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 be part of the western world, a law—abiding democracy, it can't write off children with disabilities. 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 — next stop, the final, and the chance to win their first ever

major tournament. 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 predates 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 investigators 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. crying. 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 next door there is more desperate need. do you think

they are actually feeling pain? yes. �* , ., ., they are actually feeling pain? yes. �* ., ., , ., yes. anyone doing anything to hel ? yes. anyone doing anything to help? translation: - yes. anyone doing anything to help? translation: we - yes. anyone doing anything to help? translation: we try | yes. anyone doing anything to| help? translation: we try to help? translation: we try to help them. _ help? translation: we try to help them, doesn't _ help? translation: we try to help them, doesn't mean - help? translation: we try to help them, doesn't mean we i help? translation: we try to | help them, doesn't mean we are doing nothing but our abilities are very limited. we are not able to change the situation of the patient. they are as they are. �* , are. and there it is. the stubborn _ are. and there it is. the stubborn shadow - are. and there it is. the stubborn shadow of - are. and there it is. the stubborn shadow of a i 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 ukraineindependence, a mindset that could damage its hopes of joining the european union. it is intolerable. if ukraine wants to be part of the western world, a law—abiding democracy, it can't right of children with disabilities. 50 it can't right of children with disabilities.— it can't right of children with disabilities. so for how much [on . er disabilities. so for how much longer will — disabilities. so for how much longer will ukraine _ disabilities. so for how much longer will ukraine tell - disabilities. so for how much | longer will ukraine tell victor and ivan and so many more this is all they deserve in life?

danjohnson, bbc news. i appreciate that is a very difficult report actually to watch, isn't it? but we have more detail about dan's work there, about the investigation carried out, and we've got more content as well on the topic. go to our website, click on the europe page, it will take you to that. here is a statement. here is a statement. 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 were 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 notjust that, as ijust explained. it's a combination of factors — sort of the perfect storm for inflation. we get supply disruption, strong demand, and then on top of that, and energy price shock. all of these things are pushing inflation outside of the comfort zone. let's get some of the day's other news. police in the democratic republic of congo say at least 15 people, including three 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 electoral commission in tunisia says initial results from monday's referendum show that almost 95 % voted in favour of constitutional

changes that grant more power to president kais saied. official turnout was low, given by the commission as 28 percent. opposition parties had boycotted a ballot that they'd said would return tunisia to autocracy. 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 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 gave us his thoughts four well, every nation, including the united states and all the other 13 or m partners of the station, they have to regularly of the station, they have to reaularlj . of the station, they have to reajularl . .,, of the station, they have to regularly— regularly decide as their olitics regularly decide as their politics change - regularly decide as their politics change how - regularly decide as their| politics change how they regularly decide as their - politics change how they are going — politics change how they are going to _ politics change how they are going to participate in the international station, what level — international station, what level they are going to contribute, what their returns are going _ contribute, what their returns are going to be, so each country— are going to be, so each country has their own national agenda, — country has their own national agenda, so everyone wants to be in a strong — agenda, so everyone wants to be in a strong bargaining position, and i think by saying something sort of outlandish like this, _ something sort of outlandish like this, itjust improves the russian _ like this, itjust improves the russian bargaining position. i think— russian bargaining position. i think it — russian bargaining position. i think it makes sense, if you are playing chess, it is a good early — are playing chess, it is a good early move. obviously, the invasion— early move. obviously, the invasion of ukraine is a traumatic and horrific thing for so _ traumatic and horrific thing for so many different players, well, — for so many different players, well, specifically for everyone in ukraine and for the russian

people — in ukraine and for the russian people for a long time as well. that, _ people for a long time as well. that, of— people for a long time as well. that, of course, adds to the tension _ that, of course, adds to the tension in _ that, of course, adds to the tension in so many different fields — tension in so many different fields. but meanwhile, there are seven people up on the space — are seven people up on the space station, running 200 experiments, working very closely _ experiments, working very closely together, being supported by mission controls all around the world, on a 2inhom— all around the world, on a 24—hour basis, seven days a week, — 24—hour basis, seven days a week, and _ 24—hour basis, seven days a week, and we have been doing it for almost — week, and we have been doing it for almost three decades now, including — for almost three decades now, including mir. sol for almost three decades now, including mir. so i don't want to overreact to a couple of sentences that somebody said in moscow— sentences that somebody said in moscow earlier today.— moscow earlier today. former astronaut _ moscow earlier today. former astronaut chris _ moscow earlier today. former astronaut chris hadfield - moscow earlier today. former | astronaut chris hadfield there. 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. 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.

