sarah rainsford, thank you for . war in the first place. sarah i rainsford, thank you for that. n watch much more on that story in a special report from sarah on bbc iplayer, ukraine: the missing children. the former prime minister boris johnson claims he has handed over all his notebooks and whatsapp messages to the government, and he's urging the cabinet office to share the material with the official covid inquiry. baroness hallett, who leads the inquiry, has given the government until 4pm tomorrow to hand over the material in full. the cabinet office has been arguing that some of the material is not relevant to the inquiry�*s work. mrjohnson says he will hand over the material directly if needed. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is at westminster. what's this row about? what do they tell us about the state of the row? this what do they tell us about the state of the row? , , ., ., ., ., of the row? this is a row about what official records _ of the row? this is a row about what official records the _ of the row? this is a row about what official records the government

more now from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. sarah.these allegations, talking to lots of families and officials, and lots of the children involved are too, and there are many different and differing stories, but there are common threads too, and these include the fact we are talking in many cases about some of the most vulnerable children there could be, children from care homes and from schools for children with special educational needs. so, extremely distressed by the forced separation from their families. what we have also found is really quite chilling proof of what is happening to some of those children, and that really blows a hole in the russian claim that it is protecting children, moving them to safety away from front lines. we have found there is a deep ideology behind this, and we have even seen children being taken to classes where they are being taught to respect the very military, the russian military, that has invaded their country. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers�* lives. dashing to reach the children t

sarah rainsford, bbc news, in northern ukraine.e, we'll speak to the head of one ukrainian charity that's working to find missing people — either taken or displaced by russia's invasion. but first, let's focus on the military situation on the ground. the former us army chief general david patraeus is in ukraine and says the forthcoming counter—offensive could be — quote — "very impressive." his comments came after a meeting with president zelensky, in an exclusive interview with our diplomatic correspondent james landale. for the first time and that's where, we will see the results of tanks protected by thundery against anti—tank guided missiles, artillery, keeping heads down, engineers reducing obstacles, breaching these fortifications that the russians have established. air defence, keeping the russian defence off the ukrainians. —— air defence keeping the russians off the ukrainians, electronic warfare jamming the russians�* already inadequate , and and control, all orchestrated by very good ukrainian, command control, and using

sarah rainsford, bbc news, in northern ukraine.ou can watch much more on that story in a special report from sarah on the bbc�*s iplayer — ukraine: the missing children. in the last hour the itv has said it has asked a barrier daley a barrister to carry out an external review of events on this morning following the sudden departure of phillip schofield. he stood down after it emerged he had an affair with a much younger member of staff and lied about it to colleagues. david sillitoe is here. what have itv said? phillip schofield made his announcement last week. 0ver itv said? phillip schofield made his announcement last week. over the weekend itv have been, in its words, reviewing records and it says there has been a lot of inaccuracy in some of the reporting. has been a lot of inaccuracy in some of the reporting-— of the reporting. they've written to the culture secretary, _ of the reporting. they've written to the culture secretary, the - of the reporting. they've written to the culture secretary, the head - of the reporting. the

sarah rainsford, bbc news, in northern ukraine.ria zarivna — head of bring back kids ukraine project, about the medchanisms of returning the children back. this is a horrible tragedy. the stories which children which manage to return are telling us, they were just frustrating and terrifying. tell us a little bit more about getting those children back. obviously, we've seen some of those stories there butjust the logistics of this, communicating with the russian side must be very difficult. it is. unfortunately, i won't go into detail because you understand, this is a delicate question. surely we don't want to do any damage to the channels through which we're working and trying to manage to return the children. it's also necessary to understand that in each case it's always the unique composition in a unique mechanism. sometimes very different channels. unfortunately, i would like to go through details but i can't do this. you don't have to go into the technical details butjust the idea of working very closely with a state that has

sarah rainsford, bbc news. raymond, who is the executive director of humanitarian research lab at yale university and a member of their conflict 0bservatory group which was one of the first groups to highlight the abduction of ukrainian children. thank you for coming on the programme it thank you for coming on the programme— thank you for coming on the programme thank you for coming on the rouramme ,. , ., , programme it is a pleasure to be here. we listened _ programme it is a pleasure to be here. we listened to _ programme it is a pleasure to be here. we listened to the - programme it is a pleasure to be here. we listened to the awful i here. we listened to the awful details in that _ here. we listened to the awful details in that report, - here. we listened to the awful details in that report, why - here. we listened to the awful details in that report, why is i details in that report, why is russia doing this in your view? there is really three reasons why russia is doing this. temperatures first is really

