our correspondent jeremy bowen reports from the frontline in ukraine's easternmost region, luhansk. : the ukrainian army could be fighting a losing battle in luhansk. they are committing reserves to the frontline. russian firepower is destroying towns and killing ukrainian soldiers. one unit went into the line with 240 men and came out with 100 of them killed, wounded o capturedr. this town is slowly getting eateny the war. this week it is around three miles from the russians, well within range. next week, it might be much closer. civilians with somewhere to go have lt. in the ruins in dbass, the victory in kyiv in march, the euphoria, glory and sacrifice, feel distance. ere is the cease-fire, says this person, even if it costs land >> what could it change for me? the main thing is to stay alive. this is just the beginning. everything is still to come. if i survive, we will see how it goes. jeremy: at a safe distance from the front lines on the civilians were brought to a railway platform for evacuation. most were too weak and too old to leave before the war swallowed them, and now t

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro. found to have discriminated against a student whose severe social anxiety led to her taking her own life. natasha abrahart�*s parents brought a civil action against the university, saying it had failed to make adjustments for her mental health. natasha was 20 when she took her own life in april 2018. her parents have been speaking to our correspondentjon kay. she was my perfect daughter, really. natasha was a star. she was academically wonderful. you could not have wanted a better daughter. maggie and bob abrahart have spent the last four years fighting for their daughter, bringing a legal case against bristol university. today, 1,481 days after natasha took her own life, after years of protestations from the university, we finally have the truth. the university of bristol broke the law and exposed our daughter to months of wholly unnecessary psychological trauma, as she watched her grades plummet and her hopes for the future crumble before her eyes. hello. you're pretty cool... natas

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro.ate of louisiana has blocked an attempt to lift covid restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum. the checks, known as title 42, were introduced by the trump administration in early 2020. they've been used to deport more than a million migrants since 2020. the usjustice department said it would appeal. two us secret service employees have been sent back to the us from south korea after reports they were drinking and got into a fight. local police, hotel security and two other individuals are said to have been involved. both were part of a team preparing for president biden's visit. borisjohnson is among the senior figures in the uk government who are being told that they'll be named in the sue gray report, on lockdown breaches at westminster. the bbc has been told there'll also be new details about parties involving civil servants. those identified have been given until five o'clock on sunday afternoon to respond. many parts of spain could reach the highest temperatures recorded for 20

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro. mariupol now, where ukrainian soldiers holed up at the steel plant have now surrendered. their commander posted this message online. translation: the higher. military leadership has given an order to save lives and preserve the well—being of the servicemen of the garrison, and cease defending the city. despite heavy fighting, defending while being encircled and the lack of resupplying, we kept reiterating the three conditions most important to us — namely civilians, wounded, and those who have been killed in action. we managed to evacuate the civilians, the wounded received the necessary medical treatment. as for those fallen heroes, the process is ongoing. there are concerns about the fate of the about 2,000 soldiers who have surrendered. more from the bbc�*s joe inwood, in lviv. that number of 2,000, there have been a lot of uncertainty about the total numbers that were still in the plant over the last couple of weeks but actually it seems the figures we have been getting were accur

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in eastern ukraine.der renewed pressure following the latest revelations by people who attended gatherings in downing street during lockdown. they describe a culture in which parties were routine, sometimes crowded affairs, and security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. the testimony, obtained by bbc panorama, comes as borisjohnson braces himself for the publication of an official report into events during lockdown, which is now expected to be presented to downing steet on wednesday. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young has the latest. unemployment is now down to its lowest level since 197a. boris johnson trying to focus on the positive as he opened this week's cabinet meeting. they have all been defending his behaviour during lockdown, at a time when rule—breaking was rife inside number 10. there were bottles, empties, rubbish — in the bin, but overflowing, or indeed sometimes left on the table. panorama has spoken to three insiders who attended gatherings in

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro. port city of mariupol now where ukrainian soldiers holed up at the steel plant have now surrendered. their commander posted this message online. translation: the higher military leadership has given an order - to save lives and preserve the well—being of the servicemen of the garrison and cease defending the city. despite heavy fighting, defending while being encircled and the lack of resupplying, we kept reiterating the three conditions most important to us — namely civilians, wounded, and those who have been killed in action. we managed to evacuate the civilians, the wounded received the necessary medical treatment. as for those fallen heroes, the process is ongoing. polls have just opened in australia's general election, to decide who will be the next prime minister. the race is between the incumbent scott morrison and his rival, the labor leader, anthony albanese. whoever wins has tough challenges ahead, the cost of living crisis is squeezing households and many say climate change

