this is bbc news, the headlines. a people killed in violence spawned by a corruption case against imran khan. palestinian militants for the hundreds of rockets into israel following wave of air strikes in gaza. the campaign is been are launching a campaign to try to solve the cases of some of europe's unidentified murdered women. we've only just begun we've onlyjust begun on the eurovision contest. we spoke and he spoke to italy's interests tend to make entry to the contest. what is your vision without its many fans

who come outside regardless of the wind, rain, sunshine regardless of the bus, let's cross to my colleague in the eurovision village. meet the swedish ladies! does for a bit of gender balance, here'sjonathan! be shy. we have the swedish ladies unsurprisingly from... and jonathan, where you come from? norway. let's start with you ladies. first of all, how are you finding the eurovision fan village?— fan village? fantastic. very good arrangement — fan village? fantastic. very good arrangement. how _ fan village? fantastic. very good arrangement. how big _ fan village? fantastic. very good | arrangement. how big eurovision fan village? fantastic. very good - arrangement. how big eurovision fans are ou? arrangement. how big eurovision fans are you? 100%- _ arrangement. how big eurovision fans are you? 100%. this _ arrangement. how big eurovision fans are you? 100%. this is _ arrangement. how big eurovision fans are you? 10096. this is our _ arrangement. how big eurovision fans are you? 10096. this is our lives. -

are you? 10096. this is our lives. before we _ are you? 10096. this is our lives. before we go _ are you? 10096. this is our lives. before we go to _ are you? 10096. this is our lives. before we go to every _ are you? 10096. this is our lives. | before we go to every eurovision, this is_ before we go to every eurovision, this is on— before we go to every eurovision, this is on life.— this is on life. and he was responsible _ this is on life. and he was responsible for _ this is on life. and he was responsible for the - this is on life. and he was i responsible for the outfits? i this is on life. and he was - responsible for the outfits? i think it was us to _ responsible for the outfits? i think it was us to from _ responsible for the outfits? i think it was us to from the _ responsible for the outfits? i think it was us to from the beginning. . responsible for the outfits? i think. it was us to from the beginning. we were. and it was us to from the beginning. we were- and do _ it was us to from the beginning. we were. and do you _ it was us to from the beginning. we were. and do you think— it was us to from the beginning. we were. and do you think that - it was us to from the beginning. we | were. and do you think that sweden has a chance — were. and do you think that sweden has a chance of— were. and do you think that sweden has a chance of winning? _ were. and do you think that sweden has a chance of winning? marine - were. and do you think that sweden has a chance of winning? marine is. has a chance of winning? marine is the favourite, what you think? we will win! jonathan, _ the favourite, what you think? we will win! jonathan, what _ the favourite, what you think? we will win! jonathan, what do - the favourite, what you think? we will win! jonathan, what do you i will win! jonathan, what do you think about _ will win! jonathan, what do you think about the _ will win! jonathan, what do you think about the odds _ will win! jonathan, what do you think about the odds of - will win! jonathan, what do you think about the odds of norway winning? norway qualified. i am winning? norway qualified. i am sor to winning? norway qualified. i am sorry to say _ winning? norway qualified. i am sorry to say but _ winning? norway qualified. i am sorry to say but i _ winning? norway qualified. i am sorry to say but i feel— winning? norway qualified. i am sorry to say but i feel that - winning? norway qualified. i am sorry to say but i feel that sweden or finland — sorry to say but i feel that sweden or finland will win. you sorry to say but i feel that sweden or finland will win.— or finland will win. you are not in suoporting _ or finland will win. you are not in suoporting your— or finland will win. you are not in supporting your home _ or finland will win. you are not in supporting your home team? - or finland will win. you are not in - supporting your home team? laureen is m god supporting your home team? laureen is my god is — supporting your home team? laureen is my god is and _ supporting your home team? laureen is my god is and so _ supporting your home team? laureen is my god is and so i _ supporting your home team? laureen is my god is and so i am _ supporting your home team? laureen is my god is and so i am voting - supporting your home team? laureen is my god is and so i am voting for. is my god is and so i am voting for sweden _ is my god is and so i am voting for sweden too — is my god is and so i am voting for sweden too-— is my god is and so i am voting for sweden too. ~ . .,~ , ., , ., sweden too. what makes eurovision so secial?

