�*welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. the bbc sees more evidence of apparent war crimes committed against ukrainian civilians by russian forces. more than one thousand bodies are discovered in the bucha region. i still don't have a few picture —— full picture but we have seen underground is clear they were executed. as nato foreign ministers meet in berlin — finland and sweden — neutral for decades — say they plan to join the alliance, a decision hailed by nato�*s secretary general this would be a historic moment.

their membership in nato would increase our shared security. president biden says america must do all it can to end hate—filled domestic terrorism — following saturday's mass shooting in buffalo that left 10 dead. and north korea announces a further eight deaths as it it's six in the morning in singapore, midnight in stockholm and one in the morning in helsinki where finland and sweden have announced their intention tojoin nato — in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. we'll get to that in just a moment — but first i want to tell you about this exclusive report: a bbc team have uncovered further evidence of potential war crimes

committed by russian forces in ukraine. since russian forces were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march, the bodies of more than one thousand civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. now the bbc has learned more than half of the dead were shot, in what has been described as executions. in this special report, the bbc�*s sarah rainsford has been investigating one case, in which a 34—year—old man was shot dead, after being tortured in the basement her report contains some distressing details. this is a place for dark acts were committed. civilians tortured and killed. by russian soldiers fighting a war in which they break all the rules. like they do not know them or even care. we were shown underground

where five men were held captive and 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 here, beaten, their hands tied behind their backs.— here, beaten, their hands tied behind their backs. it is cold, it is damp and — behind their backs. it is cold, it is damp and it _ behind their backs. it is cold, it is damp and it is _ behind their backs. it is cold, it is damp and it is dark - behind their backs. it is cold, it is damp and it is dark down - behind their backs. it is cold, it l is damp and it is dark down here. with five men must�*ve spent the most terrifying moments of their lives. we still do not have a full picture of exactly what happened but the evidence we did find underground here, it is clear they were executed. here, it is clear they were executed-— here, it is clear they were executed. ~ _, ., ., here, it is clear they were executed. ~ ., ., ., executed. we counted more than a dozen bulletholes. _ executed. we counted more than a dozen bulletholes. the _ executed. we counted more than a dozen bulletholes. the soldiers - executed. we counted more than a i dozen bulletholes. the soldiers were based upstairs. _ dozen bulletholes. the soldiers were based upstairs, the _ dozen bulletholes. the soldiers were based upstairs, the headquarters - based upstairs, the headquarters from the medical centre. this was a torture room and they were tortured and killing civilians. it torture room and they were tortured and killing civilians.— and killing civilians. it was all happening — and killing civilians. it was all happening at _ and killing civilians. it was all happening at a _ and killing civilians. it was all happening at a children's - and killing civilians. it was all. happening at a children's camp. and killing civilians. it was all- happening at a children's camp. its name means radiance, place of

sunshine. when the town of bucha was occupied, russian troops set up base here. and they show me pictures of her brother and happy times. but vladimir was one of the men found in that basement. his death had shattered her. s when they last spoke, he told her that he loved her. but she heard a voice full of fear. it's so hard. i her. but she heard a voice full of fear. it's so hard.— fear. it's so hard. i hate with every cell— fear. it's so hard. i hate with every cell of— fear. it's so hard. i hate with every cell of my _ fear. it's so hard. i hate with every cell of my body. - fear. it's so hard. i hate with every cell of my body. i - fear. it's so hard. i hate with| every cell of my body. i know fear. it's so hard. i hate with - every cell of my body. i know it's wrong to — every cell of my body. i know it's wrong to say about people but they are not— wrong to say about people but they are not human. how could they torture — are not human. how could they torture those men? there wasn't a patch _ torture those men? there wasn't a patch on _ torture those men? there wasn't a patch on their bodies that was not beaten _ patch on their bodies that was not beaten. ~ , , ., patch on their bodies that was not beaten. ~ ,, ., ,, beaten. when russian troops retreated. — beaten. when russian troops retreated, they _ beaten. when russian troops retreated, they left _ beaten. when russian troops retreated, they left streets . beaten. when russian troops . retreated, they left streets filled with death. moscow claims all of