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro.ustralians are heading to the polls for the country's first election since 2019. it sees prime minister scott morrison go up against one of the country's longest serving politicians, labor leader anthony albanese. these are live pictures from a polling station in sydney. —— melbourne. where it hasjust gone midday saturday. there are tough challenges ahead for whoever�*s successful — the cost of living crisis is squeezing households and many say climate change is making some parts of australia unliveable. more than 17 million people are enrolled to vote, which is compulsory for over 18s. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is on bondi beach. the surfers have been really up early. you can't see them now, but they've been up for hours, and so have the swimmers. actually, some of them came to line up in their swimsuits. they're of course, not the only ones up early, voters, as well, have been lining up to cast their ballots. and it's getting really, really busy right now. but before we talk a

jeremy bowen sent this report from ukraine. explosions the russians are shelling severodonetsk, as they try to encircle it. more than 100,000 people lived in the city before the invasion. now, it's one of russia's biggest targets. this is russia using the methods it perfected in syria and chechnya. heavy bombardment to try to break the will of its opponents. ukrainian rescue crews can still operate to reach civilians who need to get out. day by day, family by family, russia is grinding forward. it is a long way to safety, down roads out of severodonetsk that the russians are shelling. they're trying to cut the city off from support, rescue, and reinforcement. children here were born into a war. ukrainians have been fighting russian—backed separatists in donbas since 2014. in moscow, sergei shoigu, the defence minister, held a made—for—tv briefing, designed to back the kremlin�*s message that russia is winning. the minister said their advancing forces would soon take all off luhansk, which is one half of donbas, including severo

our correspondent, jeremy bowen, reports from the front line in ukraine's eastern most region, luhansktowns and killing ukrainian soldiers. one unit went into the line with 240 men and came out with 100 of them killed, wounded and captured. bakhmut is a town getting slowly eaten by the war. this week, it's around three miles from the russians — well within range. next week, it might be much closer. civilians with somewhere to go have left. in the ruins in donbas, the victory in kyiv in march, the euphoria, glory and sacrifice feel distant. "where's the cease fire?", says this man. "even if it costs land." translation: what could it change for me? - the main thing is to stay alive. this isjust the beginning. everything still to come. if we survive, we'll see how it goes. at a safe distance from the front line, civilians were brought to a railway platform for evacuation. most were too weak and too old to leave before the war swallowed them, and now they're wounded. leda was rescued from ruined severodonetsk, almost surrounded by the russians. thousands of ukrainian civilians are still th

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro. our top story this evening.y service. coming up, eight towns have been upgraded to cities to mark the queen's platinum jubilee. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel. we'll get the very latest from oklahoma, the second round of the us pga championship. can rory mcilroy stay at the top of the leaderboard, as he looks to end his eight year wait for a major? the football association has warned that players and fans are being put at "great risk" by a series of pitch invasions in england — as the season reaches its climax. since monday there have been five pitch invasions. one man has beenjailed for attacking a player. last night patrick vieira appeared to clash with a fan on the pitch at everton. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. for football, it's forfootball, it's becoming all too familiar. fans swarming onto the pitch last night after everton secured their premier league survival. it wasn't all celebration, though. as he tried to leave, patrick vieira was taunted by one

jeremy bowen, bbc news.a: let's go to the port city of mariupol now,here ukrainian soldiers holed up at a steel plant have surrendered. a commander posted this message online. >> the higher military leadership has given an order to save lives and preserve the well-bng of the servicemen of the garrison, and cease defending the city. despite heavy fighting, defending wild being enccled and a lack of resupply, we kept reiterating the conditions most important to us -- civilians, wounded and those killed in action. we managed to evacuate the civilians. the wounded received necessary medical treatment. as for fallen heroes, the process is ongoing. samantha: there are though, concerns about the fate of soldiers who surrendered. more from the bbc. reporter: the number of 2000, there has been uncertainty of total numberthat weretill in the plant over the past couple of weeks. i have seen that the figures we were getting were accurate. they have come out in drips, we have seen some go to hospital and others detention

