tonight at 10: the bbc sees more evidence of apparent war crimes committed against ukrainian civilians by russian forces. the bodies of more than 1,000 people have been discovered in the bucha region, outside the capital — now it's revealed that more than half of them were shot. now we still don't have a full picture of exactly what happened, but from the evidence that we've found underground here, it's clear they were executed. nato foreign ministers meet in berlin as finland and sweden — neutralfor decades — apply tojoin, a decision hailed by the alliance�*s secretary general. this would be an historic moment. their membership in nato would increase our shared security.

the northern ireland trade row, post—brexit. the government is set to publish legisation to give ministers the power to override parts of the deal with the eu. the controversial us preacher who's accused of being politically extreme draws thousands of people — and also protesters at the start of a uk tour. and chelsea lifts the trophy after beating manchester city — in extra time — to win the women's fa cup final at wembley. good evening. the bbc has seen further evidence of apparent war crimes committed by russian soldiers in ukraine. since russian forces were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march,

the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. many were found in shallow, temporary graves. now, the bbc has learned more than half of the dead, around 650 people, were shot — in what a senior police official has described as executions. in this special report, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has been investigating one case, in which a 34—year—old man — volodymyr boichenko — was shot dead, after being tortured in the basement of a children's summer camp. a warning — her report contains some distressing details. this is a place where dark acts were committed. civilians tortured and killed... ..by russian soldiers fighting a war in which they break all the rules, like they don't know them or even care. we were shown underground to where five men were held captive,

then shot in the head. in the gloom, we saw the chilling evidence. the men's bodies were found kneeling here, beaten, their hands tied behind their backs. it is cold, it's damp and it is dark down here, where the five men must have spent the most terrifying moments of their lives. now, we still don't have a full picture of exactly what happened, but from the evidence that we've found on the ground here, it's clear they were executed. we counted more than a dozen bullet holes. translation: the soldiers were based upstairs. - their headquarters were in a medical center. here was a torture room. they were torturing and killing civilians. it was all happening at a children's camp. its name means "radiant",

a place of sunshine. but when the town of bucha was occupied, russian troops set up base here. alyona shows me pictures of her brother in happy times. but volodymyr was one of the men found in that basement. his death has shattered her. when they last spoke, he told alyona he loved her, but she heard a voice full of fear. translation: it's so hard. i hate them, with every cell of my body. i know that's wrong to say about people... ..but they are not human. how could they torture those men? there wasn't a patch on their bodies that was not beaten. when russian troops retreated from bucha, they left streets filled with death.

moscow claims all of this was staged. and yet, weeks on, the hard evidence is piled up here. the cars of civilians covered in bullet holes. investigating it all is overwhelming and shocking, even for the police officer in charge. translation: more than half of the people killed _ in the bucha region were shot — not killed by mines or shrapnel orfound under the ruins, but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the russians�* cruelty, their crimes against humanity. it feels like every house, every yard in bucha was witness to that cruelty. just opposite the children's camp, we heard of another man who was held prisoner there. viktor is in western ukraine now.

but he told me he'd been thrown in a cellar at the camp, his legs soaked in water, so he'd freeze, and a gun held to his head. translation: they kept saying, "where is the fascists? _ "where's the nazis? "where is zelensky?" they said, "you have until the morning to remember "what you've seen, and if not, you'll be shot." viktor escaped because there was shelling and his captors scattered. but volodymyr is now buried in a grave with no date for his death. his family don't know when he was shot, but this town does know that civilians are not only caught up in this war, they're being targeted. sarah rainsford, bbc news, bucha. finland and sweden have abandoned their longstanding military neutrality and announced their intention tojoin nato — in response to russia's

invasion of ukraine. the alliance's secretary general jens stoltenberg has described the move as historic — while president putin, talking of finland, said the plan was "a mistake". nato — the north atlantic treaty organization — is a military alliance which, by the mid 1990s, had many members in western europe — including the uk. after the soviet union's collapse, many former eastern bloc countries also joined. now, sweden and finland — which has a more than 800 mile border with russia — want tojoin. nato foreign ministers, meeting in berlin, said they hoped for a rapid accession because of the ukrainian crisis. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. they claim vladimir putin's war has brought them closer together and made them stronger. now, the nato family is set to get bigger. america's top diplomat, back in europe, said the support