this was staged. and yet, weeks on, the hard evidence is piled up here. because civilians covered in both bulletholes. it is overwhelming and shocking even for the police of mr in charge. shocking even for the police of mr in charae. a, ., ., , .,, in charge. more than half the people killed in the — in charge. more than half the people killed in the bucha _ in charge. more than half the people killed in the bucha region _ in charge. more than half the people killed in the bucha region were - killed in the bucha region were shot. _ killed in the bucha region were shot. not— killed in the bucha region were shot, not killed _ killed in the bucha region were shot, not killed by— killed in the bucha region were shot, not killed by mines - killed in the bucha region were shot, not killed by mines or. shot, not killed by mines or shrapnel— shot, not killed by mines or shrapnel are _ shot, not killed by mines or shrapnel are found - shot, not killed by mines or shrapnel are found under. shot, not killed by mines or. shrapnel are found under the shot, not killed by mines or- shrapnel are found under the ruins, but shot_ shrapnel are found under the ruins, but shot with — shrapnel are found under the ruins, but shot with guns, _ shrapnel are found under the ruins, but shot with guns, more _ shrapnel are found under the ruins, but shot with guns, more than - shrapnel are found under the ruins, | but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows — but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the _ but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the russian _ but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the russian cruelty- but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the russian cruelty of. that shows the russian cruelty of their— that shows the russian cruelty of their crimes — that shows the russian cruelty of their crimes against _ that shows the russian cruelty of their crimes against humanity. itl their crimes against humanity. it feels their crimes against humanity. feels like every house, every their crimes against humanity.- feels like every house, every yard in bucha was witness to that cruelty. just opposite of the children's camp, we heard of another man who was held prisoner there.

victor is man who was held prisoner there. victo , , ~ ., ., victor is in western ukraine now, but he told _ victor is in western ukraine now, but he told me _ victor is in western ukraine now, but he told me he _ victor is in western ukraine now, but he told me he had _ victor is in western ukraine now, but he told me he had been - victor is in western ukraine now, l but he told me he had been thrown victor is in western ukraine now, - but he told me he had been thrown in the cellar at the camp and his legs soaked in water so he would freeze and a gun held to his head. timer;r and a gun held to his head. they ke -t and a gun held to his head. they kept saying. _ and a gun held to his head. they kept saying, where _ and a gun held to his head. they kept saying, where are - and a gun held to his head. tie: kept saying, where are the fascists, where the nazis, where is president zelensky. you have until tomorrow to remember which you have seen or you will be shot. victor escaped because there were shelling. find will be shot. victor escaped because there were shelling.— there were shelling. and they scattered- — there were shelling. and they scattered. but _ there were shelling. and they scattered. but vladimir - there were shelling. and they scattered. but vladimir is - there were shelling. and they scattered. but vladimir is noti scattered. but vladimir is not buried in the grave with no date for his death. his family do not know when he was shot but this town does know that civilians are not only caught up in this war, they are being targeted. meanwhile — british military intelligence believes russia has lost a third of the ground forces it used to invade ukraine

and claims moscow's offensive has lost momentum. the assessment is in stark contrast to briefings coming from the kremlin, which have consistently painted the invasion as making steady progress. still — ukraine's president zelensky has warned the situation in the east of the country remains difficult. our correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv for us with the latest. i think, we once again have a difference in opinion between nato members in ukraine itself. the uk ministry of defence has described russia's campaign is being behind schedule, having lost momentum and having lost a third of its invasion force from the 24th of february. that includes injured and killed soldiers as well as damaged or captured equipment. but, the pentagon offered a similar conclusion at the start of this month and you could argue that this is been the case for some time. these are the very reasons why

vladimir putin has shifted his focus to the east. and you look at the president zelensky has said, describing the situation in the donbas region is being difficult. the russians have made a number of advances today, still in that area and we just have to look at mariupol, president zelensky says he does that of the military capability to free that city and you will be sure that vladimir putin will continue to try to carve out something that resembles a victory. now, let's get back to the story i mentioned at the beginning of the programme, finland and sweden have abandoned their military non—alignment and announced their intention tojoin nato — in response to russia's invasion of ukraine.

the alliance's secretary general yens stoltenberg has described the move as historic — while president putin, talking about finland, described the plan as "a mistake". let's just remind ourselves of what nato is — the north atlantic treaty organization — a military alliance which was formed in 1949 by 12 countries — including the us, the uk, canada and france. after the soviet union's collapse in 1991, many former eastern bloc countriesjoined nato. now finland — which has a border of more than 1,300 kilometres with russia — and sweden want to join. our 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 on focused on giving ukraine as a strong

a hand as possible. over in stockholm this evening, an historic moment. sweden's stayed neutral for decades, like neighbour 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 will 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, independent decisions. finland and sweden's nato membership is not a done deal. all existing 30 members need to agree to it, and turkey could yet hold up the process. but many allies are now promising to fast—track these applications in the face of ongoing russian aggression. nick beake, bbc news, berlin.

