here, our undercover journalist speaks to one of the investigators working in the field. good grief. this is frankly unacceptable. it seems to me that entire communities stigmatized because people have to make up the numbers. dr sam autrey from the university of bristol has conducted field research into rescue operations by ijm in ghana. i wanted to know his thoughts about the recordings concerning a target driven culture.

these are very well paid jobs, 0k? and the fear of losing a coveted position of that nature would mean that people would go the extra mile to meet the quotas and the targets. ijm told us that its targets aim to evaluate impact so its work can be most effective. but it denies staff are penalised if they don't meet them. fatima and the other children were able to return home after social services concluded they had not been trafficked and criminal charges against two of their relatives were also dropped. not without consequences. translation: whatever we got from our fish - and business to feed ourselves, we spent everything on the case. ijm ghana told us that it does not decide whether any individual is arrested or prosecuted with offences, and said that it is social workers who independently decide when the child might be put into care even if they are not victims of trafficking.

after the raid, fatima stayed in the shelter for about four months. while you were away, what were you thinking? translation: l was thinking - about whether my grandma, grandpa, uncles and mother was still alive. i was wondering if they were dead or alive. when fatima returned home, she discovered her grandfather had died. translation: l was. crying and wondering, since my grandfather has left us, where would we see him again? ijm has told us that the approach always has the welfare of children at its core, and their work has helped bring hundreds of victims to safety. ghana social services told us they acted upon information they received from ijm and in the future ijm may need to get additional permissions ahead of any rescue operations. you can find the full film the night they came for our children on the bbc africa youtube channel.

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no, sure, that is a no. starkly, there were attempts, but never really formed, ironically, back when nato first formed in 1949, there were calls for an asian version of nato from a number of countries called out for similar reasons, and their concerns were building out in asia, just as it had been in europe, but not, probably the closest that you could have called a nato equivalent would have been another which came about in the 1950s, the south east asia treaty organisation, it didn't

have the same, and structure that nato has for the same commitment to having standing troops committed to the organisation and it died out in the organisation and it died out in the 1970s. the organisation and it died out in the 19705. it the organisation and it died out in the 1970s. it also wasn't strictly geographically based organisation. most of the members were not actually, did not actually reside within southeast asia. in recent times, we have seen what people might turn many laterals. where some people might term them quadrilateral security grouping and many lateral that we have but once again, it doesn't have the structures that nato has. it's small and it doesn't have that level of commitment or integration. ec, you do see some... a lot of security dialogue going on as well, but, no, there isn't any

alternative yet.— alternative yet. doctor sue thompson. _ alternative yet. doctor sue thompson, thank - alternative yet. doctor sue thompson, thank you - alternative yet. doctor sue thompson, thank you so . alternative yet. doctor sue - thompson, thank you so much for joining us on newsday this morning. you are welcome. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines in the uk. a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, after a teacher was stabbed at a school in tewkesbury in gloucestershire. a man is in a stable condition in hospital. no—one else was hurt in the attack. the school was locked down, while police searched for the suspect. a review into failings in maternity care in hospitals in nottingham is set to become the largest in the uk. around 1700 families who received maternity care from the nottingham university hospitals nhs trust are to have their cases reviewed. a previous investigation found dozens of babies died or were left with serious injuries while in its care. the jury in the trial of the nurse,

lucy letby, has been sent out at manchester crown court, to start its deliberations. ms letby, who's 33, denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder ten others at the countess of chester hospital. you're live with bbc news. it's been revealed that russia's president vladimir putin held talks with wagner mercenaries, just days after he publicly accused them of betrayal for launching a failed mutiny two weeks ago. the kremlin has confirmed that the wagner leader — yegveny prigozhin — was among those present at three hours of talks in moscow, where his mercenaries are said to have declared their loyalty to the president. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has this update. strange, indeed.

i mean, on the day of the mutiny, vladimir putin had called the organisers "traitors" who'd stabbed russia in the back, and he promised that they would be punished. five days later, goodness me, he was sitting down with them in the kremlin, with yevgeny prigozhin, with the commanders of wagner, chatting about what had happened. so what does this tell us about the relationship between wagner and the kremlin? well, we knew they were close, very close. putin had admitted that the state has been financing wagner. so was this three hour meeting in the kremlin a sort of a post mutiny, postmortem? an attempt to reboot or rebuild what had been a pretty effective fighting force for the kremlin? we don't know. we don't know how that meeting ended. what we do know is that the state media here continues to try to discredit yevgeny prigozhin. last night, state tv said "he is not the robin hood he tries to pass himself off as he is a businessman with a criminal past

who was involved in dodgy dealings." but for now, mr prigozhin is a free man. so what will happen next? i wish i knew. my advice? stay tuned for the next bizarre episode in putin and prigozhin. south korea has restated its commitment to welcoming north korean defectors. the number who ve escaped and made it to the south has fallen dramatically over the last decade or so ? from 3,000 a year to fewer than 100. but south korea thinks more people will try — now that pyonyang has eased covid restrictions. its main reception centre is getting ready to greet them. michael bristow was shown around. these north korean women fled hunger and repression. now they're learning the art of the manicure — filing, painting and shaping. it's just one of nearly two dozen courses on offer at the south korean reception centre for those who've escaped north korea and need new skills for their new lives.