sweden too. what makes eurovision so special? nothing _ sweden too. what makes eurovision so special? nothing is _ sweden too. what makes eurovision so special? nothing is wrong _ sweden too. what makes eurovision so special? nothing is wrong and - special? nothing is wrong and eurovision _ special? nothing is wrong and eurovision and _ special? nothing is wrong and eurovision and you _ special? nothing is wrong and eurovision and you can't - special? nothing is wrong and eurovision and you can't be, l special? nothing is wrong and l eurovision and you can't be, but you're _ eurovision and you can't be, but you're just — eurovision and you can't be, but you're just good _ eurovision and you can't be, but you're just good enough. - eurovision and you can't be, but you're just good enough. i- eurovision and you can't be, but you're just good enough.- eurovision and you can't be, but you're just good enough. you're 'ust good enough. i saw a bit of you're just good enough. i saw a bit of choreography _ you're just good enough. i saw a bit of choreography earlier, _ you're just good enough. i saw a bit of choreography earlier, could - you're just good enough. i saw a bit of choreography earlier, could you i of choreography earlier, could you give us a bit of a song? yes. go on then. that is impressive. jonathan, it is our that is impressive. jonathan, it is your turn- — that is impressive. jonathan, it is yourturn- no. — that is impressive. jonathan, it is your turn. no, no _ that is impressive. jonathan, it is your turn. no, no thank - that is impressive. jonathan, it is your turn. no, no thank you. - that is impressive. jonathan, it is your turn. no, no thank you. i- that is impressive. jonathan, it is i your turn. no, no thank you. i have no idea what— your turn. no, no thank you. i have no idea what that _ your turn. no, no thank you. i have no idea what that meant _ your turn. no, no thank you. i have no idea what that meant but - your turn. no, no thank you. i have no idea what that meant but it - your turn. no, no thank you. i have no idea what that meant but it was| no idea what that meant but it was brilliant. thank you all and enjoy it eurovision. i was quite impressive that you could hear them over the side of the stage but there

you go, that isjust some over the side of the stage but there you go, that is just some of the fans enjoying the village today. i have that song on cd. we're going to give you some breaking news coming out of united states as we keep an eye on the number of legal cases facing a number of figures for story i'm going to bring is the us republican congressman george santos who was elected in november and you can see that they pled not guilty to fraud and money laundering and that is according to a court hearing and he has been a controversialfigure since he took office injanuary but he is an important figure to the republic given a very narrow majority that his party has in the house of representatives. a baby has been born using three people's genetics, according to the uk fertility regulator. most of the dna comes

from the two parents and around nought point one per cent from a woman donor. the pioneering technique is trying to prevent children inheriting rare genetic disorders as a medical editor fergus walsh explains. it is designed to help couples were at the risk of having a child with a severe mitochondrial disease and mitochondria is the power pack of the cells in the body, and it can lead to children with severe muscle conditions that can impact the brain, the eyes and the whole body and many times children, ms. kerry and many times children, ms. kerry and so, this is designed to try to help couples have a healthy child. when it involves the mitochondria, they have a tiny amount of dna which is always passed down through the maternal line from the mothers egg what happens is they use a donor egg to have the healthy mitochondria but

crucially, the extra dna and it's about point i% of the entire dna that the child will have and it is outside the nucleus and all the characteristics, traits that you get from your parents will be the same and this extra dna, this tiny amount of dna sits outside and it has been done at least once by the team in newcastle in the north of england. they have launched the case to of europe's unidentified murdered women. it will be the first time that interpol has published a "black list" for unidentified murdered people, which are normally only circulated

internally among police. anna holligan has been looking into the case of a woman encased in concrete and hidden in a waste container: this is where yan found the body in the bin. translation: the bin was in the water. - so i tried lifting it out, but it was too heavy. as he struggled to reel the container onto his deck, the rotten stench caused him to call for help. because of that smell, i rang the police and they came straightaway. ramon was the young officer who responded and was first on the scene. due to the nature of his work he preferred not to be fully identified. can you still picture what you saw that day? yes, very well. the first thing we saw was like concrete in the bin. it looked a little bit like a sand sculpture and you could not see whether it was a man or a woman. you couldn't see the face because the face was between the legs. it was a quite overwhelming, overwhelming experience. so i will never forget it. along with the young woman's body, her clothes, clues as to who she was and these

items, probably what the gunman was wearing when he shot her in the head and chest. thanks to advances in forensic technology, a new image has been generated. here everything started. it was when cold case detective corinna van leeuwn decided they should exhume the body to take fresh dna samples of the nameless woman, she discovered there were many, many more cases like her. and then the caretaker of the graveyard asked me, "will you come back for the rest, for the others?" a colleague came up with the idea of publishing a blacklist. what's really great about this is that everyone can help. there's one place you can look at. you can look at the photos of the victims, look at their clothing, and maybe you recognise something. and i really hope that everyone will grab this opportunity because we think it's really a big chance to solve cases like this.

