welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: the abuse and neglect of ukraine's disabled — a special report on the thousands of young people trapped in institutions. it's intolerable. if ukraine wants to _ it's intolerable. if ukraine wants to be _ it's intolerable. if ukraine wants to be part - it's intolerable. if ukraine wants to be part of - it's intolerable. if ukraine wants to be part of the i it's intolerable. if ukraine - wants to be part of the western world, law—abiding democracy, it can't right of children with disabilities. i might teetering on the brink of a world recession — the stark warning from the international monetary fund. russia says it will withdraw from the international space station and build its own craft — ending decades of cooperation with the rest of the world. and england thrash sweden 4—0 in the women's euros semifinal. next stop, the final.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a bbc news investigation has uncovered the abuse and neglect of disabled people in institutions in ukraine. more than 100,000 children and young people live in facilities across the country — most of them do have families, but poor community services mean the youngsters end up in a system that can't meet their needs. the country may be at war, but this is a problem that pre dates russia's invasion. human rights investigators say ukraine shouldn't be allowed tojoin the eu until it abolishes this system. i must warn you, this report by our correspondent danjohnson and producer ruth clegg does contain distressing images.

far from the front line... i've been to hundreds of institutions and i get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. ..international investigations eric and halyna are uncovering ukraine's most shameful secret. the abuse and neglect of disabled people. look into these cots and you see the smothered potential and stunted growth of lives stolen by a state system that is stuck in the past. these are not children. they're young men in their 20s or 30s. what you have here is failure to thrive, because this is this person's life. inside this crib, this is all of the stimulation he has. this person is dying a slow death in this bed. here's an evacuee from the fighting in the east, but his suffering long predates the invasion. oh, my god.

this is his ribs. this is his ribs hanging out. to have this kind of lack of development, that is a product of many years of neglect. he's skin and bones. these places are relics of the soviet era, long since left behind by other countries, but the director here says ukraine still needs them. translation: this is the situation as it is. l i'm sure that for these children, instead of being in dysfunctional families where they could be uncared for, without food, here we have all the essentials. we don't need material support, but we definitely need advice — from doctors or other organisations — because i understand nothing is ideal. an hour away... ..another institution... ..with its own sights and sounds. howling.

this is vasil — a teenager, wearing a nappy and tied to a bench. and he's not the only one who's been restrained and left. there are signs the staff can't cope. they went from 10 residents to 52 overnight, taking in those escaping the war. like viktor, having physiotherapy to unravel his gnarled limbs. rigid from years of institutional neglect. it's another painful illustration of a system that can seem rough and uncaring. three hours after we arrived, vasil�*s still tied down.

he wants to be free, and his frustration is growing. vasil, like so many in these places, is not an orphan. his parents have come to see him. but not many visit their children. vasil�*s mum and dad were told to give him up when he was five. he's now 18. translation: if we lived in the uk, our son wouldl probably live with us. we love our country, i'm proud to be ukrainian, but we need to have this support from our state. we would like to have better conditions and more staff, of course, but this is the reality. the reality for generations of young ukrainians. their parents, the staff, everyone persuaded these institutions are where disabled people belong. this is remote, even by institutional standards. deeper into the country, we get a vision of what vasil�*s future could be like.

a home for disabled adults, from which there is no escape. they'll spend the rest of their lives here. like antonina, who's 26 — tied down by staff, in a system devoid of humanity. the nurse says there's nothing she can do to help antonina. she says, unfortunately, nature has decided their fate. and it's this system that looks natasha in the eye and says, "this is all you're worth." the doctor says they have a bath once a week, but there aren't enough staff to take everyone outside. and down the corridor we find lesha, who does something

