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day's news. first, nikki fox reports on the 30,000 children with disabilities living in state—run institutions in ukraine in our world: the forgotten children of ukraine. ukraine, independent from the soviet union since 1991. in communist times, having a disability would more than likely mean you would spend your entire life in an institution. that still happens today. more children live in state care in ukraine than anywhere else in europe. a third have a disability. you can't really say how bad they are until you see them, until you're there. because these are dark places. i'm nikki fox and i'm here to find out what life is like for the thousands of disabled people who live in institutions just like this one. i'm very embarrassed. 750 institutions. it's a huge number. legally, parents can leave their child in a state—run institution, and it's encouraged.

but some families choose instead to fight to keep their children. now the government wants all institutions closed, but what will happen to those who've only known this kind of life? hidden away in the ukrainian countryside, where the nearest town is 60 kilometres away. this is where 86 disabled men and boys live. i've been given access to this government—run institution, a place so many don't see. there's little routine and many of those living here aren't clean.

there's just not enough staff here to look after everyone. abuse and self—harm happens in places like these, so green paint is used to help staff keep track of injuries. for most... hello. this is all they've ever known. in this tiny room, i meet yuri. he's 15 years old. even though he has a family, he's lived in this orphanage since he was four. there are just 12 orphans here. the rest have families, loved ones they rarely see. how long have some of the kids or adults been here? the nurse tells me that this man has been here for 20 years. she says he's 32. even at this age, they're still seen as children.

the man who runs this place was keen for me to see how they work with the boys. these are really lovely. have you been making these? oh, thank you! i was also shown a singing lesson with volunteers. i'm told it's a way of improving communication, but activities are sporadic. another room paints a very different picture. this is the reality for so many disabled people who live in institutions. there are some people who will see the film and think this is not the right situation for anyone to live in. emotions are everywhere when you are inside. it really hits you. one minute i was incredibly sad,

the next minute i was being hugged by someone and i was smiling, and so it's nothing like i'd ever experienced before. across ukraine, there are more than 100,000 children in institutions. it's estimated that around 90% have families, like andre. his mother tatiana was told an orphanage was the best place for him because he has cerebral palsy. did you feel like you were forced to make that decision, to have to give andre away? but the reality was very different. pining for his mother, andre became seriously ill. instead of taking him to hospital, staff at the institution just

left him in a room to die. how does that make you feel? tatiana lives in a remote village with no support or services her son needs. because of this, she felt she had no choice but to give him up. closer to the capital, i meet a group of parents who have

built up their own services. larissa? nikki. a small centre providing essential care, offering families the support they need to keep their children at home. as i'm shown around, i meet young people with some of the most complex needs. 0h, hello! they learn ways of communicating and there are plenty of fully trained staff on hand to look after each child. not only does sasha come to this centre to help her son develop, it also gives her a break. can you imagine what your life would be like if he wasn't able to come here? when sasha gave birth to her son,

she was told to leave him in an orphanage and have a healthy child. despite such pressure, she refused to give him up, but it's taken its toll. it gets tiring, doesn't it? this place can only do so much. sasha is still battling against the widely held belief that here, disabled children are not able

to live a normal life. but there is some hope. ukraine is changing and there is now the political will to make sure childhood is no longer spent hidden away from society. nikolai kuleba is a man who has a difficult task. i want to have this as a national programme for family... he's heading up the government's radical reforms to close all institutions, eradicating a system that has been in place for nearly a century. i'm very embarrassed because 750 institutions around ukraine and it's a huge number. more than 100,000 children live in institutions. more of them have families, but because these families can't get enough support, they gave their children to these institutions. they've never seen a city, they've never seen a train, they've never seen a market.

