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
where parents are picking up a girl student who has fainted on the floor. other students are crying, gasping for breath on hospital beds, and we have reports that in the north western town of ardabil and also in the southern kurdish town in western iran, the hospitals are packed with schoolgirls. reports of poisonings have become frequent. no girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. at the beginning of this month, bbc reality check looked into this, reporting: the first known case was recorded in november in the city of qom, and it has spread to a number of other provinces including the capital, tehran. the bbc has analysed dozens of videos posted to social media and has verified many of the school locations filmed. iran s parliament says
the first known case was recorded in november in the city of qom. it s spread to a number of other provinces, including the capital, tehran. the bbc has analysed dozens of videos posted to social media and has verified many of the school locations filmed. iran s parliament says it s investigating. but the chief of that investigation blamed iranian students. some speculate whether the schoolgirls are being poisoned as payback for their role in these anti government protests. but there are no actual answers. here s parham ghobadi again. iranian parents are really furious because the authorities have not given them any clear explanation. they said that they have made some arrests, but they are not being really clear that
we started receiving videos from the city of qom, which is the iranian vatican. parents are furious. they re talking to officials, they re shouting at them. there are scenes of chaos and horror in other cities. we have obtained videos from hospitals where parents are picking up a girl student who has fainted on the floor. other students are crying, gasping for breath on hospital beds, and we have reports that in the north western town of ardabil and also in a southern kurdish town in western iran, the hospitals are packed with schoolgirls. reports of poisonings have become frequent. no girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. at the beginning of this month, bbc reality check looked into this, reporting: the first known case was recorded in november in the city of qom,
here at bbc persian, we ve been monitoring school poisonings and verifying the videos posted on social media. here are ourfindings. on november 30th, schoolgirls in the religious city of qom said they felt sick after inhaling odorous gas. in december, cities in two more provinces reported the same incidents. injanuary, students in two other provinces were poisoned, while schools in qom and other cities were repeatedly attacked in the meantime. in february, two more, including capital tehran. in march, it expanded exponentially and now almost the entire country is affected. after months, iran s supreme leaderfinally broke his silence on the issue. translation: they must be condemned to severe punishments. it s a serious and unforgivable crime. there will be no amnesty for them. many iranians suspect these are revenge attacks on schoolgirls who joined the protests that swept