you would not believe. so, whenever he is unattended or his hands are not restrained, he takes his eyes literally out. she says this is a big problem for her, she has to either carry him around after her or just constantly be watching him but she is watching two rooms. two rooms? 12 people to watch. on a shift that is 2a hours long. and next door, there's more desperate need. the staff are consumed by the hopelessness of an unfeeling system that reduces life to this. and you're not doing anything to help? we try to help them. it doesn't mean that we're doing nothing, but our abilities are very limited. we're not able to change either the situation or a patient. they are as they are. and there it is — the stubborn shadow of a soviet system still darkening these places and the mindset that sustains them, 30 years after ukraine's independence. a mindset that could damage its hopes ofjoining the european union. it's intolerable. if ukraine wants to be part of the western world, a law—abiding democracy, it can't write off children with disabilities. so, for how much longer will ukraine tell victor and ivan — and so many more — this is all they deserve

in life? and you can find out more about that exclusive report and explore more content on the topic, by visiting our website at the usual address and clicking on the europe page. we are heading towards the worst recession in half a century. that's the warning from the international monetary fund. in its world economic outlook it predicts global growth will be slower than previously forecast. global real gdp growth will slow to 3.2% in 2022 — that's down from a forecast of 3.6% issued in april. it could be just 2% in 2023, with growth at virtually zero in europe and the united states.

the imf�*s chief economist says high interest rates, which are being introduced to put a check on mounting inflation, are having an impact on growth. we're expecting inflation to be more of a short—lived problem than it proved to be, and if the standard response when you get elevated energy price would be to say, look, there's not much the central banks can do to control the price of oil. therefore, if it's going to be transitory, let's just wait. there's not much we can do. but what we realise that it's not just that, as ijust explained. it's a combination of factors — sort of the perfect storm for inflation. we can supply disruption, strong demand, and on top of that,

and energy price shock. all of these things are pushing inflation outside of the comfort zone. mushfiq mobarak is a professor of economics at yale university. hejoins us from new haven in connecticut. thanks very much indeed for your time. thanks very much indeed for your time-— thanks very much indeed for our time. ., , ., ., your time. you share that view? the worst _ your time. you share that view? the worst recession _ your time. you share that view? the worst recession in _ your time. you share that view? the worst recession in 50 - the worst recession in 50 years? i the worst recession in 50 ears? ., �* ~ ., years? i don't know about the worst but _ years? i don't know about the worst but it — years? i don't know about the worst but it is _ years? i don't know about the worst but it is a _ years? i don't know about the worst but it is a sensible - worst but it is a sensible prediction to think we were going to a recession and the reason is, the central bank responses to the inflationary pressures we are under entirely predictable, they will raise interest rates and when several large countries raise interest rates simultaneously, that is recessionary because a primary tool that banks use to maintain a balanced between these competing pressures of inflation and recession is interest rates. 50 inflation and recession is interest rates.— inflation and recession is interest rates. . , , interest rates. so many people understand _ interest rates. so many people understand that _ interest rates. so many people understand that these - interest rates. so many people understand that these days. i interest rates. so many people l understand that these days. why does it happen then? 50. understand that these days. why does it happen then?— does it happen then? so, i mean it's important — does it happen then? so, i mean it's important to _ does it happen then? so, i mean it's important to keep _ does it happen then? so, i mean it's important to keep in - does it happen then? so, i mean it's important to keep in mind i it's important to keep in mind the inflationary pressures were created by some real changes in the global economic political order that was outside any of

those central banks purview. of course russia's invasion of ukraine topped that list, and none of them had a global effect because both of those countries are very important sources of the most important inputs to global production, your, energy and fertiliser which is important to agriculture and that's one and number two, agriculture and that's one and numbertwo, covid agriculture and that's one and number two, covid was an unprecedented crisis and the reason we use unprecedented was that we meant firms based a lot of uncertainty and they didn't know how exactly to respond to it and understandably they made some mistakes, they might�*ve overshot which means now they have supply chain failures, they might�*ve shed too many workers. and finally, we have persisted covert block —— covid lockdowns, well into the pandemic, china going into lockdowns in china has been the world's factory so as china goes into a locked down, that is going to create additional inflationary pressures. we have

