lebanese turn out for a parliamentary poll? a bbc team has uncovered further evidence of potential war crimes committed by russian forces in ukraine. since russian soldiers were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. the local police chief has said that more than half of the dead were shot, in what has been described as executions. 0ur east europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been investigating one case in particular. and a warning her report contains some distressing details. this is a place where dark acts were committed. civilians tortured and killed by russian soldiers fighting a war in which they break all the rules, like they do not know them or even care. we were shown underground to where five men were held captive, then shot in the head. in the gloom, we saw the chilling evidence. the men s bodies were found kneeling here, beaten, their hands tied
a further 400,000 cases and eight deaths from a mysterious fever are reported. a bbc team has uncovered further evidence of potential war crimes committed by russian forces in ukraine. since russian soldiers were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. the local police chief has said that more than half of the dead were shot, in what has been described as executions. 0ur east europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been investigating one case in particular. and a warning her report contains some distressing details. this is a place where dark acts were committed. civilians tortured and killed by russian soldiers fighting a war in which they break all the rules, like they do not know them or even care. we were shown underground to where five men were held captive, then shot in the head. in the gloom, we saw the chilling evidence. the men s bodies were found kneel
in march. the local police chief has said that more than half had been shot. finland and sweden have formally announced their intention tojoin nato, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the alliance s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has described the move, which amounts to abandoning their military non alignment, as historic while president putin described the plan as a mista ke . one person is dead and four others critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a church in california. he s later overpowered. it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from capitol hill, washington with me, stephen sackur. the united states is supporting ukraine in its war against vladimir putin with weapons, with money and with sweeping sanctions on moscow. in that, president biden has the support
welcome, here s what you need to know in business this hour. and we start with brexit. the uk prime minister borisjohnson is set to visit northern ireland later in a bid to restore its government. less than two weeks after the election, the democratic unionist party has blocked efforts to restore northern ireland s assembly, by refusing to elect a speaker. it s objecting to the so called northern ireland protocol the trading arrangement set up after brexit to keep northern ireland aligned with eu trade rules. the party says that creates a trade border in the irish sea and that puts it at an economic disadvantage. it says it wants to send a message to westminster and brussels that reform of the arrangement is necessary. but the uk business secretary kwasi kwarteng has told the bbc the government isn t looking for a trade war with the eu. we think it would be completely self defeating if they went into a trade war but it is up to them. what i am concerned about is political s
a super blood moon. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. speaking to the belfast telegraph, borisjohnson says that protocol is now out of date and changes are needed. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. boris johnson will arrive in northern ireland later to find a political system which is stuck. despite elections earlier this month, there s no new government. sinn fein finished top for the first time ever, but the democratic unionist party the second largest at stormont won t agree