for ukraine is for the long term. every member of the alliance wants to bring this war to an end as soon as possible. but we're equally determined to maintain our security assistance to ukraine, to continue our sanctions, export controls and diplomatic pressure on russia for as long as is necessary. the united states and our allies and partners are focused on giving ukraine as strong a hand as possible. over in stockholm this evening, an historic moment. sweden's stayed neutral for decades, like finland. not any more. both now want to join nato. we're now facing a fundamentally change security environment in europe, and when we navigate in this new environment, the fundamental question for us is — how do we best protect sweden? and the kremlin has shown that they are prepared to use violence to achieve their political objectives. sweden and finland joining the western military alliance is not

just about the symbolism of two more flags being planted here — it would double the length of the land borders between russia and nato countries. it's the sort of expansion that vladimir putin was desperate to avoid. but russia is keeping up its assault on ukraine — from air, land and sea, focusing on the donbas region. although moscow accused the west of waging a total war on the russian people and has promised there'll be consequences if nato expands. the head of the organisation told the bbc the alliance was prepared. president putin doesn't understand that what we speak about is not nato aggressively moving east. this is about free, independent decisions by free, independent democratic nations — the baltic countries, poland, but also now, most likely, finland and sweden. and we respect those free,

indepen dent decisions. —— independent decisions. but one nato member, turkey, could yet hold up the process. it accuses sweden and finland of harbouring kurdish militants and wants concessions. it matters because all the existing 30 members need to agree to new countries joining their ranks. well, from conversations this evening we are getting a sense of cautious optimism that those turkish concerns will be overcome. how long that will take is by no means clear and of course speed is of the essence of you listen to yen statement who says about the accelerated process. he says finland and sweden need interim security guarantees in case there is any more russian aggression before their membership bids are officially signed up. critics of the west say they are still not moving fast enough, far enough when it comes to sanctions or when it comes to

reducing the amount of russian energy they are buying. if they really want to turn the screw on president putin. we know this is a brutal, bloody war but today, nato allies have said they are absolutely committed to delivering victory for ukraine, no matter how long it takes. nick, many thanks. nick beake reporting. the government is set to publish legislation in the coming days — which will allow the government to override parts of the deal which governs trade arrangements post—brexit. tomorrow, borisjohnson will travel to belfast for emergency talks with the northern ireland parties. ireland's foreign minister has warned against unilateral action by the uk. the trade border between great britain and northern ireland lies in the irish sea. some goods, such as food products, are inspected when they arrive from great britain. the agreement is part of the brexit deal signed by borisjohnson�*s government and the eu. it was designed to keep open the land border with the republic of ireland, which is in the european union. the eu wants to stop any goods,

which aren't in line with its standards, from reaching the european single market. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyjoins me now. the government will publish this legislation. tell us more about it. borisjohnson legislation. tell us more about it. boris johnson travels to legislation. tell us more about it. borisjohnson travels to belfast tomorrow knowing that he won't get the parties to agree to resume power—sharing. the dup have made it clear that they won't go back to stormont until things change when it comes to the brexit deal. so on tuesday, barring any last—minute changes, i've been told the government will publish that legislation which would allow ministers in london to override certain parts of the brexit deal. now they wouldn't get those powers right away, that legislation takes eight months to pass through parliament but as a member of the government told me the night, they need to give the option of acting unilaterally if all else fails. the government has had legal advice it

can do this within international law. it will argue the good friday agreement is more important than the brexit deal and specifically those bits that govern the northern ireland and gb trading arrangement. this will be controversial. some fear there may be retaliation, that potentially there might be a trade war with brussels. but after a lot of toing and froing in the last few weeks, the firm expectation is the uk government will publish that legislation in the next couple of days. legislation in the next couple of da s. . ~ , ., legislation in the next couple of da s. . ~' , ., , legislation in the next couple of das. .,�*, , . legislation in the next couple of da 5. ., ~' , . days. thank you very much. nick eardley there. _ around 300 train journeys across scotland have been cancelled due to a shortage of drivers, which is linked to an ongoing pay dispute. scotrail, which was nationalised last month, apologised to customers for the disruption. the train drivers�* union aslef has balloted its members for strike action, after rejecting a 2.2% pay increase. a teacher in birmingham has been charged with sexually

