we ll hear from an expert about the remarkable discovery. first, though, a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine, four times higher than the figure acknowledged by moscow. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training. significant numbers have been recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they re filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the
and they have been trying to speak to people to understand what remains of their homes after the cyclone made landfall. many of these people are poor villagers living on the shoreline. they don t have concrete roofs. they have makeshift roofs. and there are reports coming in of some of these having blown away in the rain. officials, when we spoke to them, say that they are still in the process of assessing the extent of the damage, because a large part of the day, it was filled with heavy rainfall and strong gust of wind, so they couldn t go out to do surveys. they have only now gone out and they re trying to understand what is the extent of the cyclone s impact. and a real picture, perhaps, will only be properly visible by saturday. let s turn to japan. the parliament there has passed new legislation on rape and gay rights, after campaigns to overhaul laws seen as outdated and socially conservative. here s our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil. i must say, it s quite remarkable and
of a police investigation. a hosepipe and sprinkler ban is being imposed in kent and sussex from the 26thjune. south east water says it has no choice after demand for water had reached record levels . anyone caught flouting the ban will face a £1,000 fine. japan s parliament has passed two key pieces of legislation on rape and gay rights after campaigns to overhaul laws seen as outdated. legislators have redefined rape to better protect victims. the age of consent has also been raised from 13 to 16. in a separate move, the japanese parliament approved a law aimed at eliminating discrimination against gay and transgender people, although critics say it doesn t go far enough. same sex marriages remain unrecognised injapan. our correspondent in tokyo, shaimaa khalil, has more about the significance of these law changes. i must say, it s quite remarkable and ground breaking, because if you think about the age of consent injapan, it had stayed at 13,