this is bbc news. 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.

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 d0 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... (grunting). ..another institution... ..with its own sights

and sounds. grunting. 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. screaming. 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. anyone doing anything to 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. 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 is intolerable. if ukraine wants to be part of the western world, a law—abiding democracy, it can't right of 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. some breaking news, a powerful 7.1 earthquake has struck the philippine island of luzon. landslides have been reported in some areas — and a hospital has been badly damaged. there are no reports of any casualties so far. the quake was a shallow one — just six miles down and aftershocks have been felt in the philippine capital manila. this story is just breaking — and we'll bring you more details when we have them.

ican i can tell you president ferdinand marcos i can tell you president ferdinand marcoer has already ordered the immediate dispatch of rescue relief teams to the province where the earthquake has hit, and he is also going to fly there, we understand, in due course. 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—19 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. 0fficial turnout was low, given by the commission as 28%. 0pposition parties had boycotted a ballot that they'd said would return tunisia to autocracy. 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, an energy price shock. all of these things are pushing inflation outside of the comfort zone. i asked mushfiq mobarak, a professor of economics at yale university, if he agreed that it's the worst recession heading our way in 50 years. i don't know about the worst, but it is a sensible prediction to think we will go into 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 will be recessionary, because a primary tool that central banks use to maintain a balance between these competing pressures of inflation and recession is interest rates. so many people understand that these days. why does it happen, then?

so, i mean, 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 and the global crisis it precipitated, topped that list, and all 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, covid was an unprecedented crisis and the reason we use unprecedented was that it meant firms faced 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, because of delays of

production, as they might�*ve shed too many workers. and finally, we have persistent covid lockdowns, well into the pandemic, china going into lockdowns and china has been the world's factory, so as china goes into a lockdown, that is going to create additional inflationary pressures because of shortages. we have these 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 quite fatalistic about this, and that there isn't much they could do, but you can offer up some thoughts about, particularly poorer countries, where the debt is very high, what can they do? first, i think it's prudent for the imf to sound this now, 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 trade 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, where they invested in big projects that turned out to be really inefficient or unproductive like that port, 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 of repayment, investors get spooked, they start demanding repayment and that itself precipitates a currency crisis, because there is sometimes more downward pressure on your local currency and it can be a self fulfilling prophecy. 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 world 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 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 1a partners of the station, have to regularly decide how their politics change how they are going to participate in the international station. what level they are going to contribute, what their 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, itjust improves the russian bargaining position, so i think it makes sense

if you are playing chess. it's kind of a good early move. obviously the invasion of ukraine is a traumatic and horrific thing for so 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 up on 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 early today. 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. the former us president, donald trump, has given his first speech in washington since leaving office. mr trump 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." 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. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes and asked him what he thought of the speech. 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. 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 millino — 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. the peljesac bridge is nearly 2.5km in length, that's around 1.5 miles. at snakes along the coast of southern croatia,

connecting 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. this was a moment decades in the making and, 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. well lets hear from some

of the victorious england squad before the tournament, and we still say 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 and boys will start playing football. when the third goal went in, you start believing, obviously, but yeah, the game becomes blurry when there is that much excitement, that many emotions, an incredible night and an incredible atmosphere from the fans, and i'm super proud to be english and part of this team right now. a packed stadium, 30,000. france v germany.

that will decide the other half of the draw in the final on sunday at wembley. 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 one or two 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 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.