assaulting four teenage girls. muhammad taimoor is due to appearat birmingham magistrates�* court tomorrow. it�*s alleged that some of the assaults happened while he was at work and he�*s been suspended from hisjob. it�*s been revealed that the gunman who killed ten people in a us supermarket was taken into custody a year ago after making threats, but was released after a mental health check. president biden has condemned what he called hate—filled domestic terrorism. the shooting happened in new york state. most of the victims in the city of buffalo were black. an 18—year—old man, who is white, has been charged with first degree murder. 0ur correspondent will grant reports. once again, one man�*s deep—seated racism and easy access to semiautomatic weapons have combined to deadly effect in america. 18—year—old peyton gendron drove for miles to reach this supermarket in a predominantly black neighbourhood of buffalo. heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear, he livestreamed his entire horrific attack.

the killing spree began in the car park, where four people were killed, before he entered the building and continued his rampage. a security guard, a retired buffalo policeman, tried to stop him but was among those killed. most of the victims were black. before the attack, the gunmen posted a kind of manifesto online, hate filled screed laying bare his extremist views. outside the supermarket, gendron was disarmed, taken into custody and charged with first—degree murder. in court, his lawyer entered a not guilty plea. now new and difficult questions have emerged. after threatening such violence last year, the gunman was held by the authorities for a mental health evaluation, then released. a further blow to this tight—knit community torn apart by a teenager with a gun. will grant, bbc news.

the controversial american preacher franklin graham has held an event attended by thousands of people in liverpool at the start of a uk tour. before the pandemic, british venues cancelled his appearances when rights groups protested he was politically extreme, islamophobic and homophobic. 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, reports. for one night, the us evangelical mega—church experience came to liverpool. thousands wanted to see one of the most famous, some would say notorious, american preachers, franklin graham. he�*s the son of the late billy graham, who toured the uk for decades and filled stadia like anfield. have you ever thought to yourself, i�*d like to start it all over again? but unlike his father, franklin graham�*s been overtly political. and no man comes to the father but by me. in particular, his comments condemning homosexuality led to british venues cancelling his appearances. but he agreed to keep his rhetoric

in check and his tour�*s back on, to the dismay of some. at a counter event close by, the rector of liverpool and the mayor raised the pride flag at liverpool parish church. those gathered here said it was important to oppose what they saw as a message of hate from franklin graham, saying his views fuelled hostility towards people on the grounds of their sexuality. at no point have we argued that franklin graham has no right to speak. we would argue that he doesn't have a right to make people feel unsafe. he doesn't have a right to make people feel unwelcome — and that's what we need to fight against. the man himself is being very careful about what he says, though he disagrees with calls to be more inclusive. you can�*t be inclusive as it relates to sin. we have to repent. the bible requires us to repent, and that�*s to turn from our sins. and you�*re talking about things like homosexuality. i�*m talking about all of us, our sins.

the bible says we�*ve all sinned. among those going forward to pray with franklin graham were many who appear to believe in his rigid interpretation of the bible. others had come in spite of aspects they were uncomfortable with. he's got his views, which for me are quite evangelical and i'm more middle of the road. but i think, you know, his heart's in the right place. but it didn�*t put you off coming to see him? no. the fact that he�*s said in the past, homosexuality�*s evil? no. that wasn�*t enough to put you off? no, no, cos i don't think it is evil. chanting. protesters outside the venue thought no—one should be going to see franklin graham. but over the coming weeks in the uk, thousands plan to do just that. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in liverpool. some exciting news for doctor who fans because david tennant and catherine tate are to return to the show. the bbc has announced that the pair are currently filming for the 60th anniversary