in another room, defectors are introduced to high tech devices commonplace in south korea, less so in the north. they learn about the software that powers these gadgets. this resettlement center for north korean refugees is also a medical facility. south korean doctors try to fix health problems that might have gone untreated for years. from top to toe. drjunjin yong is a psychiatrist who's worked here. not surprisingly, he says, many defectors suffer with their mental health, not least from being separated from their relatives. translation: these people have families back in north korea - who they can't see. it's a little like bereavement, but different because they haven't passed away. they're still there.

for the defectors, it's complete torture. whatever problems the defectors face. the resettlement center is just the beginning of their education. the hardestjourney starts on the outside. north koreans who arrive in south korea aren'tjust coming o a different place, they're also coming to a different time. in terms of the way people live their lives, south korea is decades ahead. imagine suddenly being transported half a century into the future and you get some idea of the difficulties faced by north koreans trying to adjust to their new lives here. so one of those who's managed to do that is kim seung hui. she started her own business, making a spirit popular in north korea, too eager to go on the first tonight.

the first night on the outside is a memorable one for all defectors. i hugged my daughter and started to cry, not because i was sad or lonely, but because we've survived. she's notjust survived, she's thrived. those still here will be hoping for a similar success. michael bristow, bbc news, seoul. a new scanning technique has been developed that can see inside the body in unprecedented detail — using a transparent mouse. the technology makes it possible to detect cancerous tumours at cellular level. pallab ghosh has the story. meet the transparent mouse. everything inside, its nerves, tissues and organs, all made invisible. it's done by removing all the fat and pigment from its body after it's killed using a chemical process.

and then it's bathed in different chemicals to reveal the parts the german developers want to study. under the microscope, they're searching for cancer tumours shown in small pink and white dots throughout the body. compare this image to a conventional scan, which shows only two of the largest concentration of tumours. it enables to see every single cancer at single cell level. because diseases like cancer, they kill at cell level. so if we don't see them, we cannot treat them. this technology enables us to see this hidden enemy. in green are the nerve endings outside the mouse's body. different chemicals show different tissue. inside, the purple tube snaking around is part of its digestive system. we can even look in the tube.

medical researchers try out new drugs and treatments on mice first before trying them out on people. the new scanning technique enables scientists to see things they've never seen before. it also has the potential to improve the way in which new drugs are developed and tested. and it could greatly accelerate the understanding of hundreds, if not thousands, of diseases. currently, scientists slice up tissues into very thin sections to study them under a microscope. uk researchers are excited about this new way of analysing their samples. the potential that it has to be able to identify various tissues, cells, structures and also understanding really the development of diseases, we can't wait to get our hands on the technique. muzlifah haniffa is imaging cells to help create an online map, or atlas, of every cell in the human body. she says the new scanning technique will be useful for all kinds of medical research.

without a doubt it will accelerate the pace of medical research. i mean, combining these types of fantastic, cutting edge technologies and building the human cell atlas will no doubt completely revolutionise medicine. a whole human won't be made transparent because the process would kill the patient. but it could still be used to study donated tissues and organs, to study human diseases — something scientists say will transform our understanding of how our bodies work. pallab ghosh, bbc news. that is incredible, isn't it? that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. there's no real change in our weather patterns coming our way any time soon. and that means it stays unsettled. loads more showers in the forecast as we'll see in a moment. for monday, we have some heavy downpours come through starting off across parts of northern ireland before spreading to scotland. and as they work through, threave brought 15 millimetres

of rain in a space ofjust an hour, really torrential rain. that's a bit more than half an inch of rain injust an hour. now, those heavy bursts of rain are working north eastwards at the moment. the rain will ease as we head towards dawn, but at the same time we'll see some heavy rain pop up across the midlands running into lincolnshire and east anglia as well. still quite warm and humid across eastern areas of england as we start the day tuesday. but in the west a relatively fresh field to the day, with temperatures around 13—14 degrees. now, tuesday morning, we'll see that band of rain start off with across east anglia, south east england, taking a while to clear out of the way. but once it's gone, it's essentially a day of sunshine and showers. i think some of the showers could merge together to give some longer spells of rain for west scotland, and perhaps through the central lowlands, and also some fairly lengthy downpours coming across wales and running into the midlands too. temperatures a little bit below average for the time of year,

but in the sun it won't feel too bad. now, wimbledon, i can't rule out an odd passing shower, but there'll be large stretches of the day that are dry with some sunshine coming through. taking a look at the jet stream pattern across a good chunk of the northern hemisphere. we've got this pattern at the moment. this is an omega block. now, the uk finds itself underneath a trough. that's where low pressure form. and the thing with these blocks is theyjust don't move very far. it's going to be like this really throughout the rest of this week, into the weekend and even into next week. and what that does for us is, even as we lose one area of low pressure, later in the week another one pops up as if by magic and works back across the country. we've got that kind of repeating pattern. weather kind of like a broken record at the moment. wednesday, yes, it's a day of sunshine and showers. probably a cooler feel to the weather across scotland and northern ireland, where we'll start to get more of a northwesterly breeze. so temperatures just coming down here, a few degrees in the south and east, 21, maybe fewer showers here for wednesday. but really looking at the rest of the week into the weekend

and even into the early stage of next week, the showers will continue to pack in. there will be quite a lot of dry weather, even on these showery days. the showers perhaps lasting an hour or two, but still some heavy downpours to come.

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