the un monitoring mission in ukraine has documented the unlawful killing of 50 civilians in bucha, north west of kyiv, a town shattered in the fight for the control of the capital. the un said such killings amount to war crimes. it comes as ukrainian officials accuse russian forces of burying the bodies of hundreds of civilians in mass graves outside the besieged city of mariupol. this is a picture taken by us satellite firm maxar on the 19th of march, showing a cemetery in the village of manhush, just outside mariupol. images from two weeks later, on the 3rd of april, appear to show freshly dug trenches in manhush. the mayor of mariupol said the photos showed russia was trying to conceal the number of people it had killed. as we heard the un human rights office has today described the war in ukraine as a horror story of violations against civilians , in which respect for international law has been tossed aside .
we ll bring you a news conference from the prime minister in around half an hour s time. also this hour. we spent less in shops and online again in march as the cost of living crisis bites. and the revamped large hadron collider the huge machine that smashes atoms together to discover what s inside them is being fired up again today. scientists believe it could unlock a completely new view of the universe the un human rights office has issued a damning statement, describing the war in ukraine as a horror story of violations against civilians , in which respect for international law has been tossed aside .
What is motivating teachers unions to keep public schools closed for as long as possible?
We’ve constantly heard from the left about the need to “follow the science” in dealing with the coronavirus, as President Joe Biden has repeatedly pledged to do. Yet the gap between administration policies or even the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and the scientific facts about how the virus is spread is considerable.
Given that we’ve known since last summer that younger children are unlikely to spread the virus and that the CDC has made it clear that schools can safely reopen even without all teachers having been vaccinated, the stubborn refusal of public school teachers unions to agree to go back to the classrooms is puzzling.