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
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im ben brown. Were looking at two of the weeks big stories whats happening in russia as men flee the country after president putins call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use Nuclear Weapons, and also the british governments announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. Well, im joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, Stephanie Baker of bloomberg news, and Latika Bourke of the sydney morning herald. So, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, National Insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. It will cost tens of billions of pounds. The government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. Stephanie, lets start off with you. This is being called a gamble for growth. Is it a gamble thats going to pay off, do you think . Well, its certainly a gamble. I have real doubts about whethe
now on bbc news, this week s travel show comes from tarifa, this week on the travel show, i m in tarifa, in spain, where it s definitely the windier the better as i check out the big air kitesurfing competition. oh my god, that was so good! i loved it. we are getting artsy in southern turkey for the mardin biennial. and tick, tick, boom we go behind the scenes at boomtown during the countdown to the opening of this year s festival in the heart of the english countryside. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from beautiful tarifa, in southern spain. perched on the southernmost tip of continental europe, just 1a kilometres from north africa, tarifa is the gateway between these two continents. its position leaves the small spanish town open to a blasting from the winds that shape its rugged coastline. in this part of the world, there are two prevailing winds. one is the mellow, consistent poniente wind and the other one is this bad boy, the levante, w
now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start off with you. this is being called a gamble for growth . is it a gamble that s going to pay off, do you think? well, it s certainly a gamble. i hav
detained for breaching rules on dress code. now on bbc news, our world. stephen mcdonell travels across china and meets people struggling to stay afloat with their country showing no signs of abandoning its zero covid policy. when it comes to the fight against the coronavirus, one country stands alone. elsewhere, vaccines have meant learning to live with the virus. not in china. no income. this is my lowest point and, you know, as a man i can t do anything. each outbreak is still being met with strict measures to return an area to no new infections. it has held back the death rates and stopped hospitals from being swamped. but it s also exhausting the population and hammering the economy. with no clear exit strategy, how long can china keep this 7 up. this is the outskirts of beijing and when you cross that river you are actually crossing into neighbouring hubei province and the town of yanzhou. now, yanzhou is a popular place to live for people with more modest incomes, beca