every day, nothing happens. that's why it's about hope. it's about hope. they have no hope. the change in the law will help give these children and theirfamilies more rights. it's time for reform and reform for children with disabilities means we will support the family, we will give an opportunity to stay at home and to have enough services to live a normal life. one thing that has already changed, a new law that means all schools in ukraine must teach disabled students. speaks ukrainian i'm almost ukrainian! in a secondary school in kiev, artemis one of a small number of disabled pupils who can now take part in lessons with other children and he loves it. the main challenge for artem

is getting to his classes. the school has tried to be more accessible, but he has to rely on his dad to get around. how much do you love school, artem? give me a smile. there it is. so many families here don't have that support. they don't have any support, so you have a child, your child has a disability, you've got to get your head around that and then you've got to find out, how am i best going to look after my child? and part of that is education, and because with that comes social interaction and all those wonderful things that we probably all take for granted. so for the families, no one is going to want their kids to miss out on that. no one is really going to want

their kids going to an institution. while i've been in ukraine, i've spent time at an orphanage more than three hours‘ drive from the capital, kiev. now i've been given access to another state—run institution that's much closer. it's a home for girls and women up to the age of 32. and it feels very different. in every room there are activities going on, from dancing to sewing. everyone here is engaged. one, two, ready? these young people have a range of different disabilities and, even though the majority have parents, this is their home. under the government's new reforms, institutions like this one will close. but there is strong resistance from many who run them. do you accept that there

are other institutions, very different from your one, and the conditions are, you know, the conditions are a lot worse? do you think it is ok for a child to be in an institution for the whole of their life? but not all of the residents

agree with her. dasha is 20 years old. she came here when she was 12. she spends her time performing and reciting poetry, which she is able to do here, but dasha does not want this place to be her life. would you like to leave one day, if you could? the lady who runs the place is pretty adamant that she doesn't think institutions should be closed. she said something that we've all been thinking — you know, what is going to happen to these kids, these kids that have got various disabilities, some very complex?

it's all well to say let's close these places, but what is there? what will be their life after? when talking about reforming institutional care systems, people are asking me what about the children with severe disabilities? you will never do something for them. people can't imagine that in other countries, these children can be living a normal life. and we want to build small group homes, we want to develop alternative care for these children. there are no easy answers. many disabled children and adults will need some kind of residential care. but this will take time and money. i visited two very different orphanages, but there's hundreds across ukraine with many thousands of disabled children. so there is no rehabilitation?

the neglect many experience in care was highlighted in a report by the charity disability rights international, published in 2015. they visited dozens of institutions and documented how bad some of these places are. there has been research done that institutions for the disabled child stunt not only their physical growth but their psychological growth, and when you're there, you can easily see that. you see that a baby will not integrate with the world unless the world interacts with the baby. and i think it is bad not only for people who are in the orphanages, but also for the staff members. they all get tangled in a system that strips a lot of human traits from both sides. you cannot really say how bad they are until you see them because these are dark places. i think sometimes it is as a prison, or even worse than a prison. andriy, the boy we met earlier,

was left in one of those dark places to die. he was lucky. he was rescued by volunteers who forced their way into his room. now his story is one of hope. natasha is one of the nurses who helped him recover in hospital. she is now his foster mother. you have such a lovely relationship with him, it is quite wonderful. he seems like a different boy with you now.

are you proud of the progress he's made? natasha is desperate to keep andriy. but his future is still uncertain. take andriy, who we met. he is with a foster family, but they are looking for international adoption for him. does that concern you — the fact that there are no services, there may not be a family for him, so he will have to be adopted abroad?

we want him to have a ukrainian family, but we understand it is very hard to find. not because we have no loving families, but we have a lack of services. it's why maybe it would be better for him to find an international family. as for me, yeah, it's not good feelings. we need support. i'm talking with an international agency and different governments, different countries, about support for ukraine. because no one country, poland, bulgaria, romania, they didn't do this themselves. with thousands of disabled children and young people in need, finding a loving family is not an easy task. nick was one of those who dreamt of a different life. in desperation and with a bit of government help from nikolai,

he used social media to find an adoptive family. and the video went viral. eventually, after a life spent hidden away in an institution, the 23—year—old got what he wanted. here in ukraine, i've met parents who have fought to keep their children out of institutions. alexander and his wife have an apartment on the third floor with no lift. they've adapted their life in order to raise their son. sasha is now setting up her own centre. she wants to help other disabled children. and andriy is finally getting the love he needs. for now.

