climate protests taking place across the uk. we must demand that our leaders stop holding meaningless summits and start taking meaningful action. more pressure on manchester united as they lose at home manchester city all the afternoon s action in sportsday at quarter to eight. the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, has strongly criticised the government, saying its attempt this week to overturn the suspension of a tory mp who d beenjudged to have broken lobbying rules was both shameful and wrong. he said the government s actions were unworthy of this or any government, and fitted a pattern of behaviour that he believed, was un conservative. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. very few are granted the privilege of living here. and so the verdict of those that have on the man who now does matter. particularly when they are in the same party. and even more so when a former tory prime minister brands the current tory prime minister s gove
in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. it s the final stretch in a tight french presidential race, for marine le pen, and emmanuel macron. and art in the shadow of war. the ukranian entries at the venice biennale. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel, tyson fury weighs in nearly a stone lighter than usual for his heavyweight title defence against dillian whyte tomorrow. good evening. the united nations has described the war in ukraine as a horror story of violations against civilians and says there s growing evidence war crimes may have been committed. near the beseiged southern port city of mariupol us satellite images appear to show a mass burial site containing around 200 graves. russian forces have been trying to fully capture the city for several weeks. they do control most of the area, but hundreds of ukrainian troops are still hiding out in the sprawling azovstal steel plant. today president putin accused ukrainian leaders of refusing to allow their s
euro from nissan that ended up benefiting me directly or indirectly. and art in the shadow of war. the ukrainian entries, at the venice biennale. if you justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. i m shaun ley. we begin in ukraine, with a warning from president volodymyr zelensky that russia s attack on his nation is only the beginning. president zelensky was reacting to comments earlier on friday in which a russian general which seemed to suggest that russia s war aim is now to cut ukraine off from its black sea coastline, which might allow it to advance towards a pro moscow enclave in moldova. his comments come as the un confirms that its secretary general antonio guterrez will hold talks in moscow on tuesday with president putin. the un says there s growing evidence of war crimes being committed in ukraine, describing the situation as a horror story. us satellite images allegedly show a mass burial site, containing around 200 graves, near the besieged southern port city of mariup
and art in the shadow of war. the ukrainian entries at this year s venice biennale. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the united nations has described the war in ukraine, as a horror story of violations against civilians and says there s growing evidence war crimes may have been committed. it comes as us satellite images allegedly show a mass burial site, containing around 200 graves, near the besieged southern port city of mariupol, that russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. they do control most of the area, but hundreds of ukrainian troops are still hiding out in the sprawling azovstal steel plant. president putin has accused ukrainian leaders of refusing to allow their soldiers to surrender. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more from southern ukraine. a warning, her report contains some images viewers may find upsetting. haunting, apocalyptic scenes in mariupol. russia has bombarded this city into near
it s thursday, 31st august. our main story. police chiefs in england and wales are to be given new powers to sack officers found guilty of gross misconduct. the overhaul of the disciplinary processes was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police officers wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everard, and the serial rapist, david carrick. our home editor mark easton reports. what is your relationship with malhotra? he s my cousin. i never knew it was so bad what he was doing. otherwise, i d never have gone along with it. frustration of pursuing bent coppers has seen sunday night tv drama echo the real world of policing. the head of scotland yard, sir mark rowley, is among a number of police chiefs, who ve been pushing the government to give them more powers to identify and sack rogue officers. the further people are away from it, the more forgiving they are of the behaviour is what i ve seen. so i want. i want the powers to be able to deal with this. the appalling