a super blood moon. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. speaking to the belfast telegraph, borisjohnson says that protocol is now out of date and changes are needed. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. boris johnson will arrive in northern ireland later to find a political system which is stuck. despite elections earlier this month, there s no new government. sinn fein finished top for the first time ever, but the democratic unionist party the second largest at stormont won t agree
the northern ireland trade row, post brexit. the government is set to publish legisation to give ministers the power to override parts of the deal with the eu. the controversial us preacher who s accused of being politically extreme draws thousands of people and also protesters at the start of a uk tour. and chelsea lifts the trophy after beating manchester city in extra time to win the women s fa cup final at wembley. good evening. the bbc has seen further evidence of apparent war crimes committed by russian soldiers in ukraine. since russian forces were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. many were found in shallow, temporary graves. now, the bbc has learned more than half of the dead, around 650 people, were shot in what a senior police official has described as executions. in this special report, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has be
the cars of civilians covered in bullet holes. investigating it all is overwhelming and shocking, even for the police officer in charge. translation: more than half of the people killed in the bucha region were shot, not killed by mines or shrapnel orfound under the ruins, but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the russians cruelty, their crimes against humanity. it feels like every house, every yard in bucha was witness to that cruelty. just opposite of the children s camp, we heard of another man who was held prisoner there. air siren wails. viktor is in western ukraine now, but he told me he had been thrown in a cellar at the camp, his legs soaked in water so he would freeze and
those men? there wasn t a patch on their bodies that was not beaten. when russian troops retreated from bucha, they left streets filled with death. moscow claims all of this was staged. and yet, weeks on, the hard evidence is piled up here. the cars of civilians covered in bullet holes. investigating it all is overwhelming and shocking, even for the police officer in charge. translation: more than half of the people killed in the bucha region were shot not killed by mines or shrapnel orfound under the ruins but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the russians cruelty, their crimes against humanity. it feels like every house, every yard in bucha was witness to that cruelty.
those men? there wasn t a patch on their bodies that was not beaten. when russian troops retreated from bucha, they left streets filled with death. moscow claims all of this was staged. and yet, weeks on, the hard evidence is piled up here. the cars of civilians covered in bullet holes. investigating it all is overwhelming and shocking, even for the police officer in charge. translation: more than half of the people killed in the bucha region were shot not killed by mines or shrapnel orfound under the ruins but shot with guns, more than 650. that shows the russians cruelty, their crimes against humanity. it feels like every house, every yard in bucha was witness to that cruelty.