since 1992, five unidentified women aged between 15 and 30 have been found murdered in amsterdam. the blacklist features 22 young women killed and then forgotten. everybody deserves a name, because if you don't have a name, you'rejust a number and you have no story and everybody has a story of their lives, no matter how it ends. but that story needs to be told, because you're worth it. you need to have your story told. the family needs to know what happened to these women. they need closure, because being missed is worse than being dead. this is such an important step forward we have 195 members and when i'm working with the netherlands, germany and belgium are these 22

women we need to make sure that there is between 16 and 22 years old and they are using the black notices for the first time and to appeal to the public and say come and look some of this is quite personal. it is clothing and you'll see a tattoo of a woman was brutally murdered and if we can share this information and work with these three countries, then we can bring some closure we can bring some dignity to these women and of course, women are subject to gender—based violence, human trafficking and if this works, we can trade to move this further forward across new countries. we can see that they look remarkably like individual people that many would have known and cared for. what are you doing beyond the sharing? are

you doing beyond the sharing? are you going to families who registered missing people are going to tattoo artist that have done some of these tattoos? ., , , , tattoos? some of these missing ersons tattoos? some of these missing persons comes _ tattoos? some of these missing persons comes from _ tattoos? some of these missing persons comes from these - tattoos? some of these missing . persons comes from these murders tattoos? some of these missing - persons comes from these murders go back to 1976 you're absolutely right, there will be brothers, there will be sisters and best friends and colleagues who will suddenly realise hang on, that does look like somebodyjust hang on, that does look like somebody just disappeared from hang on, that does look like somebodyjust disappeared from our lives and we do not know why. we are trying to bring some sense of identity and reality to what we hear about crimes across the world, the numbers seem to hide the reality of the awfulness yes, you will see some awful circumstances over what happened to these women want to bring their identities back, we want them to have some dignity and their families are given closure and let us not forget if you can identify these women, there may be a chance to identify those individuals so brutally murdered them. you don't

have the women's _ brutally murdered them. you don't have the women's names - brutally murdered them. you don't have the women's names yet - brutally murdered them. you don't have the women's names yet but i brutally murdered them. you don't. have the women's names yet but do you have any of the stories of their lives based on what they were wearing, what they might of eden, anything like that? is. wearing, what they might of eden, anything like that?— wearing, what they might of eden, anything like that? is, sometimes by understanding _ anything like that? is, sometimes by understanding and _ anything like that? is, sometimes by understanding and using _ anything like that? is, sometimes by understanding and using isotope - understanding and using isotope technology, that was that existing in some these inquiries but by using dna, we can identify the likely place that they were born or brought up place that they were born or brought up and sometimes obviously identify ethnicity and work through some of the stories and as we heard, when you take a look at these individuals in these tattoos we look at the close, the awful circumstances with which their lives were taken, they become very real that is so important for law enforcement. this is notjust an appeal to the public, this is an impugned of missing person cases many years ago we can go to the families, take dna and dna and try and use new technologies to bring this of closure.

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. one of the south's dairy farmers says he's been left in a desperate financial situation because of the impact of losing his water supply twice in three months. we couldn't cleaned up the machinery properly and so, that causes all sorts of different diseases. last december. _ sorts of different diseases. last december, his _ sorts of different diseases. last december, his jersey _ sorts of different diseases. last december, hisjersey cows sorts of different diseases. last december, his jersey cows got so december, hisjersey cows got so thirsty he had to: foreign rescue and the and try again. the knock on and the and try again. the knock on and practice been severe and all of us as he said to call 18 sick cows and others are no longer producing milk. and a statement, the waters since it is understood the enormous impact this is hide and set a number of

the big question is whether the money will be enough to put on those finances on an even keel. you're live with bbc news. nine months after launching the assault, russia has not managed to capture the city it is been the longest and bloodiest battle so far but ukrainian forces are hanging on the western edge of the city, each site is suffered heavy casualties, reporting from this area is extremely dangerous and video journalist working for the french news agency was killed this week and rocket fire in a town just west of the city. our team correspondent and camera crew travelled to the front line for battle and sent the special report. a rare pause in this, the longest, bloodiest battle of the war so far. with just a few metres away,

the russians are still waiting. still trying to encircle the city nearby. ukraine's president calls it a fortress of ukrainian morale. but like these trenches, it's under attack every hour of every day. go! go, go! let's go down. bakhmut�*s been under siege for more than nine months. we'll have to wait a little bit. so we've been now shelled by the mortar. as you can see, it was pretty damn close. but eugene demonstrates its continuing resistance. let's go. quickly. so we're going to shoot back right now.