every week at this time we focus on an issue affecting the state of our planet — and in climate critical this week we're still concerned with rising temperatures. when you are running a marathon, or undertaking a 50 kilometre walk or perhaps playing a full 90 minutes of soccer — the temperature you are competing in is bound to have a considerable bearing on your performance — and also potentially your health. during the world athletic championships in oregon over the past week, the president of world athletics, sebastian coe, went so far as to suggest that some endurance events may have to be held apart from all the others — placed in what he called a "�*more benign environment�*. with records for summer heat tumbling as fast as the records on the track in oregon, how serious is this? and what are the risks? at last year's tokyo olympics sports from cycling to tennis to running, rowing, triathlon

and swimming were all affected by what meteorologists called "�*brutal heat and humidity conditions.�* i'm joined from louisville in kentucky by roger mcclendon who is executive director of the green sports alliance. and they support greater environmental sustainability in and of, indeed, the sports that are. thank you forjoining us. can i start on sebastian coe's suggestion that maybe the time is coming where those endurance sports are good to be shifted to somewhere more amenable. would you agree? thank you for having me. absolutely. we have to think, how do we keep our athletes and the folks that experience that, the fans are safe. you mentioned what we saw just recently, maybe a few years ago in australia when they had the wildfires, and not only did we lose millions and millions of species because of the wildfires due to climate

change, we lost life, human life because of the air quality so no, we have to be very conscious of how we climate prove our stadiums and our venues as we move forward for climate change. wide rings us, roger, to the fifa world cup just a few months away in qatar, it's been switched to winter months precisely because you can't run around for 90 minutes in a0 celsius or over 100 fahrenheit. should be that qatar has an event like that at all? is it got to the point wherejust all? is it got to the point where just the realities of our climate suggest that is not a sensible thing to do anymore? absolutely. we have to think of sustainability more holistically and it's notjust about the temperature and comfort but it actually is about human health. the national wealth building

institute, the iw pi, thinks about what the human experience should be regarding health in spaces and designing spaces for experience in venues as well is retail spaces and we got to take that into consideration when we think about sports as well. ., ., ., , ., when we think about sports as well. ., ., ., ., ., well. how aware, you say, or to be honest. _ well. how aware, you say, or to be honest, how— well. how aware, you say, or to be honest, how unaware - well. how aware, you say, or to be honest, how unaware are - well. how aware, you say, or to l be honest, how unaware are most sports about a, the role they need to play, they are opinion formers these days, they are social behaviour drivers and influences, and perhaps they are not the best yet at recognising the importance of sustainability? i recognising the importance of sustainability?— sustainability? i think it's . rowinr sustainability? i think it's growing and _ sustainability? i think it's growing and from - sustainability? i think it's growing and from united | sustainability? i think it's - growing and from united nations to how we look at it in businesses today, it's becoming a majorfactor in how we make business decisions but i think if we look, at smart city concept, how you think about the community and engagement of how you take care of your citizens, sustainability is going to be and it's relevant to how we think about sports