the supply _ inflationary pressures. we have the supply chain _ inflationary pressures. we have the supply chain problems - inflationary pressures. we have the supply chain problems with | the supply chain problems with those from covid or even the situation regarding russia and ukraine and the sanctions that have come about as well. i could understand why many countries might feel right ballistic about this, and that there isn't much they could do, but was humanly you can offer up but was humanly you can offer up some thoughts about, particularly poor countries where the debt is very high, what can they do?— what can they do? first, i think it's _ what can they do? first, i think it's the _ what can they do? first, i think it's the imf - what can they do? first, i think it's the imf to - what can they do? first, i think it's the imf to and | what can they do? first, i - think it's the imf to and when there are country level mistakes, even in poor countries, smaller economies like sri lanka recently, and what pakistan seems to be looking at right now, they can have a magnified effect on the global economic order so in sri lanka, what happened was, the global crisis we just talked about, they are an importer of food and fuel, so prices go up, they've been running deficits so suddenly their imports get a lot more expensive and in the

past, they've made some systematic errors here, so for example, these were political mistakes with a invested in big projects but turned out to be really inefficient or unproductive like that report which ended upjust unproductive like that report which ended up just competing with their own port of colombo. and what happens is with poor countries, if you don't have a strong reputation on repayment, investors get spooked, they start demanding repayment and that itself precipitates a currency crisis because there is sometimes even more downward rush on your local currency and it can be a self fulfilling prophecy. it can be a self fulfilling prophecy-— it can be a self fulfilling --rohe .�* , ., ., it can be a self fulfilling --rohe .�* , . ., , prophecy. and reputation is - re prophecy. and reputation is pretty much _ prophecy. and reputation is pretty much everything - prophecy. and reputation is. pretty much everything when prophecy. and reputation is . pretty much everything when it comes to money. thank you very much indeed. thank you for your analysis. let's get some of the day's other news. police in the democratic republic of congo say at least 15 people, including 3 peacekeepers, have been killed during demonstrations against the united nations in

the eastern city of butembo. the demonstrators are demanding the departure of the country's un peacekeeping mission, which they say has failed to restore peace. scientists say there is "compelling evidence" that wuhan's seafood and wildlife market was at the centre of the covid—i9 outbreak. two studies show that the earliest known cases were clustered around that market, and used genetic information to track the timing of the outbreak. it suggests there were two variants introduced into humans in november or early december 2019. eu countries have agreed a deal to reduce the demand of gas by 15% this winter, over fears that russia could halt supplies. the voluntary reduction could become mandatory if supplies reach crisis levels. the deal includes a raft of exemptions for some member states. the former us president,

donald trump, has given his first speech in washington since leaving office. he stopped short of announcing his candidacy for 2024 but predicted republicans would retake the white house. he described the united states under president biden as a nation in decline, and a "cesspool of crime." 0ur our country is being dealt one historic humiliation after another on the world stage and at home our most basic rights and liberties are totally under siege. the american dream is being torn to shreds and we will not have a country left if this economic, social attack on civilisation itself is not quickly reversed. let'sjoin our north america correspondent peter bowes. they understood it went on for more than an hour, sounds very much he is back on the stump. it certainly does, it is interesting that this speech is making headlines for what wasn't in at and there has been some speculation that he would

announce that he was standing again in 2024, it wasn't to be although a lot of his supporters believe it is only a matter of time before we hear those words from former president trump, whether it is for the mid—term elections in november or after, that remains to be seen. there has been some reporting here that he is tempted to go before, perhaps some of his advisers are suggesting that he should wait and see how those candidates that he has very publicly supported for november, how they actually do. irate supported for november, how they actually do.— they actually do. we will see how that _ they actually do. we will see how that pans _ they actually do. we will see how that pans out, - they actually do. we will see how that pans out, thank - they actually do. we will see | how that pans out, thank you very much indeed. certainly a significant moment there is donald trump gets back up onto the stage again. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we take a look at croatia's new crossing, bypassing bosnia. cheering.