president biden has said the united states must do everything in its power to end what he called hate—filled domestic terrorism, after a gunman killed ten people in a supermarket. in buffalo on saturday. the shooting happened in new york state. most of the victims in the city of buffalo were black. an eighteen—year—old man, who is white, has been charged with first degree murder. our 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. a security guard, a retired buffalo policeman, tried to stop him but was among those killed. most of the victims were black. we're still gathering the facts, but already the justice department

has stated publicly that it is investigating the matter as a hate crime, a racially motivated act of white supremacy and violent extremism. as they do, we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stone on the soul of america. that remains a stain on the soul of america. before the attack, the gunman posted a kind of manifesto online — a 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. meanwhile, a community has again been plunged into mourning, struggling to comprehend how a simple trip to the supermarket could end in a horror scene at the hands of a teenager with a gun. will grant, bbc news.

and details are coming in of another shooting incident at a church in california. the church is in laguna woods in orange county. the sheriff's department has said that one person has been killed and four others are critically wounded. one man has been detained. deputies have also recovered a weapon that may have been used. we'll bring you more details as they come in. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. 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. this morning at indian air force plane carrying his body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plaintiff solemnly witness gandhi's final trip from the

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the bbc sees more evidence of apparent war crimes committed against ukrainian civilians by russian forces. more than one thousand bodies are discovered in the bucha region. nato is confident that finland and sweden will rapidly become the alliance's latest members — despite the misgivings of turkey. let's turn to north korea now — state media have reported eight new deaths from fever like symptoms as it deals with a new covid outbreak. as it deals with nearly 400,000 more cases of people with similar symptoms were also reported. the country's state news agency said kim—jong—un has ordered the military to help stabilise the supply of medicines in pyongyang. mason richey is an associate professor of international politics at the hankuk university of foreign studies and he joins me now from seoul. agreed to have you on the programme and the first instance, his reports of the mysterious fever and the

symptoms we are hearing about in north korea, the deaths that been associated, what is this mysterious new fever? taste associated, what is this mysterious new fever? ~ ,, ., ., associated, what is this mysterious newfever? ~ ,, ., ., ., ., ., new fever? we know that north korea does not have — new fever? we know that north korea does not have extensive _ new fever? we know that north korea does not have extensive testing - does not have extensive testing capabilities, which is part of the reason why kim jong—il would regime and the party referring to this as a mysterious fever. but they did carry out some tests that showed several cases of covid—19, including the omicron variant and illogical conjecture of the vast majority of these since april number least hundred 20,000 in total cases. and as many as 42 dead reported and of course is probably a bit more and almost certainly covid—19 given the rapidity of the spread that we have

seen here and in surrounding provinces. seen here and in surrounding provinces-— seen here and in surrounding rovinces. , ., , ., , provinces. the state news agent is makin: provinces. the state news agent is making reports — provinces. the state news agent is making reports about _ provinces. the state news agent is making reports about this - provinces. the state news agent is making reports about this and - provinces. the state news agent is making reports about this and is l making reports about this and is telling people about this at this time given that for a very long time, they said that they've got covid—19 under control? time, they said that they've got covid-19 under control?- time, they said that they've got covid-19 under control? again, i think most _ covid-19 under control? again, i think most analysts _ covid-19 under control? again, i think most analysts agree - covid-19 under control? again, i think most analysts agree with l covid-19 under control? again, i. think most analysts agree with that they are no longer hiding the fact that their work of the covid—19 cases. travelling between provinces and cities already in north korea as well as the very quick border closure that happened in january of 2020, quick border closure that happened injanuary of 2020, north korea did apparently succeed in keeping the number of cases very, very low for a very long time. i'm certain that the path cases but they were not detected but very low because of the way the country operates internally

but this and naive population that is almost no vaccines and no artificially induced antibodies has clearly exploited technic excluded out of control. and the north korean government decided to admit this and possibly, just simply because there's no way to deny it but also perhaps as a way to start smoothing the pathway to getting anti—viral drugs or vaccines are both coming into country. d0 drugs or vaccines are both coming into country-— into country. do you think the reaime into country. do you think the regime will — into country. do you think the regime will make _ into country. do you think the regime will make an - into country. do you think the regime will make an appeal. into country. do you think the | regime will make an appeal to into country. do you think the - regime will make an appeal to the international community? will they accept getting treatment from the outside world given relations between north korea and the us, for instance? ., ., ., , ., , instance? north korea is in a very difficult position _ instance? north korea is in a very difficult position and _ instance? north korea is in a very difficult position and i _ instance? north korea is in a very difficult position and i think - instance? north korea is in a very difficult position and i think the i difficult position and i think the first thing they would do is the regime is very unlikely to make an appeal but it could happen, it would be willing to listen to the united states of the international