try to kill some of them. let's get out of here! let's go. it could be said 1,000 times, but this is our country and our land. like, what else can we do? well, you could give up bakhmut and just move back? for us if we would retreat, for example, yes, we could save a few lives. but then we will have to assault back. and we could lose much more lives. so we need to stand here till the end. but even defence is taking many ukrainian lives, young and old. stefan's comrades call him dad.

at 61, he's still half the age of the ancient maxim gun he's firing. but he too was seriously injured, hours after we left his position. too dangerous to enter into the cauldron of the city itself, we tried to get a view from the distance. this is it. bakhmut is burning. a line of tower blocks pretty much all that's left standing. in a bunker, they direct artillery fire to support their infantry, their last line of defence on the western edge of the city. this drone feed of bakhmut tells you a scene of utter devastation. not a building left here in the city that hasn't been either destroyed or damaged.

and itjust tells you how fierce this fighting has been. wagner? are they mostly wagner fighters? yeah. the us estimates more than 20,000 russians have been killed in the last five months, many of them here in bakhmut. miroslav tells me they don't care about their people. as we watch two russian soldiers, he says theyjust advance in vain hope. his comrade adds, "they walk towards us with no fear". he says they must be on drugs. russia hasn't given up yet. their artillery is still firing, but not as frequently as in the past. ukraine hopes bakhmut will have

exhausted their enemy, as they now prepare for their own offensive. but it also shows taking ground can prove even more costly. jonathan beale, bbc news, bakhmut. you can read more by looking at the article that he is written. you see tributes have been paid to the 32—year—old french journalist who was killed whilst reporting on the war zone in eastern ukraine. president macron says we share the pain of his loved ones and his colleagues. you're watching bbc news. to iran where is reported that seven more prisoners were executed on wednesday, bringing the number of executions to more than 50 in less than two weeks with the norway based iran's human rights groups and the prisoners were put to death after

being found guilty of drug substances. on tuesday, the human rights chief expressed dismay of what was called the frighteningly high number of executions of for this year and iran. the director spoke to me earlier from this year and iran. the director spoke to me earlierfrom oslo this year and iran. the director spoke to me earlier from oslo with his reaction to the news. you spoke to me earlier from oslo with his reaction to the news.— his reaction to the news. you see actually today _ his reaction to the news. you see actually today that _ his reaction to the news. you see actually today that we _ his reaction to the news. you see actually today that we reported . actually today that we reported seven executions altogether and the number of executions has been increasingly —— increasing dramatically in the past two weeks and actually in the last two weeks, more than 64 people have been executed. and for five more than 64 people have been executed. and forfive people more than 64 people have been executed. and for five people every single day. we have seen these executions and most of them are for drug charges, murder, but also an expansion of the authorities are

using this and two men were executed for blasphemy and insulting the prophet. we haven't seen these for more than ten years and so, it seems that not only of the increasing the numbers but they're also expanding the scope and i think this is all related to the authorities need to spread fear into society to prevent more protests because the aim is never been to fight the crime because the penalty. i’ee never been to fight the crime because the penalty. i've been s-ueakin because the penalty. i've been speaking to — because the penalty. i've been speaking to them _ because the penalty. i've been speaking to them since - because the penalty. i've been - speaking to them since september and one journalist speaking to them since september and onejournalist i spoke speaking to them since september and one journalist i spoke to this year says that the threat of the death penalty in the use the number of cases have been in even if it's just distasteful to save us, has been successful by the iranian government in quelling and quashing protests and peoples fear of death penalty p"°p and peoples fear of death penalty prop taking the being brought to

them. we prop taking the being brought to them. ~ . . .. prop taking the being brought to them. ~ ., ., ,, ., ., , them. we are talking about a country that doesn't — them. we are talking about a country that doesn't have _ them. we are talking about a country that doesn't have rule _ them. we are talking about a country that doesn't have rule of _ them. we are talking about a country that doesn't have rule of law- them. we are talking about a country that doesn't have rule of law or - that doesn't have rule of law or no due process and fair trials so, basically anyone can be arrested and charged for anything and sentenced to death and executed and it's a matter of life and death in the death penalty has been the most powerful instrument to install fear and what we have also seen is despite the surgeon executions, coverage of more than two executions every day since the onset of the protests, they haven't managed to control everything and they are not back to the time before and so, on the short run, yes, it can manage to control but no government rule is solely on fear and execution.