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro.he decision not to allow russian players to compete this summer. players from the countries have been banned by the all england tennis club after russia's invasion of ukraine. male players will now receive no ranking points for taking part in the tournament. the women's tennis association has not yet announced whether it will follow the decision taken by the names governing body. the health secretary sajid javid says another 11 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the uk. it's generally a mild disease and doesn't spread easily. the new cases come on top of the nine already identified. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh explained. it's been around for more than 50 years. usually cases are in west and central africa, but we've now had scores in this current outbreak in europe and north america. symptoms, it usually starts with a fever and headache and then spreads to a rash, either on the face or genitals, leads to blisters and finally scabs, so it can be confused with chickenpox. and

jeremy bowen, bbc news, donbas. general david petraeus earlier reacted some breaking news in a story we've been covering throughout the day. the president of the eu council has said the block has agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports. he said they've also agreed a hard—hitting measure targeting russia's largest bank and three stayed on broadcasters. eu leaders have been struggling to resolve their differences. hungary posing their differences. hungary posing the biggest resistance. we'll have more on that story throughout the day. do be sure to tune in for more details. going back to our top story and how president biden has apparently ruled out the sending of weapons that could reach russia. retired us army general david petraeus earlier reacted to president biden�*s comments, and said it might come down to specific weapon types themselves. i think it's worth clarifying that it's possible both to send multiple launch rocket system, but not send the long—range munitions that go with it. you can s

jeremy bowen, bbc news, donbas. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.nuclear watchdog says iran's stockpile of enriched uranium has continued to grow substantially, and tehran has done little to answer questions about traces of uranium found at three undeclared sites. iaea says the amount of uranium enriched iran is many times beyond the limit imposed by the international nuclear deal agreed in 2015. the canadian government has introduced tough new legislation to crack down on the sale, transfer, and importation of handguns. rifle magazines will also be limited to no more than five rounds. the prime minister, justin trudeau, said there was no reason anyone needed guns in their everyday lives except for hunting or sports shooting. the authorities in nepal have located the bodies of all but one of 22 people on board a plane that crashed in the himalayas on sunday. two germans, four indians and 16 nepalis were on the flight, which normally lasts just 20 minutes. an investigation into the cause of the crash has been launched. the first hurricane of the seas

jeremy bowen, bbc news, donbas.rbst, a former us ambassador to ukraine and currently director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council. i asked him what difference it would make to ukraine if longer range missiles were to be made available from the us? if the united states was resolute in supporting ukraine, biden has done a good dealfor ukraine but he has done it incrementally and timidly. if he was resolute in supporting ukraine, sending all the weapons ukraine has been asking for for months, then our experts understand the situation they believe ukraine needs. the russian offensive in eastern ukraine which right now is enjoying some incremental success would be stopped in its tracks. so you would have no issue, john, of providing missiles which could be fired well into russia? correct, although i don't think the ukrainians would use those missiles for that purpose. what they would use those missiles for would be to offset the vast russian superiority at the present time in tanks, artillery, long—distance mis

jeremy bowen, bbc news, donbas.much as 50%, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the ons has been looking at everyday products sold in several leading supermarkets. our business correspondent emma simpson has been looking at the findings. they're everyday groceries and for the first time the ons has tracked how much these 30 items cost if you buy them from the cheapest, own—brand supermarket ranges. the ons did this experimental research after the food campaignerjack monroe complained that the official stats on inflation underestimated the impact on the poorest households. it found that cheapest pasta went up by 50% in the past year. crisps were up i7%. bread was up i6%, and so was minced beef — much higher than general inflation. to have that sort of pinned down into official data, into official statistics, the realities for millions of people in the uk at the moment, puts us in a stronger position to campaign for things like betterwages, higher uprating for benefits. people are being p

talking to our foreign - correspondent, jeremy bowen, who's out there, saying, "what happens if russiap pushing arms, military into that? _ that's a very different i proposition, politically, domestically, to sell at home." a western flank is a different prospect, isn't it? i suppose what this has done is brought nato together in a way that... emmanuel macron hadn't been as warmly disposed towards nato until this crisis. exactly, and during the campaign, he said against marine le pen, who wanted to get out of the military command, he said, "we have to reinforce nato," which for french people is quite surprising because macron is a big defender of european defence. so we can see in the coming time nato killing in a way this idea of european defence. and at the same time, it came just a few months after the afghanistan withdrawal and no real stock—taking of what happened in afghanistan, and the fact that nato has almost swept that under the carpet and gone back and talked about russia, but we'll see what happens with the nato summit. where there was supposed to be this global view for na