but i've also met children and adults who have no—one. there is still that acceptance that if you have a child that has a disability, it is fine to go into an institution. so while the government will be putting forward plans, education, smaller residential places for disabled people, it will take time. but it isn'tjust that — it is also changing attitudes, society has to change. it cannot be just thought that this disabled child will go into an institution and that is accepted. and the people that we met stick with me, they stick in my head, because no matter how many plans are made and how much change happens, those people are never going to see anything other

than those four walls or different variations of those walls, that will be their life. we're going to see some pretty big swings in temperatures coming our way over the next few days. on saturday, what most impressed was the variety of clouds we had. cloud spotters had a treat. from the lenticularis clouds that gary spotted in st andrews, fife, to the asperatus clouds we had further north, these clouds, formed by strong winds rippling over mountains, for example over the highlands, create this wavy pattern. we had some impressive clouds sent to us during saturday. for the second half of the weekend, cold air will be moving our way, coming straight down from the arctic.

that will send temperatures below normal for the time of year. although we start the day on a cloudy note, the cloud will melt away. on sunday, we will see plenty of sunshine. there will be a few showers across north—eastern areas but for most, it is how the day will feel that will be biggest change. factor in the brisk north—westerly winds and it will feel colder. as high pressure begins to move in to kill the winds off, we will have clear skies, meaning we're in for a cold night as we get into the early hours of monday morning. with temperatures in towns and cities getting into low single figures, expect patches of frost in the countryside across wales and northern england and perhaps some of northern ireland and certainly in scotland, where we could see lows go down to minus three degrees. it will be a cold start to the new working week thanks to this area of high pressure, although we have a weak

weather front approaching from the north—west. a fine start to the day, cold and frosty, maybe a few fog patches towards western areas. the cloud will increase across north—western areas of the weak front approaches later in the day, bringing splashes of rain. these temperatures are lower than normal for this time of year. i've not said that many times this autumn. but it is a return to milder conditions on tuesday after winds flick around to a south—westerly direction. behind this weather front, they will bring a spell of rain, heaviest across the north. towards the middle part of the week, we have a couple of weather fronts trying to gang up on scotland, bringing heavier outbreaks of rain. the high pressure hangs on across southern parts. weather—wise, expect a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain at times on wednesday. it will also be fairly windy. temperatures are a bit above average, with occasional brighter spells hanging on across the south. by thursday, high pressure is back in charge.

we will see it turn cooler behind a weak front that will push a spell of patchy rain southwards. beyond that, we have to look towards the north of the uk, where we have a jet stream pattern that will introduce areas of low pressure and a push of colder air coming from greenland in a gradual process. as we get towards next weekend, we will see the colder air sinking southwards. the boundary you see is the weather front that will be bringing a spell of rain. during next weekend, we are likely to see wet weather moving southwards for a time. then the cold air returns. it will be cold enough for some widespread frost and we could see showers moving in across northern parts of scotland in that colder air. it could even be cold enough for a few wintry showers across the high ground of the north of the uk. so some big swings in temperatures coming up over the coming few days. this is bbc news. the headlines at ten. the deposed leader of catalonia calls

for peaceful resistance against direct rule from madrid. it comes as thousands take part in rallies in spain's capital madrid, in favour of unity with catalonia. jeremy corbyn demands that mps who sexually abuse or harass women are held to account and appeals for victims to come forward. this needs to be the turning point. any members of parliament who have engaged in this sort of behaviour must be held to account. compulsory drug testing on board royal navy submarines is ordered — as nine crew members are dismissed for reportedly using cocaine. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 syrians in an eastern suburb of damascus — is described as an outrage,