this is bbc news. the headlines: ukrainian authorities say they've located two burial sites in the eastern town of lyman which was recently liberated from russia. one site is believed to contain about 200 graves of civilians while another mass grave is believed to contain both civilians and soldiers. ukraine's president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden�*s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon. he's urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces. in thailand, distraught families have been mourning the deaths of 36 people, including more than 20 children, murdered by a former police officer

in their nursery school. the country's prime minister hasjoined grieving parents, placing flowers in the town where the attack took place. now on bbc news — our world: catching a killer. for the past year, i have been reporting on for the past year, i have been reporting on the for the past year, i have been reporting on the most for the past year, i have been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is mostafa pourmohammadi and ——my name is 0med. this is about a massacre that took place in iran in 1988. the iranian government led by olio tullera khomeini ordered thousands of political prisoners to be killed. ——

ayatollah khomeini. my my father was amongst those killed. i wasjust my father was amongst those killed. i was just two years old. now, for the first time in over 30 years, one of the perpetrators of the killings is on trial, a government official called hamid nouri. this is hammered nori, he is the first member of the islamic republic ever to stand trial outside of iran or atrocities committed in iran. crowd chants less tha n less than 15 hours till verdict and everyone is so anxious.

he was a political prisoner at the time of the 1988 prison massacre. an estimated 5000 prisoners were killed. he survived. eversince, it has

vowed to bring those responsible to justice, and vowed to bring those responsible tojustice, and he just found out one of the prison officials, hammered nori, was planning to come to sweden. —— hamid nouri. witnesses assembled a case and tipped off swedish authorities. backin tipped off swedish authorities. back in and around, hammered nori was celebrating his upcoming trip.

i travelled to stockholm to cover the trial for bbc persia. hamid nouri was accused of war crimes and murder.

in the 1988 massacres, two groups of political prisoners were killed, members of an armed group known as the mujahideen, and the communists. the mujahideen had recently attacked tehran —— iran from neighbouring iraq. ithought attacked tehran —— iran from neighbouring iraq. i thought i was with this, muslim prisoners who refuse to repent...

thousands of prisoners were killed, leftist prisoners were also executed. my father who was killed for being a member of a communist group. the defendant _ of a communist group. the defendant was _ of a communist group. the defendant was part - of a communist group. tue: defendant was part of of a communist group. tte: defendant was part of the admonishment of the prison, calling out the names, he was bringing them into the so—called deaf community who were eventually made the decision whether they are prisoner should be executed or not. he was a god and he was also bringing the prisoners to the actual place of where they were executed. the the actual place of where they were executed.— were executed. the prison massacres _ were executed. the prison massacres tour _ were executed. the prison massacres tour families i were executed. the prison -

massacres tour families apart. this woman and her husband met through a communist party in iran.

weeping both her husband and her brother were killed in the prison massacre. vida testified against hamid nouri.

in total, 7a people gave evidence. iraj also testified.

the trail is being closely followed by many people whose relatives were executed by the regime. masid lives in england. 40 years ago, her two brothers and sister—in—law were killed for their communist beliefs.

masida is travelling to hear hamid nouri testify. relatives and survivors have, for justice. tomorrow, masida and vida will go to court together. hamid nouri is about to testify.

the atmosphere inside the court is tense. lots of the family of victim are crying and angry.

hamid nouri testified for six days. crowd chants he denied stories from the iranian government which has never acknowledged a massacre. the current president of iran, ebrahim raisi, was one of the committeejudges and hamid boss. if nouri

nouri's boss. if hamid nouri is found guilty, they could be consequences for ebrahim raisi. everyone still in prisons and political prisoners. that kills political prisoners. that iran. i have come to cover the verdict. it is tomorrow and it is around one year that i have been reporting around the court case and hamid nouri's case. vida has attended all vida has attended nearly all the 92 days of the trial.

the bodies of the victims have never been returned to their relatives. the mass graves, never been returned to their relativ many e mass graves, never been returned to their relativ i has ' e mass graveagere never been returned to their relativ i has been ss graveagere buried, has been repeatedly by the irani and 50 authorities. less than 50 hours until verdict and is anxious. ==15. anxious. = 45. the iaeeyer so anxious. ——15. the lawyer said to her may be, may said to her that may be, may be, they do not accept your testimony and it is a lot for her but she hopes that maybe is a sentence him to life in prison.

it is the day of the verdict. different groups all opposed to the regime are gathering outside of the court. among them, countless survivors and relatives of victims of the 1988 a massacre and other acts of regime brutality.

the verdict is due to be announced by e—mail. tensions are high. cheering and applause.