speaking to me earlier. we turn our attention now as we often due to plastic eating microbes. scientists have identified microbes in the alps and the arctic able to digest plastics at low temperatures which could lead to a breakthrough in recycling. the researchers sampled strains of bacteria and fungi found growing on free lying or intentionally buried plastic in greenland, svalbard and switzerland. they found that eleven fungi and eight bacteria were able to digest bio degradeable polyurethane at fifteen degrees celsius. some were also able to digest two other commercially available plastic mixtures. iam very i am very excited about our data for sure. . . i am very excited about our data for sure. , ., ., sure. tell us what we need to understand — sure. tell us what we need to understand about _ sure. tell us what we need to understand about it. - sure. tell us what we need to understand about it. we - sure. tell us what we need to i understand about it. we isolated strains from _ understand about it. we isolated strains from the _ understand about it. we isolated strains from the environments i understand about it. we isolated i strains from the environments and going towards remote court environments and there, we explored microorganisms and plastics and be

isolated and brought them back to the lab, to her lab and cultivated them so we had an artificial medium and then be tested the ability to degrade plastics into the lab and lower temperature and this is our main finding that we could find some unknown strands of microorganisms that are able, and lower temperature to degrade plastics because normally, people made experiments 30 degrees and higher and so, we have the possibility because we use the strains from quarter environments to show if there are also able at lower temperature, this is that we can come as a solution, technical solution, we can have, in future, if you're to degrade plastic with at

lower temperatures, you're to degrade plastic with at lowertemperatures, it you're to degrade plastic with at lower temperatures, it means that we can save energy. i lower temperatures, it means that we can save energy-— can save energy. i am like lots of our audience, recycle _ can save energy. i am like lots of our audience, recycle plastic, i i can save energy. i am like lots of. our audience, recycle plastic, i put it in the black been in the apartment block which i live and at what point are microbes going to eat that plastic? what point are microbes going to eat that lastic? . what point are microbes going to eat that plastic?— that plastic? yes, it depends very much on the _ that plastic? yes, it depends very much on the plastic— that plastic? yes, it depends very much on the plastic material. i that plastic? yes, it depends veryj much on the plastic material. and so, the most common plastic is so far, we have not found any strain which we had isolated or were able to degrade. and so, depends on the plastic material and it is a very chemical structure, very stable, microbes are not able to cut or break down this chemical bonds. plastic eating microbes. they are coming. as is the weather with

chris. hello there. well, it's been a day of sunny spells and some heavy showers. certainly the skies look very dark and threatening here in ashbourne, in derbyshire, with a big shower cloud working across the horizon. and we have seen showers widely across the uk today, but most of the day's thunderstorms have tended to concentrate across east scotland, central and eastern parts of england, as well. now it's been another wet month so far, across parts of southern england, we've already had more than the average for may — that makes it the third consecutive month in a row that's been wetter than normal. and across parts of northern scotland, like the last couple of months, it's been drier than normal across the north of the uk. now during this evening and overnight, the area of low pressure responsible for the showers slips into northern ireland. so there will be further showers here, 1—2 keeping going across western parts of england and wales, but otherwise, most of the day, showers will fade away and we'll have some clear spells overnight. temperatures for most between 6—8 celsius. tomorrow, another showery day —

those showers with us straightaway in northern ireland. now elsewhere, you'll manage a bit of morning sunshine before those showers really get going across east scotland, eastern england. once they've developed here during the early afternoon, they'll tend to move inland, leaving some of the biggest downpours later in the afternoon across wales and the midlands, as well. temperatures generally reaching about 15—18 celsius, where we have some sunshine, it won't feel too bad. friday does see some weather changes as this area of high pressure builds into the northwest. this area of low pressure pushes a weather front into eastern areas. so northeasterly winds are changing the wind direction, bringing a lot more in the way of cloud, perhaps more early morning mist patches, as well. the thickest cloud for eastern and central england, thick enough to bring some light outbreaks of rain as we go through the day. eastern areas, chilly,

temperatures around 13—14 celsius — but where we do have some sunshine in the west, temperatures high teens, might even squeeze out of 20 in 1—2 areas. the weekend — well, we still have that high pressure to start off with, but then for the second half of the weekend, this cold front is going to very gradually push a band of rain into the northwest. so for most of us, saturday's a decent day — could be a few showers around, but most dry with some sunshine, and we could see temperatures reach the low 20s. it's on sunday that more of us will see outbreaks of rain developing, and it'll turn a bit cooler.

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