tv Our World BBC News April 23, 2022 4:30am-5:01am BST
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this is bbc news. the latest headlines now: the united nations has described the war in ukraine as a "horror story of violations against civilians" and says there's growing evidence war crimes may have been committed. it comes as us satellite images allegedly show a mass burial site near the besieged southern port city of mariupol. the un secretary—general is to travel to moscow for talks with president putin before then moving on to meet with president zelensky in kyiv. a ukrainian deputy prime minister has told the bbc only the un can save the lives
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of tens of thousands of people stuck in mariupol. the french presidential election campaign has concluded and voters now have a day to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of her 7—year—old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in birmingham in november 2017. he was severely asthmatic and coventry crown court was told he was left alone without his inhaler. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. hakeem hussein was a frail young boy who died because his mother cared more about getting her next fix than looking after him. laura heath smoked heroin and crack cocaine.
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her addiction had spiralled out of control in the months before he died. she even used her son's inhaler as a makeshift crack pipe. they lived in squalor. their lives were chaotic. on the night he lost his life, hakeem had a severe asthma attack, went outside for some air, but collapsed and died. his mother couldn't help because she'd passed out after taking drugs, but later, she wrote her dead son a letter in which she appeared to blame him for not waking her up. evidence showed that he was simply neglected. his mum prioritised her drug use over him. hakeem wasn'tjust failed by his mother, but also by the agencies who were responsible for him. they'd had plenty of warnings over a period of two years that culminated in a meeting on a friday afternoon at which a nurse said if he wasn't taken into care immediately, he would die. no action was taken.
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36 hours later, his body was found here. at the time, birmingham children's services had already been rated inadequate for nearly a decade. six months after hakeem died, a new trust was appointed to take over, and inspections have shown improvements. all of the agencies working together had not shared or sought from each other enough information. one of the things that would happen today that didn't happen then is that that would have triggered an immediate response that afternoon. a serious case review will be published soon. it's hoped that changes already made will minimise the risk of another case like hakeem's. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. me the grips of an uprising. triggered by a military coup. —— myanmar. protesters are at demanding a return to democracy. they are met with
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brutal force. borders are closed. the internet is blocked. the military doesn't want the world to see this. we follow a brother and sister who are part of a generation that briefly experienced democracy and are now fighting for their future. myanmar�*s biggest city was opening up after decades of oppressive military rule. these
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siblings live through a brief period of democracy. for the last five years, the military has been sharing power with aung san suu kyi's party. all that changed on first of february. the general staged a coup. since then, they have beenjoining daily coup. since then, they have been joining daily protests.
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go out. but what is on social media what happens. —— watches. this is one of nearly a0 people killed that day. it was the bloodiest since the crew so far. —— coup. he was killed not far from where bhone and cindy live. they decide to collect some money for his family. they have come to visit his widow.
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bobo is one of the renowned 88 generation, a group of young activists, including aung san suu kyi, who push for democracy and an end to military rule backin and an end to military rule back in 1988. the thousands who demonstrated against burma's military rulers take a calculated risk — a risk that the army will fire on them. and on this occasion, it does. it them. and on this occasion, it does. ., , ., .,
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does. it was one of the defining _ does. it was one of the defining moments - does. it was one of the defining moments of l does. it was one of the - defining moments of myanmar's modern history. more than 3000 people were killed. bobo spent 11 years behind bars. and is now watching it happen again. he also loves music. he fears he will be arrested again, but meets bhone in a safe place.
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they watch on state tv. general min aung hlaing celebrating armed forces day. they take to the streets again, but stay closer to home. gunfire later that evening, they watch videos from the day. 0ver later that evening, they watch videos from the day. over 750 people have now been killed since the military coup. they
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hello there. at this time of year, wind direction can have quite a significant impact on the weather story. west has been best for the last couple of days. in fact, there was nearly ia hours of sunshine in argyll and bute, an absolutely glorious story here. just down the road in north wales, well, that was the highest temperature recorded in flintshire with 19 celsius. that's because we were sheltered from a fresh easterly wind coming in off a cool north sea. it dragged in a lot of cloud with it. most of the weather action over the last few days has certainly been across europe where we've seen some hideous weather, wet and windy at times across northern spain and portugal, and that's going
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to continue for the weekend. for us, though, there will be a lot of cloud, and it's been pushing in off the north sea, and the cloud thick enough for some coastal fog which will linger across the far north—east of scotland. but once again, western areas in scotland, northern ireland, north—west england seeing the best of any sunshine. the cloud will break up across england and wales, but we could see a rash of showers into south wales and south—west england as we go through the afternoon. yes, it's going to be another breezy day, so on exposed north sea coasts, it will be noticeably cooler. we're likely to see those temperatures perhaps peaking at around 12 or 13 degrees. but in western areas and maybe into the south—east, where we see that cloud break up and more sunshine coming through, 18 degrees, once again, is quite possible. so, there's that low pressure bringing yet more wet weather and significant snow across the alps in europe. at the same time, we're under this influence of high pressure, but there'll be plenty of isobars squeezed together, so a significant breeze yet again on sunday.
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that may well help to break up the cloud a little further on sunday, but it will continue to drag in a lot of low cloud and sea fog across the northern isles and far north—east of scotland. 9—11 degrees here, but with more sunshine and fewer showers, 18, once again, not out of the question. then, as we head into next week, the isobars will open up a little, but we can track that wind direction to more of a north—easterly, a cooler source if anything. so, yes, potentially lighter winds, but that's going to drag in a little more in the way of cool air in comparison to of late. so, we keep the theme dry to close out the month of april, but noticeably cooler than we've seen over the last couple of days. take care.
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this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. our top stories: shuttle diplomacy: the un secretary—general is to have separate face—to—face meetings with presidents putin and zelensky. evidence of possible war crimes: satellite images appear to show a second mass grave on the outskirts of mariupol. campaigning comes to an end in a tight french presidential race for marine le pen and emmanuel macron. and celebrating earth day: people around the world take a moment to show support for the planet.
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