more on all of those stories coming up more on all of those stories coming up in a moment or two but let s headfirst to the bbc sport centre. thank you, matthew. we start this hour with the second round of the us open. rory mcilroy has just teed off, he is a three shots off the lead. world number one is five off the lead on three under. masters winnerjohn rama is a further two strokes behind. the lead currently shared between two players who shot the lowest score in us open history in round one stop it was a great day. in round one stop it was a great da . ,., in round one stop it was a great da . , ., ., ., in round one stop it was a great da. ., ., . in round one stop it was a great da. . ,., in round one stop it was a great da. . ., day. got off to a nice start and then just. day. got off to a nice start and then just. i day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, never- day. got off to a nice start and| the
we ll hear from an expert about the remarkable discovery. first, though, a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine, four times higher than the figure acknowledged by moscow. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training. significant numbers have been recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they re filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the
best i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much for watching. the news continues next, i m seeing it hello, and welcome to all of our viewers watching around the world. i m nick watt ahead on cnn newsroom people around the globe are suffering stifling temperatures and the heat is causing a soaring death toll at this year s hajj in france shocking allegations over the alleged sexual assault of a jewish girl have lead to a nationwide debate on rising anti-semitism that could impact the upcoming election and new york becomes the first us state to pass a law regulating social media algorithms targeting children can it make a difference? we ll talk to an expert just ahead we begin with the extreme heat impacting millions of people from the united states to europe, the middle east, and asia almost all of the continental us could see temperatures above 90 degrees fahrenheit or 32 degrees celsius over the next few today s more than 100 million people are under exc
back in the shelters. the government has not told them that they can go back to their villages, because it has not given the all clear yet. and they have been trying to speak to people to understand what remains of their homes after the cyclone made landfall. many of these people are poor villagers living on the shoreline. they don t have concrete roofs. they have makeshift roofs, and there are reports coming in of some of these having blown away in the rain. officials when we spoke to them say that they are still in the process of assessing the extent of the damage, because a large part of the day, it was filled with heavy rainfall and strong gust of wind, so they couldn t go out to do surveys. they have only now gone out and are trying to understand what is the extent of the cyclone s impact. a real picture that will perhaps only be properly visible by saturday. we hear lots of negative stories about artificial intelligence but here is one example of its benefits. a pilot project in
and they have been trying to speak to people to understand what remains of their homes after the cyclone made landfall. many of these people are poor villagers living on the shoreline. they don t have concrete roofs. they have makeshift roofs. and there are reports coming in of some of these having blown away in the rain. officials, when we spoke to them, say that they are still in the process of assessing the extent of the damage, because a large part of the day, it was filled with heavy rainfall and strong gust of wind, so they couldn t go out to do surveys. they have only now gone out and they re trying to understand what is the extent of the cyclone s impact. and a real picture, perhaps, will only be properly visible by saturday. let s turn to japan. the parliament there has passed new legislation on rape and gay rights, after campaigns to overhaul laws seen as outdated and socially conservative. here s our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil. i must say, it s quite remarkable and