course of hostilities in ukraine at the same time as the situation in donbas bbc correspondents jeremy bowen tv journalist fred scott visited the city of bakhmut, a front-line city that may become one of russia's next targets, and from there they reported that life in donbas was never easy, but at least it was usual now that the war is getting closer to this home for the elderly it is time to go these women have no families that could support them one of the ukrainian volunteers admitted to me russian soldiers are worse than beasts they cannot leave the women here to their own devices they are taking them to the west away from donbas, away from the russian invasion, it's normal, this is the result of the russian strike near bakhmut, most of the residents managed to leave before this attack happened, the man who lived in this apartment left it literally the day before, people are afraid that the russians will take control of the whole of donbas and also their city roman and maria want to stay but feel lonely in front of the destructive power of the russian army on their doorstep we have come

jeremy bowen, bbc news, dnipro.cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the uk. new cases, talk of the nine already identified. the who will meet to discuss the recent increase in cases of this rare viral infection. more than 100 interests instances have been reported in 11 countries outside africa, where it is most common. eight more towns, including the capital of the falkland islands, will become cities to mark the queen's platinumjubilee. competing towns were required to show their heritage and royal links. this includes douglas on the isle of man, colchester, doncaster and milton keynes. along with wrexham. 7.30, i will be back with dateline london. before that, let's join this agreement to use in the bbc sport centre. —— lizzie green what no points will be a ordered two male players this season. the association has banned players from russia and belarus shown from all tournaments due to the war in ukraine. updated the van undermined their players, principles that players of any nationality should be able to c

from there our correspondent jeremy bowen sent this report.east it was familiar. now, the war is getting closer to their care home and it's time to go. these women have no families to support them. one of the ukrainian volunteers said, "the russian soldiers are worse than animals, we can't leave these women behind." they're taking them west out of donbas, away from the russian advance. a russian strike did this close by in bakhmut. most of the residents had evacuated by the time it was hit last week. the man who lived in this flat left the day before. civilians here fear the russians will take all of donbas, including their town. roman and marina want to stay, but it's getting lonely, with the destructive power of the russian army on their doorstep. translation: so far we made the decision that if it gets - too bad, i don't know, we want to stay here, we want peace, we want our child to go to school here normally. we will rebuild the city. sonia, their daughter, turned eight this month. her school closed when the russians invaded. online lesso

jeremy bowen bbc news, donbas.remy wright — have called on the prime minister to resign over the partygate scandal. in a statement, mr wright — the former attorney general — said covid rule—breaking at westminster had done lasting damage to the reputation of government. boris johnson apologised last week for lockdown parties held in downing street. the archbishop of canterburyjustin welby has had to withdraw from the thanksgiving service for the queen on friday, after he tested positive for covid—i9. the archbishop was due to deliver the sermon at the service at st paul's cathedral in london, which is part of the platinum jubilee celebrations. the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, will take his place. deep peat moorland is being burned in some parts of england despite a ban, according to the bird protection charity the rspb and the climate group greenpeace. deep peat soils support rare ecosystems and store huge amounts of carbon, and last year the government introduced a ban on burning peat deeper than 40cm in

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. back home... action across network rail involving 13 train operators. the rmt union, which organised the ballot, called it the biggest endorsement for industrial action by railway workers since the privatisation process of the 1990s. our transport correspondent katy austin is here now. i suppose everyone wants to know when can they expect some sort of strike action to take place and how extensive will it be? we strike action to take place and how extensive will it be?— strike action to take place and how extensive will it be? we don't know when a strike _ extensive will it be? we don't know when a strike would _ extensive will it be? we don't know when a strike would take _ extensive will it be? we don't know when a strike would take place - extensive will it be? we don't know when a strike would take place or. when a strike would take place or how long it would last. it is possible it could be mid june but that still to be decided. staff at 13 railway companies have voted in favour of strike acti

