the bbc can t verify that figure, but understands many children have gone from care homes and residential schools. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has followed the story of parents desperate attempts to bring their children home. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they d been separated from for six months. ukrainian children, sent to summer camps run by russia, and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles, from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. translation: i should never have let him go but we didn t know. - theyjust took him and that was that. my son had seen explosions. i wanted him to relax from the war, and then this happened. ijust hope we make it in time. russia has been removing children from parts of ukraine it occupi
rain in the forecast, the heaviest is going to stay away from those dry areas where we could really do with some rainfall. there are spots of the very best, the wettest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland, and parts of western england and wales. on the radar picture we are seeing are zone of rain that is moving across the highlands, turning right here, but further southwards it is a bit more patchy in nature. the area is quite humid at the moment, so if few missed patches over the high ground. temperatures for the most part in the mid 20s, with top temperatures hitting 28 degrees. will continue a feed of brisk south westerly wind, the recent further pulses of rain coming going, that is going to be a one night, temperatures 16 to 18 celsius. they could be a little bit of mist around some of the hills in the west. it s going to be bringing further rain across the north west of the uk, there will be little rain in the east of england, in the rain is heaviest acr
the papers should be on about now. our usual schedule has been slightly disrupted by the women s euros quarterfinals match between france and the netherlands. but we will have a full look at tomorrow s front pages at 11.30pm. i ll be joined by aubrey allegretti from the guardian and geri scott from the times. join us for that, if you can. to the us now, where a jury has found donald trump s former chief strategist, steve bannon, guilty of contempt of congress. it follows his failure to co operate with a committee investigating the former president s actions, during the attack on the capitol in january last year. mr bannon could now face up to two years in jail. our washington correspondent, rianna croxford, reports. steve bannon, defiant as he faces up to two years in prison for contempt of congress for refusing to give evidence to a committee investigating last year s attack on the capitol. we may ve lost a battle here today, but we re not gonna lose this war. here s why t
Hello, im samantha simmonds. The Israeli Military says about 300,000 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The Israel Defence forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no Running Water or proper sanitation. Israel is planning an assault on Hamas Fighters In Rafah and has ordered Tens Of Thousands more residents from Eastern Districts of the city to leave. Evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. Last night, a Us Government report criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of International Humanitarian law in some instances. Israel launched its war on hamas following their attack in israel on october the 7th. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Another desperate exodus, palest
In many parts of the world. A Police Officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow and a man was stabbed in what was described as a serious assault and weapons incident. Police shot and arrested a 54 year old suspect who is now in hospital. The incident happened last night near high wycombe, in buckinghamshire. From where frances read sent this report. 0fficers now on the scene after one of their own was shot with a crossbow. In this quiet cul de sac yesterday evening, police were first called to a stabbing. It was when they got here that the officer was shot in the leg. Armed police then shot a 54 year old man and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder, as families ran for cover. I got out of the car and he said, get back in the car. Theres somebody with a crossbow. And then ijust phoned my daughter and said to her, just lock all the doors, shut the windows, and we just had to wait. Ijust grabbed my son and told my partner to quickly get home. We got home and then within min