iam not i am not sure it is a celebration, first of all. it is some of of celebration, first of all. it is so they of of celebration, first of all. it is so they of for of celebration, first of all. it is so they of for long singing. what they have held for a long time. singing. icall what they have held for a long time. singing. i call my mum and my sister. my mother was

put in prison at the same time as my father. she was only released because she was pregnant with me. she also has been fighting for justice pregnant with me. she also has been fighting forjustice ever since. they are crying with one eye and they are happy with the other eye. i want to be beside the families. the verdict was what we hoped for and exactly what the prosecutor asked for, namely crime against international

law, war crimes, and murderand a life sentence. you cannot hide yourself into sweden if you have done crimes against humanity, war crimes etc and also if we into sweden can do this, this is a good signal to the whole world. the government in a run has _ the whole world. the government in a run has denounced _ the whole world. the government in a run has denounced the - in a run has denounced the verdict as politically motivated and said the charges against hamid nouri work fabricated and baseless. his lawyers say they will appeal but survivors and relatives have not finished either. tomorrow we will start again. the new case. and we will go further, we will not stop. now we are going to the president of the regime, ebrahim raisi he should pay the price and should be responsible for what he did

in 1988. , in 1988. something feels different _ in 1988. something feels different now. _ in 1988. something feels different now. hamid - in 1988. something feels i different now. hamid nouri in 1988. something feels - different now. hamid nouri is a convicted war criminal. this catastrophe, which has blighted all of our life has officially been recognised as a crime.

hello, thanks forjoining me. it has been a very changeable week across most of the uk with gusty winds, frequent showers, and it's going to stay quite unsettled in the north—west of the uk. elsewhere across the country, certainly southern parts of the uk are in for drier, brighter weather. here is the forecast for saturday, and high pressure is building in from the south—west, so much lighter winds, much drier weather compared to what we had on friday. so here is the morning onwards, then, around about midday, light winds across england and wales, a bit of fair weather cloud building, that is pretty much it. temperatures around 15—16, so it will feel pleasant enough. more of a breeze in western scotland and the northern isles, perhaps some showers here and also cooler, around 12 or 13 degrees. very little change expected later in the day on saturday, saturday night into sunday, at least across

england and wales. but eventually this weather and will sweep into the north—west by sunday morning, so an increasing wind in northern ireland and in western scotland, whereas elsewhere it will be clear and quite chilly again, five degrees. the high pressure that will have established itself on saturday across the uk moves out of the scene. the weather front sweeps in associated with this low close to iceland, and really quite wet in northern ireland and western scotland on sunday, but the weather front will be very slow to move to the south and the east and by evening it will be reaching northern parts of wales, maybe lancashire, but to the east of the pennines, generally bright, at least dry, and the further south you are the sunnier it will be, so in london some sunshine and 18 on sunday. on sunday and monday the weather front sweeps across the uk but as it reaches the south there won't be an lot of rain, just dribs and drabs and high pressure once again builds in from the west. so for many of us, monday will be a sunny one, at least across the southern

half of the uk, eastern areas as well, but towards the north—west with more of an ocean wind, we have cloud and maybe some showers there for the western isles. high—pressure tries to dominate the weather in the south on tuesday, but these weather fronts sweep into the north—west, so i think thick cloud, this is still some days away so the details aren't going to be right, but we will see probably thickening cloud and dribs and drabs of rain over the north—west, whereas if you live to the east of the pennines and elsewhere towards the south the weather is looking generally fine with temperatures around 15 or 16 celsius. let's have a look at wednesday, try and pinpoint what will be happening — again we think high—pressure probably holding onto the weather in the south, but this weather front moves in, probably not an awful lot of rain, if anything a bit of cloud and increasing wind, not much rainfall in the south—east, we don't think on wednesday. the temperatures again around the mid—teens i think for most of us.

so this is about as far as we will probably concentrate on the details, let's look at the bigger picture now from thursday onwards. thursday and friday, what i want to point out is this big dips in the jetstream that the computer models are forecasting, you see these big dips in the jetstream, quite often we see a large area of low pressure nestled within it here, and that really does spell unsettled weather, frequent heavy showers, gusty winds at times as well, a really prolonged spell of unsettled weather end of next week and into next weekend. bye— bye.

this is bbc news — i'm ben boulos. our top stories: ukraine says more mass graves have been unearthed in areas of the country recently liberated from russian forces. meanwhile in a bbc interview, ukraine's president zelensky urges russian civilians to make a stand against the war. translation: all that putin is afraid of, it's not even - a nuclear strike, he's afraid of his own society, he's afraid of his own people. grief beyond measure — families mourn the deaths of 36 people murdered at a nursery school in thailand. and, jubilation as liverpool is picked to host deer