the years by its prominence in the adult entertainment industry. but the reality is much more sinister. translation: in the trick of the trade, it felt - like a hand hitting me. takako, not her real name, was only a teenager when she was sexually assaulted on the train for the first time. translation: it started to feel like it was touching and grabbing me. i that s when i finally realised that this was chikan. i was sexually assaulted almost every day. bbc eye has been investigating a network of websites selling thousands of videos of women being sexually abused on public transport across east asia. this is a horrific business of sexual assault. the websites are run by a shadowy figure known as uncle qi. but who is he? our investigation has led us to tokyo, where we tracked down uncle qi
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ukraine says its forces are making progress, hoping perhaps to cut off russian troops inside the city. russia says its soldiers still control the city, but these battles just outside seem intense. translation: the ukrainian tactics are like this. - first, smaller groups move in with the support of armoured vehicles. they make up a concentrated task force, but they ve had no success at all so far. but ukraine s main effort is likely to be further south, near the shattered city of vuhledar. it s been on the front line for months. a dire existence for those hardy civilians who remain. translation: people are constantly dying, regularly wounded. they re taken away from the city. we re very afraid. ukraine is deliberately saying very little about its military plans, keeping its enemy guessing. we know there s heavy fighting not far away, but we don t know who s winning. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv.
translation: my name s zhaoyin feng, i m a reporterfrom the bbc. we know that you are the online persona uncle qi. do you do this for the money or do you enjoy abusing these women? stop, stop, stop! hey! we put our allegations to him. his only response is silence. and then violence. he has since leftjapan. his associates say they are no longer working with him. the country is set to reform its sexual assault laws. however, campaigners say these changes don t go far enough. zhaoyin feng, bbc news. over to france now where a man with a knife has attacked nursery school children in the french town of annecy. four are in hospital; two are in a critical condition. the police have described the alleged attacker as a syrian man with refugee status in sweden. it s not currently being linked to terrorism. the french parliament held a minute s silence when news of the stabbings emerged.
now back for his final checkup, can hear news like this. and that s fantastic, there s nothing concerning about today so that s really good. 50 no concerns there. fantastic, it s good to be signed off. i jim reed, bbc news, blackpool. more on that story in the next half an hour so do stay with us. an undercover bbc investigation s unmasked the man behind a number of websites selling videos of women being sexually assaulted on public transport across east asia. visitors to one of the sites could even order their own tailor made videos. bbc eye sjow yin fung reports from tokyo. this is nagoya injapan. translation: there is a guy looking for a target. - the railway police are running a covert operation, on the hunt to catch sexual assaulters. translation: | would - like to follow him to check his behaviourfor a bit.