and entertainment and i think there will be decisions made geographically on where you may have some outdoor events and will have to take those into consideration. irate will have to take those into consideration.— will have to take those into consideration. we got to the oint consideration. we got to the point where. _ consideration. we got to the point where, as _ consideration. we got to the point where, as you - consideration. we got to the - point where, as you mentioned, smart cities, you can't keep building stadiums. he got away —— you've got to find a way to put events in the middle of big cities with facilities already are or do you have to adapt? you have to adapt but there are chances to think about multi— integrated stadiums. there is climate pledge arena which is pledged to be climate neutral weather design and stadium, you have environmental design and a lot of smart people. we can send people to space. irate lot of smart people. we can send people to space. we sent --eole send people to space. we sent people to _ send people to space. we sent people to the _ send people to space. we sent people to the moon. _ send people to space. we sent people to the moon. we - send people to space. we sent| people to the moon. we should be smart enough how to design and be efficient with our cities and communities so everybody can benefit. you talk about smart. _ everybody can benefit. you talk about smart. i— everybody can benefit. you talk about smart. i have _ everybody can benefit. you talk about smart. i have a _ everybody can benefit. you talk about smart. i have a smart -

about smart. i have a smart watch on, you probably have one as well. there will be plenty of people who say don't worry so much about the environmental changes, we can better manage and monitor our sportswomen and women. in formula one, they have sensors in the gloves to other perhaps weighs around all this where you don't need to pay too much attention to the changes around us? i pay too much attention to the changes around us?— changes around us? i think short-term. _ changes around us? i think short-term, yes, - changes around us? i think short-term, yes, humansl changes around us? i think i short-term, yes, humans are short—term, yes, humans are marvellously educated and leveraged technology to adapt to situations but for the most part, this is a global crisis. you're not going to be able to leveraged technology and talk about what is going to happen with sea level rise and most of the major impacts that are going to influence how people live and how we interact, including sports, and sports happens to be leisure but we're talking about people lives and humanity at stake here for a lot of folks that can't afford

to move to another location so there is a lot of data out there is a lot of data out there from the world economic forum and others studying this issue and we are not going to wish our way away from those impacts simply by leveraging technology. we got to be smarter on how to deal with the problem at hand and we can kinda figure out how to our athletes and fans climate proving our arenas but it's a much bigger problem than that. thank you very much indeed for joining us on an important topic, particularly forsports these days. 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 $500 million 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 notjust an extraordinary feat

of structural engineering, it is also an important symbol. this bridge is nearly 2.5km 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: for me, this bridge symbolisesl a brighterfuture, hope and unity. i came here to mark this great day for croatia. translation: this is - the second most important day for my country. the first was the recognition of an independent croatia and this is the connection of croatia as a whole. and this was what you could expect before the bridge. queues of traffic trying to cross the border into bosnia and herzegovina. after the break—up 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: this bridge 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. fireworks marked the official opening of a project paid for mostly by the european union but built by a chinese company. our 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 semifinal. 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. our sports reporter dan whitworth is in sheffield in the north of england,

where the match was played. before the turn into, and we still set it every time, we want to inspire the nation. i think that's what we're doing, and we want to make a difference, so we hope that got everyone so excited and at the end, the whole country is proud of us and even more girls and boys. playing football.- boys. playing football. when the third goal— boys. playing football. when the third goal went - boys. playing football. when the third goal went in, - boys. playing football. when the third goal went in, you . the third goal went in, you start— the third goal went in, you start believing obviously, but yes, — start believing obviously, but yes, the _ start believing obviously, but yes, the game becomes blurry when — yes, the game becomes blurry when there is that much excitement, that many emotions, an incredible night and an incredible atmosphere from the fans. _ incredible atmosphere from the fans. and — incredible atmosphere from the fans, and i'm super proud to be english — fans, and i'm super proud to be english and part of this team right— english and part of this team right now. english and part of this team right now-— right now. england in the finals play _ right now. england in the finals play france - right now. england in the finals play france or- right now. england in the - finals play france or germany. they play on thursday to see who gets to the final at wembley which will take place.

don't forget the news website for more on all our stories. thanks for being with us. 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 21l—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.

new crossing, bypassing bosnia. 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 predates 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 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. you are watching bbc news. time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. in overturning roe versus wade, the us supreme court rejected the us supreme court rejected the argument that the us constitution guaranteed a woman's right to an abortion. now it is down to lawmakers in individual states to decide and a host of state legislators have already reacted to make abortion illegal. my guest todayis