workers and the railway industry are outrageous. london euston station is eerily quiet this morning. some passengers are hoping to make a journey but there is widespread disruption across the rail network. how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home or did you have a trickyjounrey to work? do you support the strikes or not? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medalfor £81i million, to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. a former senior united nations official calls for an independent panel to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and corruption in the organisation. he attacks me in the elevator, he comes at me all of a sudden. i pleaded with him to sto
ferries bringing low paid workers, but not ok for the railways. how come the borisjohnson told the tory party we are moving to a high paid, high skilled economy? you can send your views to me on twitter at an eta on bbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. in the uk, around 900,000 people are estimated to have dementia. but there is a part of the condition that is rarely spoken about: continence care. now the national institute for health and social care research has told the bbc a lack of good quality continence care in acute hospital settings is impacting patient s health and their dignity. i am joined now by bbc reporter datshiane navanayagam who has studied the report for our file on four radio series. datchiane, good to have you it is to talk about this important study funded by the national institute for health and social care research.
in the elevator. he comes at me all of a sudden. i pleaded with him to stop. let me go. and and so but he was he was being very insistent. and he was pulling my arm. and i was. i had to block myself with the elevator door, too, to be able to stay in the elevator because i was afraid. in 2018, mr lores retired from the un. he says he has never harassed or assaulted anyone. the un says allegations of harassment against mr lores were investigated. but at this time, the un is not in a position to comment on the veracity of these claims. alleged corruption, fraud and management turning a blind eye when confronted with problems are what some of the whistleblowers have told the bbc about.
a former senior member of the united nations is calling for an external panel to investigate allegations of sexual abuse, fraud, and high level corruption at the organisation. it comes after several former members of staff have told the bbc about stories of cover ups, harassment, and bullying when they ve complained about alleged wrongdoing. some have lost theirjobs after speaking out. sima kotecha from bbc newsnight has the story. the un says it aims to promote peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet. but now several allegations have been made about the organisation, including that a former senior member of staff sexually harassed two women. martina worked as a senior adviser to unaids. in 2015, she was in thailand attending a work event. dr luis lores, a former un assistant secretary general, was also there. as part of leaving the work meeting, and we re going down the same elevator, he attacks me