our eastern europe correspondent 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has been meeting akraine claimed round 19,000 children had been taken by russia, here is her investigation. tatiana makes the most of it. last year, herson tatiana makes the most of it. last year, her son was taken from his school in ukraine, by russian soldiers. his mother had to travel deep into enemy territory, to rescue him. forced separation would be upsetting for any child but sasha has special needs and for someone so vulnerable, it was deeply unsettling. he needs and for someone so vulnerable, it was deeply unsettling.— it was deeply unsettling. he tells me how armed _ it was deeply unsettling. he tells me how armed russian - it was deeply unsettling. he tells me how armed russian soldiers. it was deeply unsettling. he tellsl me how armed russian soldiers in balaclavas came to his school that day, loaded him and 12 other children on to bus, and drove off with them. translation: withthem. translation: ., , translation: to be honest it was re translation: to be honest it was pretty scary. _ transl

sarah rainsford, bbc news.aims that eu states have consistently neglected afghan refugees and have failed to provide adequate safety and inclusion for the small number that reach europe. the report, entitled �*two years on: afghans still lack pathways to safety in the eu', claims that the bloc took in just 271 vulnerable afghans under resettlement programmes last year and that other schemes to bring people into the eu have underperformed, whilst neighbouring countries like pakistan and iran have welcomed over 1.6 million. since the taliban seized power in 2021, roughly 41,500 have been admitted to the eu through various humanitarian missions but the irc say this figure is outpaced by rising need and are calling on eu states to expand their refugee resettlement and rehome tens of thousands more afghan's in the coming years. live now to brussells where i am joined by the international rescue committee's senior vice president for europe, harlem desir. thank you for coming in the programme. thank you for the invita

sarah rainsford, bbc news. and i am joined now with kateryna 0sadcha — a tv presenter and a head of initiative "find ours" — that helps searching for missing people. thank you for being with us on the programme. tell me a little bit about how you got involved with this initiative. that report there, i'm parents, mothers going behind enemy lines, a very difficult dangerous journey, just to rescue their children. journey, 'ust to rescue their children.— journey, 'ust to rescue their children. . ., ~ , ., children. that evening. thank you for havin: children. that evening. thank you for having me _ children. that evening. thank you for having me on _ children. that evening. thank you for having me on this _ children. that evening. thank you for having me on this really - for having me on this really important issue, and hopefully we don't have an air alarm right now in kyiv. it is really, really hard situation. we have, like, thousands of children moving to russia. a lot of children moving to russia. a lot of orph

our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has been investigating this and joins us live from warsaw been taken away by russian forces? some of the children who have been taken away and who have been returned after their mothers had to make extremely long and really gruelling journeys, right into enemy territory to get the children back. the stories we have been hearing are very varied, there are many people involved, ukraine is talking about 19,000 children, it says have been abducted and taken to russian. that list is not public, so we cannot confirm those numbers but we have found several families affected. and we have been hearing their stories. there are many things that you hear time and time again. you hear about these children being taken from occupied areas of ukraine, particularly in the south and east of the country, removed into russia or deeper into occupied territory without their parents are being told anything about it. in many cases these are some of the most vulnerable children in the country, they are children from care homes, people who are being cared for by the

kyiv claims around 19,000 children have been taken by russia. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford has thetory of the mothers going behind enemy lines to rescue them. more trouble on the trains. with more strike disruption across the uk today, and more to come this weekend, unions continue their push for better pay and conditions. and could the humble pea be the answer to deforestation in the rainforest? scientists say they've found a way to eliminate the taste of peas — so they can be used instead of soya beans in plant based products. but will consumers be convinced? but first — in the us, a deal on the country's debt ceiling took a step closer last night — clearing its first procedural hurdle, despite a revolt from hard—line conservatives. tonight it goes to a vote — a �*make or break�* vote on the deal. without agreement, the us would hit its borrowing limit on monday. that would mean defaulting on its $31.4 trillion dollars' worth of debt. in turn, that would mean federal and military workers would stop being paid, and the economy could fall into chaos. jordan weissman, who is washing

sarah rainsford, bbc news.e film ukraine: the missing children. let's take a look at today's papers. the mirror reports itv executives are set to face questions from mps over what they knew and when about this morning presenter phillip schofield's affair with a younger male colleague. feminist academic professor kathleen stock is pictured on the front of the times, arriving for a talk at oxford university with bodyguards whilst trans—rights protestors gathered outside. she said she was very determined for the torque to go ahead despite the protest. the i newspaper reports on warnings from tech experts about artificial intelligence — they say the technology could result in human extinction, and worry it could be used to build weapons of mass destruction. good morning, everybody! and the most—read on the bbc news website is this story about a castle in shetland that is on the market for £30,000 — but any potential buyer will also need a spare £12 million to do it up. read the small print! we would have to club to