the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation, after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, - in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't. really see why all these people should wander in and say, - "you're doing something wrong". six rare white lion cubs on the prowl at a worcestershire wildlife park, and have already been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely and sweet, yeah, they're cute.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a bbc news investigation has uncovered the abuse and neglect of disabled young people in institutions in ukraine. the international monetary fund warns that the world could be teetering on the brink of the worst recession for half a century. russia has said it will withdraw from the international space station after 2024, ending two decades of cooperation with the united states and other countries. washington has described the announcement as unfortunate. the head of the russian space agency said moscow would instead build its own orbiting station. here is the chief of the agency speaking to president vladimir putin earlier. translation: undoubtedly, we will fulfil all— translation: undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our _ translation: undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our obligations - will fulfil all our obligations towards our partners but the decision will fulfil all our obligations towards our partners but the decision on will fulfil all our obligations

towards our partners but the decision on leaving will fulfil all our obligations towards our partners but the decision on leaving this station after the year 2024 has been made. i think that by that time we will start forming a russian orbital station. retired canadian astronaut chris hadfield, whose 20 year career in space saw him command the international space station and help build the russian space station mir, gave us his thoughts. well, every nation, including the united states and all the other 13 or 14 partners, have two regularly decide how they are going to participate in the international station, what they are going to contribute, what the returns are going to be and so each country has their own national agenda and everyone wants to be in a strong bargaining position and i think by saying something sort of outlandish like this, it just sort of outlandish like this, itjust improves the russian bargaining position, so i think it makes sense if you are playing chess. it is kind of a

good early move. obviously the invasion of ukraine is a traumatic and horrific thing for many different players, specifically for everyone in ukraine and for the russian people for a long time as well. that of course adds to the tension in so many different fields but meanwhile there are seven people upon the space station running 200 experiments working very closely together, being supported by mission controls all around the world on a 24—hour basis seven days a week and we have been doing it for almost three decades now, including mir, so i don't want to overreact to a couple sentences that somebody said in moscow earlier today. views there of the canadian astronaut chris hadfield.

the us government estimates it may need nearly $7 billion to deal with the monkeypox outbreak in the united states, the washington post has reported. the funding estimate was part of a memo to president biden outlining a series of options. the news comes days after the world health organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. nearly 70 countries — in which the viral disease is not endemic — have reported outbreaks. well over 200 cases of the virus have already been reported in chicago. a charity administering a vaccine there, complained that there wasn't enough supply. we had over 200 people lined up around the building and we only have 100 doses of the vaccine so that is the same today, we had a lot of people come and line up early, unfortunately had to turn some people away because we only have 100 to give out. for people in the southern tip of croatia, their carjourneys mayjust be a little bit easier this morning. a new road bridge, costing more than half—a—billion dollars, has officially opened. it bypasses a strip of land that belongs to bosnia and herzegovina. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. this is not just

this is notjust an extraordinary feat of structural engineering, it is also an important symbol. this bridge is nearly 2.5 kilometres in length, that's around 1.5 miles. at snakes along the coast of southern croatia, connect in this peninsula to the rest of the country. translation:- the rest of the country. translation: for me, this bride translation: for me, this bridge symbolises _ translation: for me, this bridge symbolises a - translation: for me, this| bridge symbolises a brighter future, hope and unity. i came here to mark this great day for croatia. translation: , , , translation: this is the second most important _ translation: this is the second most important day _ translation: this is the second most important day for _ translation: this is the second most important day for my - most important day for my country _ most important day for my country. the first was the recognition of an independent croatia — recognition of an independent croatia and this is the connection of croatia as a whole _ connection of croatia as a whole. �* , ., , ., connection of croatia as a whole. �* , ., whole. and this was what you could expect _ whole. and this was what you could expect before _ whole. and this was what you could expect before the - whole. and this was what you i could expect before the bridge. queues of traffic trying to cross the border into bosnia and herzegovina. after the break out of the former yugoslavia, croatia was split in two by a piece of land the bosnians needed to access the

