this is bbc news. i m vishala sri pathma. our top stories switzerland s biggest bank, ubs, takes over its rival, credit suisse, to help restore global financial stability. environmental scientists prepare to unveil eight years of work, showing the scale of the climate crisis, and the threat from global temperature rises. it s already increased by two celsius and is having a devastating impact on the snow and ice up here. ukraine condemns president putin s surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol, devastated in the early months of the war. translation: like all - ukrainians, like all mariupol residents, ifeel that today a war criminal, whose name is vladimir putin,
one woman said. finally, you are here. we have waited for you so long. mr putin was invited inside to see one of their homes, seemingly a new apartment the aim, it would appear, to show a city being rebuilt after last year s devastation. for this is what mariupol looked like last year after three months of russian bombardment, during which ukrainian fighters held out here at the azovstal steel plant their long defence a symbol of ukrainian resilience. it was here, too, where russian forces bombed a maternity hospital an early alleged war crime along with a theatre where hundreds of civilians were sheltering and died. here in kyiv, the mayor of mariupol told me how he felt seeing mr putin in his city. translation: like all ukrainians, i feel that today, a war criminal whose name is
of ukrainian resilience. it was here, too, where russian forces bombed a maternity hospital an early alleged war crime along with a theatre where hundreds of civilians were sheltering and died. here in kyiv, the mayor of mariupol told me how he felt seeing mr putin in his city. translation: like all ukrainians, i feel that today, a war criminal whose name is vladimir putin, visited the scene of a crime he committed for several months destroying the city of mariupol. the only city russian aviation is carpet bombing is mariupol. this is what parts of mariupol actually look like contemporary images from local residents showing still ruined tower blocks. long lines of people queuing for food. all in stark contrast to the reconstruction
language as it pertained to war crimes. it s been hard to ignore the atrocities that are being committed in ukraine by the russian forces. and i also tonight think it s a mistake that the president s comments calling the russian president a war criminal came just hours after we saw president zelenskyy s emotional appeal to congress to president biden himself. and the video he played of civilians, women, children, being killed and targeted by russian bombs and missiles as those videos played. we know he was watching the remarks yesterday, as well as video from the white house. but there has been a broughter shift from the administration. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says the atrocities being committed by russia amount to war crimes. at the same time, there is still that legal process happening on another track. natasha referenced the fact that his remarks came from the heart.
oh, i think he is a war criminal. he is a war criminal, said biden. with attacks on schools, hospitals, bomb shelters, and now even bread lines, you don t have to look too far for evidence of potential war crimes. cnn s oren liebermann reports from the pentagon. reporter: on the streets of chernihiv in northern ukraine, they came looking for bread when the russian shells landed. a regional official says ten people were killed in the bombardment, the latest victims in the russian attacks that have claimed more and more civilian lives. in the city of mariupol, hundreds sought shelter in the drama theater, their fate now unknown after the city council says russia bombed the building. the russian word for children was written on both sides of the building. conditions being described as unbearable and just hell by