in small boats would be banned from ever returning, under new plans by the british government. refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. and we meet the team behind, the elephant whisperers the indian documentary hoping to win at sunday s oscars. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing it s all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched, and that the city is almost destroyed. our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from kyiv. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who r
who once worked with him. the wonders of the natural world for the first time ever sir david attenbourgh looks at britain s wildlife. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing it s all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched, and that the city is almost destroyed . here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silen
parham gho badi from bbc persian reports. they gasp. the shocking images of iranian schoolgirls gasping for breath after possible gas attacks. the poisoned students are bussed away in ambulances to packed hospitals. concerned parents run to save their children. some are barred from entering the school. protests have been held in front of the education ministry. but they were beaten and arrested. many students say they were not allowed to leave school despite the smell of gas. translation: they closed the school doors, saying it was a sewage smell and nothing to worry about. i fainted in the corridor. school poisonings have been going on for more than three months.
from north to south, this is a country in shock. rebuilding will take time, healing will take even longer. people here in turkey will feel the impact for years. anna foster, bbc news, hatay. iran s supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has called a wave of suspected poisonings of schoolgirls in recent months an unforgivable crime . more than a thousand girls at dozens of schools across the country have been affected by unexplained illnesses since november. some politicians have suggested that religious groups opposed to girls education may be to blame. parham gho badi from bbc persian reports. they gasp. the shocking images of iranian schoolgirls gasping for breath after possible gas attacks.