adriatic sea. the new bridge means no more need to show your papers. you never have to leave croatian territory. translation: , , translation: this bridge represents _ translation: this bridge represents a _ translation: this bridge represents a kind - translation: this bridge represents a kind of - represents a kind of unification of croatia, the connection of the south and the north. it's a unique opportunity to witness such an event. ., a opportunity to witness such an event. ., ., ,, event. fireworks marked the official opening _ event. fireworks marked the official opening of _ event. fireworks marked the official opening of a - event. fireworks marked the official opening of a project | official opening of a project paid for mostly by the european union but built by a chinese company. this was a moment decades in the making in the eyes of many, croatia is united at last. tim allman, bbc news. england are through to the final of the women's euros football — after beating the tournaments top ranked side sweden 4—0 in the semi—final. the lionesses' commanding performance included a goal scored from a backheel by striker, alessia russo. england will now face either france or germany in the final

at wembley on sunday. it's theirfirst major tournament final since 2009. well, lets hearfrom some of the victorious england squad starting with the manager sarina wiegman. before the tournament and we still say that every time, that we want to inspire the nation. i think that is what we are doing, and we want to make a difference, so we hope that we got everyone so enthusiastic and so at the end the whole country is proud of us and that even more girls and boys will start playing football. isatin even more girls and boys will start playing football. win the third coal start playing football. win the third goal went _ start playing football. win the third goal went a _ start playing football. win the third goal went a new- start playing football. win the third goal went a new start i third goal went a new start believing obviously, but yeah, the game becomes blurry when there's— the game becomes blurry when there's that much excitement, many— there's that much excitement, many emotions. what an incredible night, incredible atmosphere again from the fans and i_ atmosphere again from the fans and i am — atmosphere again from the fans and i am are proud to be english _ and i am are proud to be english and out of the stay right— english and out of the stay right now. | english and out of the stay right now-— right now. i think it is surreal— right now. i think it is surreal because i right now. i think it is| surreal because we've right now. i think it is i surreal because we've done everything to get to this point and now we are here, it is like

and now we are here, it is like a pinch me moment. irate and now we are here, it is like a pinch me moment.— and now we are here, it is like a pinch me moment. we are 'ust ha- a pinch me moment. we are 'ust ha - to a pinch me moment. we are 'ust happy to be fl a pinch me moment. we are 'ust happy to be here. fl a pinch me moment. we are 'ust happy to be here, happy i a pinch me moment. we are 'ust happy to be here, happy to i a pinch me moment. we arejust happy to be here, happy to be i happy to be here, happy to be in this moment and we will focus on recovery tomorrow and getting ourselves back to our base camp and just leading up until the big day. it’s untilthe big day. it's unbelievable, i untilthe big day. it's unbelievable, we i untilthe big day. it'sj unbelievable, we are until the big day. it's unbelievable, we are also speechless. there was tears at the full—time whistle, everyone was absolutely buzzing and the changing room has been electric, singing away, but focus— electric, singing away, but focus now turns to sunday and first _ focus now turns to sunday and first major _ focus now turns to sunday and first major final, can't wait. ithink— first major final, can't wait. i think this whole term and has been _ i think this whole term and has been huge. _ i think this whole term and has been huge. it— i think this whole term and has been huge, it has— i think this whole term and has been huge, it has been- i think this whole term and has l been huge, it has been amazing. a hope _ been huge, it has been amazing. a hope little _ been huge, it has been amazing. a hope little girls _ been huge, it has been amazing. a hope little girls and _ been huge, it has been amazing. a hope little girls and little - a hope little girls and little boys — a hope little girls and little boys can _ a hope little girls and little boys can go _ a hope little girls and little boys can go out _ a hope little girls and little boys can go out there - a hope little girls and little boys can go out there and i a hope little girls and little i boys can go out there and know that they — boys can go out there and know that they can _ boys can go out there and know that they can achieve _ boys can go out there and know that they can achieve what - boys can go out there and know that they can achieve what we i that they can achieve what we can do— that they can achieve what we can do and _ that they can achieve what we can do and we _ that they can achieve what we can do and we just _ that they can achieve what we can do and we just hope - that they can achieve what we can do and we just hope to. that they can achieve what we | can do and we just hope to get more — can do and we just hope to get more involved _ can do and we just hope to get more involved in— can do and we just hope to get more involved in the _ can do and we just hope to get more involved in the game i can do and we just hope to get| more involved in the game and we hope — more involved in the game and we hope the _ more involved in the game and we hope the fans _ more involved in the game and we hope the fans are _ more involved in the game and we hope the fans are loving i we hope the fans are loving this— we hope the fans are loving thisiourney _ we hope the fans are loving thisjourney. —— _ we hope the fans are loving. thisjourney. —— tournament. and one more story before we go. a jacket worn by the astronaut buzz aldrin on the 1969 mission to the moon has been sold — for a record—breaking $2.8 million. it's part of an auction of a collection of the astronaut�*s

