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Ukraine calls for inquiries into prisoner deaths

Ukraine urges the Red Cross and the UN to investigate prison deaths.

The Red Cross and the United Nations have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being held at a detention centre in the Russian occupied part of the Donetsk region. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has described the killing as a war crime.

Also in the programme: More on floods in Kentucky and we hear from the World of Music, Arts and Dance festival in the UK.

(Picture: Pro-Russian troops drive tanks near a detention centre in the settlement of Olenivka, Ukraine. Credit: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko)

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Sat 30 Jul 202207:06GMT

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  • Sat 30 Jul 202207:06GMT