so the buses that were sent to rescue thousands stood empty. translation: in the first days of. the war, we counted dozens of dead. now it s hundreds and it ll soon be thousands. but they don t even give us a chance to count, because the shelling hasn t stopped for six days. people were supposed to be bussed here, three hours north, to zaporizhzhia, still firmly under ukrainian control. there is no shelling here yet, but it s too quiet, almost deserted. we spotted armed police doing spot checks. then, one patrol yelled at us to pull over. three armed officers pointed their guns at us, made us open the car doors, wanted to check who we were. they asked us to put our hands in the air. once they saw we were journalists they were fine,
under ukrainian control. there is no shelling here yet, but it s too quiet, almost deserted. we spotted armed police, doing spot checks. then, one patrol yelled at us to pull over. three armed officers pointed their guns at us, made us open the car doors, wanted to check who we were. they asked us to put our hands in the air. once they saw we were journalists, they were fine, but it is getting really nervy here. the fear comes before the fighting, but both are now spreading here every day. sarah rainsford, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. the head of the un s nuclear watchdog says he s extremely concerned about reported communication difficulties between the ukrainian regulator and nuclear sites under russian control. rafael grossi said the ukrainian authorities were having trouble contacting
so the buses that were sent to rescue thousands stood empty. translation: in the first days of. the war, we counted dozens of dead. now it s hundreds and it ll soon be thousands. but they don t even give us a chance to count, because the shelling hasn t stopped for six days. people were supposed to be bussed here, three hours north, to zaporizhzhia, still firmly under ukrainian control. there is no shelling here yet, but it s too quiet, almost deserted. we spotted armed police doing spot checks. then, one patrol yelled at us to pull over. three armed officers pointed their guns at us, made us open the car doors, wanted to check who we were. they asked us to put our hands in the air. once they saw we were journalists they were fine, but it is getting really nervy here. the fear comes before the fighting,
in its bonnet particularly about peter hebblethwaite and doesn t like what he s done, they don t have the powers to stop it or even prosecute but is using all the other tools of government, which include things like spot checks in all these things which suggest they might get him banned as a company director as an unsuitable person. i what point does that stop is there a point where that stop is there a point where that stops being legitimate? this that stop - is there a point where that stops being legitimate? this is very difficult. that stops being legitimate? this is very difficult, but that stops being legitimate? this is very difficult, but really that stops being legitimate? this is very difficult, but really the - very difficult, but really the government is just very difficult, but really the government isjust under very difficult, but really the government is just under so much pressure here partly because, particularly about the ceo, because anyone who saw his ap
hugh pym joins me now. we have minutes from the latest meeting of government experts and data about how fast covid is spreading so what are we learning? yes, this is the office for national statistics survey, referred to in dominic s piece, which goes around the same households repeatedly in the same households repeatedly in the tens of thousands of households, to do spot checks. it picks up people who have not come forward with symptoms to get tested. it picks up those who are asymptomatic as well. it is seen as a very authoritative guide to what s going on, more so than the daily tests that we get and we have seen over the last few days. the latest study goes right up until sunday and compares with the study that went two or three days previously and it shows just in those three days how much the virus had spread to more people, adding 368,000 just in that time in terms of the week up until