 dead bodies had been found in the kyiv region. we found in kyiv region, makariv, borodyanka, bucha, irpin, we found 650 dead bodies. vladimir putin is the main warcriminal of the 21st—century. but actually, we can suspect in ukraine legislation, you know about immunity, three people in any state have immunity. presidents, ministers of foreign affairs and the head of government. that's why when they are on the opposition, we cannot start to prosecute them in ukraine. but in the international courts, we can do it. in russia, nobel peace prize winner dmitry muratov has been attacked while on a train. his publication, novaya gazeta, tweeted that an unknown person entered the journalist's carriage and poured red oil and his eyes are burning terribly. mr muratov said the male attacker shouted, "muratov, this is for our boys."

yogita limaye, bbc news, chornobyl.hancellor rishi sunak says she has volunteered to pay uk tax on her worldwide income. akshata murty, who is exempt from paying uk tax because of her status as a non—domiciled uk resident, had been criticised for not paying it. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster and told us this change of heart may help the chancellor only a little. i don't expect him to be quitting number 11 downing street tonight. but it might not help him as much as he might like, because only this morning, he was saying that attacks on his wife's tax status were a smear and she had done nothing wrong. but by tonight, under pressure, that tax status has changed, leading to some conservatives questioning his politicaljudgment. 0ne former cabinet minister said, where was his political brain? his conservative critics are worried this continued focus on his family's tax arrangement at a time when everybody else's taxes are going up is damaging. his supporters say this is the politics of envy, and t

yogita limaye, bbc news, chernihiv.n 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. for now, moscow seems to be focusing its attention on eastern ukraine, specifically ( the donbass region. the bbc has witnessed hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing that area, where separatists have been fighting for 8 years. 21st—century combat on ukraine's eastern front can look and sound more like something from the first world war. but they've been fighting russian—backed separatists this way for the past eight years. western officials say this is where ukraine has some of its best—trained and most battle—hardened troops. they're certainly not all young. from his dugout, 52—year—old anatoly says he can already see russian troops just 50

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yogita limaye, bbc news, chernihiv. the continuing distress of civilians in this war. withdrawn from around the city here, but the ukrainian government believes the kremlin will renew an attempt to take the capital at some point in the future. for now, moscow seems to be focusing its attention on eastern ukraine, specifically the donbas region. the bbc has witnessed hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing that area, where separatists have been fighting for eight years. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from lysycha nsk. 21st—century combat on ukraine's eastern front can look and sound more like something from the first world war. but they've been fighting russian—backed separatists this way for the past eight years. western officials say this is where ukraine has some of its best—trained and most battle—hardened troops. they're certainly not all young. from his dugout, 52—year—old anatoly says he can already see russian troops just 500 metres away. translation: if they try to take this position, i'll kill them. - if i don't kill them, they'll ki