of the time travel drama, which takes place next year. david tennant played the 10th doctor, catherine tate played his companion donna noble. with all the sport now, here�*s karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. chelsea have won the women�*s fa cup to complete a domestic double this season. they beat manchester city 3—2 in front ofjust under 50,000 fans at wembley — a record for the final. rhia chohan reports. back to back winners in the showpiece event of the season. chelsea, celebrating their dominance after truly being put to the test. in the early minutes, manchester city had the chances before england defender, millie bright, set up the perfect ball. deep cross in...! and it�*s all the way in! all it took was a little nick from sam kerr to help it over. earlier this week, the chelsea boss, emma hayes, said she loves watching city�*s lauren hemp play. she won�*t have enjoyed this, though. six goals in six games.

erin cuthbert, who had covered every inch of this pitch, is often the creator of goals for chelsea. but she definitely owned this. two teams showing no signs of backing down. the holders were all set to win before hayley raso sent the game into extra time. the league�*s golden boot winner sam kerr has a magnetic touch, and once she�*d latched onto the ball, no one could stop her. this team has superb characterfor a reason, and we�*ve won the titles we have for multiple reasons. there is no denying it was the best fa cup final, i think, in recent years. chelsea, fa cup winners 2022... manchester city gave it their all, but the depth and consistency of this chelsea squad has paid off. they won the league last weekend and have now secured their fourth fa cup. lifting trophies is becoming a habit for them. rhia chohan, bbc news, at wembley.

it�*s time to pop out of the room if you don�*t want to know today�*s football results as match of the day two and sportscene in scotland follow soon on bbc one. the premier league title race is still in manchester city�*s hands, despite having to come from 2—0 down to draw 2—2 with west ham. city could have taken all three points but a riyad mahrez penalty was saved. if they win their final game of the season, they will retain the title. everton could have secured their top flight status but they lost 3—2 to brentford. leeds�*s hopes of survival remain after a 1—1 draw with brighton. and tottenham moved into the top four with a 1—0 victory over burnley, who drop into the relegation zone. stockport county have won promotion back to the football league, after 11 years. they entered administration in 2009 and were relegated to the national league in 2011. but stockport beat halifax 2—0 today to secure their return. stjohnstone are in the scottish premiership play—offs after they were defeated

4—0 by hibernian. livingston beat relegated dundee 2—1, while aberdeen and st mirren drew. novak djokovic has won his first title of the year at tennis�* rome masters. the world number one beat stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets in the final. djokovic could claim a record—equalling 21st grand slam title at the french open which starts next sunday. that�*s all from the bbc sport centre. reeta. thank you so much. now, if you�*re up in the early hours of the morning you may get to see a super flower blood moon — that�*s a rare event when the earth comes between the sun and the moon. from 2.30am this morning, the moon will start to darken as it falls into the earth�*s shadow, before turning a dusky red by around a.30am. and it could look like this. the best views will be in scotland, north east england and the far south west of england. there�*s more throughout

the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it�*s time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. more now on our top story — the decisions by finland and sweden tojoin nato.

earlier this eving we spoke to the deputy foreign minister of poland. my colleage chris rodgers asked him whether was it a mistake that we didn�*t invite ukraine into nato much sooner? as you know, in 2008 on the bucharest summit, summit of nato, poland already advocated, advocating for ukraine tojoin nato. it was before an attack on georgia, it was before crimea, donbas, and before that war, which was started by russia this year. completely different security situation, probably, if at that moment, at that time, if allies would have taken another decision, we would be living in a better, better world. but unfortunately, it was blocked by some of our allies. now we have to live with with this. nevertheless, it�*s never too late. it�*s up to ukraine whether they want to join nato and when and whether they are already prepared. and of course, it�*s up to the ally or the allied

