hello this is bbc news. the headlines. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, says the killings of 50 prisoners of wars at a detention centre in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region, on friday, is a war crime. moscow has accused kyiv of killing the prisoners in a rocket strike. the first grain ship from ukraine, since russia s invasion, is ready and waiting for the signal to leave port. widespread disruption to train services is expected throughout the uk today, as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. and former tory leadership candidate tom tugendhat is the latest conservative to back liz truss in the contest. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down, and would do so, if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. a hosepipe ban will come into effect in parts of southern england, in response to recent record breaking temperatures and a lack of rainfall. now on bbc news. it s click. the next train to arrive at plat
war crimes every day. some of the worst took place in bucha, a suburb of kyiv. a very good thursday morning to you. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are going green, although other colours of nature are available. oh, i could change the colour of my tree. we discover some highly unusual building materials. it is, in a sense, mould in here. that s the strangest case of rising damp i ve ever seen. no, the whole place is made of it. and spencer meets the man behind an icon. this is your baby. but as the ipod is laid to rest for good, we meet the robots built to break down your iphone. and also, cats big ones. a giant redwood the largest tree on earth. and this one s been laser scanned with lidar technology, capturing a sense of the endangered species so viewers don t have to physically visit california s sequoia national park to be inspired. it s beautiful. this digital art exhibition at london s barbican centre aims to get more people thinking about the interconnectedn
economic crisis? plus, when working from home is just too expensive could soaring energy bills drive a mass return to the office for the first time since the pandemic? hello. we start with the cost of living crisis here in britain because the boss of one of the uk s top energy suppliers has told the bbc the government must act now to protect customers from soaring bills or face catastrophe this winter. ovo energy ceo stephen fitzpatrick has been talking to our business editor simonjack about their own ideas for supporting households. he said it felt like the past 12 months had been wasted despite the scale of the crisis becoming increasingly apparent. and he called on the uk s new prime minister to take action as soon as they are appointed next week. if we don t start working on this first thing on monday when we have a new government, a new prime minister this has to be the first order of business. and if we don t use every available moment over the next 12 weeks
in county tyrone, northern ireland. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to meet union leaders in a bid to end the council workers strike crisis tributes pour in for bbc breakfast presenter and journalist bill turnbull, who s died at the age of 66. merseyside police have revealed that two guns were used in the shooting that killed nine year old olivia pratt korbel. olivia was shot in her home last week as her mother tried to stop a gunman entering their house. detectives have now released cctv of the gunman running from the scene. a 35 year old man who was the target of the attack, and was on parole, is still being treated in hospital and will be sent back to prison when he s discharged. detective chief superintendent mark kameen gave an update about the investigation at a news conference. i m going to show you some footage in a moment of a man that murdered olivia. i m doing this because people may recognise what he s wearing. it may also help people remember seeing
mould in here. that s the strangest case of rising damp i ve ever seen. no, the whole place is made of it. and spencer meet the man behind an icon. this is your baby. but as the ipod is laid to rest for good, we meet the robots built to break down your iphone. and also, cats big ones. a giant redwood the largest tree on earth. and this one s been laser scanned with lidar technology, capturing a sense of the endangered species so viewers don t have to physically visit california s sequoia national park to be inspired. beautiful. this digital art exhibition at london s barbican centre aims to get more people thinking about the interconnectedness of humans and nature, the materials we use in day to day design, and how to build cities that are fit for the future. at a time of extreme climate crisis, we ve got to consider all of these things if we re going to avoid an apocalyptic fate. this is one of the more controversial. the digital technology we have can create a sense of