war is the bringer of grief and change. jeremy bowen, bbc news, donbas. john herbst is a former us ambassadorirector of the eurasia center at the atlantic council. hejoins us now from virginia. thanks very much indeed for your time. there is a general sense of destruction clearly in the dundas region and retreat for ukrainian forces, despite as we heard there, the arrival of us howitzers coming into play. how much difference would it make, do you think, for longer range missiles to be made available by the biden administration which, clearly he has decided he is not going to do. if he has decided he is not going to do. ,, ., , .,, to do. if the united states was resolute in _ to do. if the united states was resolute in supporting - to do. if the united states was| resolute in supporting ukraine, biden has done a good dealfor ukraine but he has done it incrementally and timidly. if he was resolute in supporting ukraine, sending all the weapons ukraine has been asking forfour month, then our experts understand the situation they believe ukraine needs stop russian offensive in eastern ukraine wh

jeremy bowen bbc news, donbas.ned by the home office and seen by bbc news, sets out to explain the policies that caused the — scandal in which hundreds of mostly caribbean immigrants were told they were not entitled to live in the uk after many years. our reporter, celestina olulode, explains more about the internal report. it was written by an unnamed historian. and we know of course that in april 2018 the uk government apologised for that wind rush scandal in which a number of children of commonwealth citizens, largely caribbean as you say, receives threats to be deported. many of them of which toddlers when they arrived here and they contributed so much to this countries economy, to our society. and in that leaked report i quote, we were told that "every single "piece of immigration or citizenship legislation between 1950 and 1989 "was designed at least in part to reduce the number of black "or brown people permitted to live and work in the uk. " so that's a really serious conclusion they are. we've heard from h

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in eastern ukraine.e second round of the french open gets under way in paris on wednesday, and there are some big stars on show, including emma raducanu, novak djokovic and rafa nadal. one man who looked like he might not make it was stefanos tsisipas. the greek survived a scare late on day 3 at roland—garros. he was taken all the way by world number 51 lorenzo musetti. the 20—year—old italian out of the blocks the fastest as he took a 2—set lead over his more esteemed rival. the fourth seed, though, came roaring back and served out the tie on his third match point, claiming victory in 3 hours and 34 minutes. being in that situation is like, it is a mountain that you have to climb and i was able to climb it and regain momentum steadily but consistently. and it was also a tough outing for another heavyweight. 2018 champion simona halep had to battle to make her way to the second round, the romanian producing a dominant service display in the third set to extinguish 18—year—old german qualifier nastasja sc

let's return to ukraine, jeremy bowen is in the highly contested donbas region.there at the moment, i imagine? loss of sound. what is happening is that it is a very different situation to the ukrainian victory around the capital kyiv. what is happening in donbas is that the russians are concentrating their forces and they are moving, grinding forward and taking territory and while the ukrainians are fighting with a great deal of resolution they cannot match the firepower and as a result of that, there can only be one result as they push forward, slowly, but steadily. that result is ultimately to take more and more control. what difference will that make to president putin �*s wider objectives? i think it doesn't mean to say the ukrainians have lost the war, far from it. but i think what they are going to try and do is stabilise the line and hope that there might be something of a lull when they can arm themselves, when these more sophisticated and heavier western american—made howitzers and so on can be delivered to them in greater numbers so they can try and pus

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. worst cases, another 14 cases have been identified here in the uk which brings the total number confirmed here to 71. mostly mild disease but it was first noticed outside parts of central and west africa where it is endemic. that was back in early may and it has spread to at least 19 different countries. monkeypox is having a big impact on sexual health services. several clinics like this one in south london have staff isolating at home for up to 21 days. now after an initial phone appointment, fa ce—to —fa ce initial phone appointment, face—to—face consultations are donein face—to—face consultations are done in full ppe because of the risk of infection.— risk of infection. with got a number of _ risk of infection. with got a number of staff _ risk of infection. with got a i number of staff self-isolating number of staff self—isolating because they came into direct contact with our first case patient and that was way back early last week before all the information came out and so just

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in eastern ukraine.ied by ukrainian villagers in shallow graves; others have been exhumed and are now stacking—up in refrigerated train carriages. a bbc team even found human remains by the side of a main road, weeks after the fighting had stopped there. ukraine says russia shows no interest in getting its bodies back, as our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports. and a warning — this report contains distressing images. in the woods around kyiv, they are still finding shallow graves. searching for the dead long after the fighting ended here. villagers called in this forensic team when their dogs began digging. but the body is not ukrainian, that is the hood of a russian soldier. the body was removed carefully for identification. one of the huge number killed trying to seize ukraine's capital. russia has a slogan, we don't abandon our own. ukraine calls this proof that it does. translation: the bodies that we have found show. that they treat their people like rubbish as cannon fodder. they