our correspondent hugo bachega is behind the investigation and joins me now. people for the stories? we s-ent to these people for the stories? - spent weeks in ukraine, not everybody wants to give interviews, they're going through the rehabilitation process returning to ukraine, it took us a lot of time to get to these people and i think the idea was to talk to as many people as possible because, don't forget, nobody has been allowed to visit this facility inside russia. the un has been trying, the red cross have been trying, and nobody has been able to get to this facility. so i think these accounts give us a picture of what is happening there. and i think what really struck me is that everybody talked about abuse. physical abuse, psychological abuse, and what they say is that this is not something that's been done by a handful of bad guys or by a guard who had an argument at home and decided to torture somebody. they said this is routine. this is the modus operandi if you like. dozens if not hundreds of ukrainians are still there, and i think it's safe to ass

hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv.lier i spoke with john allen, a retired us marine corps four—star general and former commander of the nato international security assistance force, about that bbc reporting and ukraine's counter—offensive. thank you forjoining us. the bbc is reporting today that doesn't format ukrainian captives say they subjected to torture while in custody at detention facilities in south—western russia, apparent violations of international humanitarian law.- violations of international humanitarian law. how should foreian humanitarian law. how should foreign governments - humanitarian law. how should | foreign governments respond? first, no—one is surprised at this. virtually every dimension of the russian invasion of ukraine has been accompanied by some violation of international military law. attacks on infrastructure, attacks on civilians and here again we see the systematic, frankly, the systematic torture of ukrainian prisoners. in the way to do this on the way to respond at an international le

hugo bachega, thank you. written for the bbc news website which contains much more detail. we can bring you breaking news that has just come into the newsroom. junior doctors in scotland have voted conclusively to accept the latest pay offer from the scottish government. that comes from the bma, the british medical association in scotland. the union has said that as a result of its consultative vote 81.64% were in favour of the pay offer, on a turnout of 71.24%. this yearjunior doctors in scotland will receive a pay rise of 12.4%, backdated to april. some breaking news that has come in, junior doctors in scotland have voted to accept the latest pay offer from the scottish government, and that of course comes after we have seen some strike action. fresh questions have been raised in the case of andy malkinson ? the man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit. documents show the real attacker could potentially have been identified just three years after mr malkinson was jailed. it's emerged pol

hugo bachega, bbc news, kiev.cted after a four—year investigation and a trial in nigeria. they ve pleaded guilty to smuggling the scales of african pangolins, which conservationists say are being hunted to extinction. described as "top of the pyramid" of traffickers, they were responsible for half of the illegal trade in pangolin scales. steve swann talks to one of the people who went undercover to bring down the network in this exclusive report. an african wildlife trafficker with something to say. on a video call he shows sacks full of pangolin scales. he does not realise that the woman he is calling is not a buyer, she is an undercover investigator. within days this compound in nigeria is rated. in nigeria is raided. it's the third largest seizure of pangolin scales by the nigerian customs authorities in the past three years. tonnes of pangolin scales and elephant ivory were seized. now the leaders of a major trafficking gang have been convicted of wildlife crime. outwitted by fake buyers and sting operations,

hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv.lished in controversial circumstances shortly after they bought it, had another major blaze five years ago on a separate piece of land they own. tonight, more than a hundred people who live near the historic black country landmark joined a public meeting to push for answers about what happened. anna foster reports. the crooked house fascinated visitors for hundreds of years. now its dramatic destruction is attracting more attention than ever. just weeks after it was sold to new owners, a fire ripped through the tilting building. two days later... ..without permission, the remains were flattened completely. the digger that pulled it down was already close by. it had been rented by a company controlled by the new owner a week before the blaze. adam and carly taylor didn't reply to the bbc�*s request for an interview about their pub. and today there was another development — five years ago, 400 tonnes of waste caught light at a landfill site in buckinghamshire owned by adam taylor's compa

hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv.mation about alleged war crimes committed by the russian federation in ukraine and she gave me her reaction to the reports on prisoners of war. honestly, we hear the story and collect the story from the beginning of the war. so, we all the time here this testimony from the people who were freed from captivity and honestly you cannot imagine people who tried to protect their country, who tried to protect their country, who survived the battles, who survived the aerial bombs, survived the tank attacks, just have to survive all of the torture in captivity. in the places that were assigned for criminals, not prisoners of war. so it is hard to imagine people managing to survive all of this cruelty, to survive all of the torture, beatings and they still want to return to the battlefield after returning home to protect their country. you battlefield after returning home to protect their country.— protect their country. you collect evidence and _ protect their country. you collect evidence and

hugo bachega, bbc news, kiev.export grain. but moscow has given no assurances it'll allow safe passage, and its navy recently forcibly inspected a cargo vessel headed for ukraine. russia also continues to attack ukrainian ports and grain infrastructure. 0desa's governor says explosive drones hit one of ukraine's ports on the river danube overnight. he's published photos of damaged granaries. the uk formerjustice secretary, sir robert buckland, hasjoined calls for a public inquiry into the case of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. andy malkinson had his conviction quashed last month. it has since emerged the police and prosecutors both had dna evidence that may have exonerated him five years into his sentence. joe inwood reports. when andy malkinson walked out of court last month, he was finally free. i am not a liar. i am not in denial. but i will tell you who is. he was also furious with the police. responsible for his wrongful conviction. greater manchester police are liars. they a

hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. just an update to bring you from sydney.inflation is now 6.8%, down from 7.9% injune. we can speak live to victoria scholar, the head of investment at interactive investor. good to see you, what does this mean? lt good to see you, what does this mean? . good to see you, what does this mean? , . ., ., good to see you, what does this mean? , .., ., ., , ., mean? it is encouraging to see that inflation has — mean? it is encouraging to see that inflation has come _ mean? it is encouraging to see that inflation has come down _ mean? it is encouraging to see that inflation has come down to - mean? it is encouraging to see that inflation has come down to 6.8%, l inflation has come down to 6.8%, dropping from october's recent peak of 11.1%. but still it is above the bank of england's 2% target. that suggests there is still a long way to go to get inflation under control and it could mean more rate hikes from the bank of england. isofas and it could mean more rate hikes from the bank of england. was this drop expected? _ from the ban

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the southern russian city of taganrog — before being released in exchanges. 0ur correspondent hugo bachegaand described the testimony he's heard from people who have been held as prisoners of war. so i spent weeks in ukraine tracking down ukrainians who had been taken to this facility in the city of taganrog. and what they describe is a situation of extreme abuse, psychological abuse, physical abuse. they say that captives are tortured, are given electric shocks, frequent beatings. there is no health care provided, food portions are very, very small. so you do have a situation that, you know, prisoners are said to have been dying in this facility because of this level of abuse. and we interviewed a dozen former captives. and i think what really struck me was that what they described was that this wasn't something that was being done by a handful of bad guys or by a guard who had an argument at home and decided to torture somebody. they said that this was routine, this was, you know, the modus operandi in this facility. and keep in mind that no international observers have been allowed into

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