countries to decide about it. it doesn�*t seem that it�*s going to be very, very soon, but it is possible. and the case of finland and sweden shows that we can do it very fast if we really want to do it. well, indeed, exactly. and that leads nicely to my next question. we�*re seeing how fast this can be done. are you more fearful of security in poland and other parts of europe? are you more fearful of russia if finland and sweden dojoin or less fearful of what russia could do next? of course, it�*s a good decision to have new allies in the in our club. it would have a very positive impact, not only on the regional security in the baltic sea region, which is poland part of, but for the entire for the entire nato. so i�*m absolutely not fearful, justjust opposite. we will be stronger, we�*ll be more united and more

ready to deter russia. this is unfortunately one of the main goals as for now, to push back russia and to defend our community, our nato community by the deterrence policy, and finland and sweden would be very much added value to that. at the nato meeting in madrid, will you be asking for more support in poland from nato on your borders? well, as you probably know, in 2016 on the warsaw summit, that was a very successful nato summit, allied decided about strengthening their deployment down here in poland, where other eastern flank countries are, there are already nato troops, american, canadian, british, german, french, etc. but the situation has changed now. so we believe that there will be a joint united position and the decision of nato in order to have more nato troops in poland and other countries and more equipment, not to provoke anybody, just to deter, to send a proper political message —

don�*t even try, mr putin, to go forward. we as nato�*s are ready to defend, we are very much united and we are the strongest defensive alliance in the world. so just just to clarify, are you still concerned, do you still remain concerned that russia could include poland in its plans to expand into europe? well, you know, in 2008, during the invasion of russia to georgia, ourformer president, late lech kaczynski, was in tbilisi at that time telling the georgians that he is there to defend and to help georgians because he knows that now today it�*s georgia tthen it may be

ukraine, then baltic, and then maybe even poland. so there is that kind of scenario foreseen already, probably for russia, for the kremlin political circles, this is a probable scenario. we don�*t know whether they�*ve decided or not, but it�*s better to be prepared, we cannot exclude any any scenario. but as i said, i doubt really now that russia may try to to invade nato�*s country. the member of the, as i said, most powerful alliance in the world. they have really problems on the front line in ukraine. ukrainian are doing very, very well. it seems that russia is not absolutely ready to start any other, but we are not sure, so that�*s better to be prepared. and that�*s our position together with our natoe partners, our nato allies.

hello there. it�*s fair to say the forecast hasn�*t gone to plan today, especially across more southern parts of the uk. we have seen high pressure that brought us the sunshine and the warmth yesterday being replaced by a falling pressure, strengthening breeze and rain that has been pushing up from the south. yesterday we had the sunshine widely across southern parts of england, it was really warm, and today without much more parts of england, much more cloud around and some rain as well and that rain is going to continue to push northwards this evening and overnight. so wet weather heading up across northern england into northern ireland and southern parts of scotland. following on from that, there could be some thundery downpours across southern parts of england, perhaps across parts of wales as well. it is going to be a very warm and muggy night. if you�*re hoping to see the super blood moon, the best chance of clear skies later will be across northern parts of scotland. generally a cloudy start tomorrow, misty with some further bursts of rain, again potentially heavy and thundery, again working northwards into scotland, allowing some sunshine eventually in northern ireland. sunshine develops more widely across england and wales, but there still could be some thundery downpours here and there.

it is going to be a warmer day in that sunshine, but much cooler i think in scotland, where it is cloudy and wet into the afternoon. that wet weather does move away through the evening, and then we await the arrival of this next weather system coming in from the atlantic and that is going to draw up some warmer air ahead of it on a southerly breeze. many parts of the country will start dry on tuesday, with some sunshine around and then on that weather front we see this rain developing in western areas, especially during the afternoon when it could turn heavy, but it is with that sunshine and breeze it is going to feel warm. the warmest day of the week ahead, 26 degrees likely in the south—east of england, but given that heat we could trigger a few storms later in the day. most of the wet weather coming on that weather front there and that will push rain eastwards overnight. that should be moving away from most areas on wednesday, but again the devil is going to be in the detail, many places starting dry on wednesday, some sunshine and showers in the north—west of scotland moving away, thickening cloud arriving in the south—west and that will start to bring some rain in as well. that will push northwards and eastwards during the evening into the night and ahead that

developing rain, temperatures are in the low 20s in many places.