community or perhaps south korea come to them was some sort of offer for anti—virals or vaccines. although vaccines, although they would be useful in the short—term they probably are going to help solve the public health crisis there due to covid—19. but i think is almost certain is that north korea is like one listen to those appeals it only going to invite those types of medicines or vaccines to come to the country if they can have them come in under the conditions and essentially, there is nothing that they want to come to the country that will endanger regime stability or humiliate the regime in some way. and they are unlikely to accept them, but we do not know how serious they are about thinking about that yet. they are about thinking about that et. . ~' , ., they are about thinking about that et. ., ~' i., ., they are about thinking about that et. ., ,, i. ., i. ., , let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. lebanese officials say voter turnout was just a1%

in the country's parliamentary election. it is the first vote since an explosion of a container ship in beirut�*s port which killed over 200 people in 2020 and a devastating economic collapse which has led to the currency losing 90% of its value. denmark is suspending its general immunisation programme for coronavirus, following high vaccine coverage in the population and a waning pandemic. as of sunday, officials stopped sending out invitations for vaccinations, though they are preparing to launch another programme in the autumn. around 90% of adults are believed to have been vaccinated. the uk government has denied "playing politics" by seeking to change trading arrangements in northern ireland — insisting that the brexit treaty had to be reassessed. ministers are considering introducing legislation which would allow them to override parts of the deal to try to restore power sharing at stormont. ireland's foreign minister — simon coveney — warned that course

of action would be deeply harmful. the prime minister will visit belfast on monday to hold talks with northern ireland's main parties. a former president of somalia, hassan sheikh mohamud, has been re—elected to office after three rounds of voting by parliamentarians. he defeated the incumbent, mohamed abdullahi farmajo, who he also faced in the final round of the last election in 2017. supporters greeted the result by cheering and firing guns in the air around the capital mogadishu. voting was conducted in a heavily—guarded aircraft hangar at the international airport. 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. our 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. and finally, a pair of rare pangolins have made their debut at prague zoo. a male called guo bao and a female called run hou tang were unveiled to the public after a month in quarantine following their arrival from taiwan. pangolins are the only mammals with scales entirely covering their bodies. the animals' arrival is emblematic of a u—turn in czech foreign policy in recent years. the government had been making overtures to china with the expectation of a couple of pandas for prague zoo, but has since become more pro—taiwan.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. a lot of cloud across the uk, not ideal viewing weather for the total lunar eclipse in the western sky before dawn and indeed monday is going to bring a lot of cloud but also sunny spells and one or two downpours, some of them thundery. let's have a look at the picture on the satellite image and you can see a lot of cloud towards the southeast, showers and thunderstorms have been drifting out of france, approaching the uk. i think through the early hours the greatest risk of lightning across the south but clearly you can see some heavy rain across northern england, scotland, parts of northern ireland too. to the south it's a mild start, 1a, 15 degrees maybe in some spots in the north of scotland where we will have had some clear skies, perhaps as low as eight.

so the broad message for monday is, northern half of the uk often cloudy, outbreaks of rain possible almost at any time but through the morning and the afternoon. southern half of the uk, from around about yorkshire southwards i think there will be lengthy spells of sunshine cloud, showers will brew during the daytime and some of them thundery. monday night into tuesday, the big low—pressure sell—out in the atlantic and around it weather fronts. this weather front is going to brush western parts of the uk during the course of tuesday so there will be a west, east split. at the west you'll have the outbreaks of rain in cooler weather. out towards the east it will be much warmer, in fact turning quite hot in london, 26 celsius, it will be the warmest day of the week. the forecast for mid week still shows a large area of low pressure in the atlantic, around it weather

fronts basically brushing the uk. large gaps in the weather for sure, they'll be lots of sunshine around but it's good to be very difficult to pinpoint where these areas of cloud and rain again to sweep in. we think on wednesday reaching southwestern parts of england and wales but many northern and eastern parts should have a mostly sunny day and it stays relatively warm as well. so let's have a look at the outlook for the week ahead and it is a mixed picture. staying on the warm side, particularly across southern parts of the uk and relatively warm in the north too but you can see every weather icon and you can possibly think of. bye— bye.

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sweden's ruling social democrats have backed the countryjoining nato — it's after finland also confirmed it will apply for nato membership, in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. their membership in nato would increase our shared security, demonstrate that nato's door is open and that aggression does not pay. a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost a third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. president biden says america must do all it can to end hate—filled domestic terrorism, after ten people are killed in a shooting in buffalo. the uk government says it wouldn't be deterred from taking action over post—brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power—sharing at stormont.