personal items, including the pen the apollo 11 crew used to repair a broken circuit breaker switch, which ended up saving the mission, and their lives. that's bbc news. hello there. it felt rather cool for the time of year on tuesday across much of the country, particularly in the north and the west, where we also had 1—2 heavy showers around. but high pressure dominates the scene, as well, as we head into wednesday, but its centre will be pushing towards the east of the country — and that means gradually, we'll start to import air from the south. always a slightly warmer direction, so it'll feel a touch warmer i think across the country on wednesday. we start off dry and sunny, but through the afternoon, cloud will tend to build, many places will turn quite grey, and we could see a few showers sparking off, particularly northern england in towards scotland. temperatures a bit higher — 19—20 celsius in the north, and around 20—23 celsius

across england and wales, and winds will remain light. now through wednesday night, we continue with this slightly warmer southerly airflow. quite a bit of cloud around, some splashes of rain here and there, particularly through central areas. and temperatures no lower than around 13—15 celsius in the south, still a few cooler spots in the north. so, it is warming up as we end the week. for all areas, but in particularfor england and wales, it won't be wall—to—wall sunshine, there will be quite a bit of cloud around, and also some showers again, affecting more northern and western areas. thursday, our area of high pressure is very weak, out towards the north sea, bringing south southeasterly winds — these weather fronts slowly encroaching into the far west of the country later in the day. so, it'll going to be a pretty benign day, light winds, variable clouds, some sunshine around — the best of the sunshine across central and southern areas, thicker cloud across northern england and scotland, where we could see some splashes of rain here or there. but it'll feel warmer, up to 21 celsius in the central belt of scotland, maybe 24—25 celsius across the southeast. similar story on friday — probably a chance of seeing some showery rain through central and northern parts. best of the sunshine in the south with the highest temperatures.

but we'll start to see these weather fronts encroaching into the west of scotland, northern ireland later in the day. again, a warm day — up to 22 celsius in scotland, perhaps up to 27—28 in the southeast. beyond friday into the weekend, it looks like low pressure could bring more substantial rain to the north and the west of the country. very little rainfall getting into the southeast, where we really do need it. so, it'll stay quite warm into the weekend, though, with low pressure nearby, certainly to the north, we're likely see the rain here, and there will be quite a bit of cloud around at times, too.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a bbc news investigation has uncovered the abuse and neglect of disabled young people in institutions in ukraine. the country may be at war, but this is a problem that pre dates russia's invasion. human rights investigators say ukraine shouldn't be allowed tojoin the eu until it abolishes the system. the imf says the world could be heading for the worst recession in 50 years. it cut its growth forecasts because of russia's attack on ukraine, and inflation which is running at record levels. the imf added that the higher interest rate used to curb inflation is another

risk factor. russia has said it will withdraw from