really, why do i care about next year's payment? the bbc hears accusations of israeli mistreatment of palestinian detainees from gaza. one medic says it amounts to torture. a greek court abandons charges against nine men accused of causing against nine men accused of causing a ship wreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year. find a ship wreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year.— migrants last year. and i am not a toic in migrants last year. and i am not a tonic in new _ migrants last year. and i am not a topic in new york, _ migrants last year. and i am not a topic in new york, where - migrants last year. and i am not a topic in new york, where donald l topic in new york, where donald trump's leaders have rested their case in his historic trial without the former president taking the stand. —— nada tawfik. i'm doing great, thanks for asking. how about— i'm doing great, thanks for asking. how about you? and the ai chat—bot with a voice eerily similar to hollywood star scarlettjohansson, leaving her furious.

hello and welcome to verified live. one passenger has been killed and seven people are critically injured and everyone on board a flight from london to singapore are instead in the thai capital bangkok. the man who died was a 73 old british passenger thought to have had a heart attack. passengers took these pictures inside the plane. they clearly show the debris, the damage and the open overhead lockers as well as injured passengers being stretchered off the plane. one of the singapore airlines crew told a passenger it was the worst turbulence she'd experienced in her 30—year career. on the tarmac, emergency services surrounded the plane. the singapore—bound aircraft was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3.1i5pm in the afternoon local time.

there were 211 passengers and 18 crew. let's hear from someone who was on that plane. tough day? definitely, yes, or some of m tough day? definitely, yes, or some ofm life, tough day? definitely, yes, or some of my life, actually. _ tough day? definitely, yes, or some of my life, actually. tell _ tough day? definitely, yes, or some of my life, actually. tell us - tough day? definitely, yes, or some of my life, actually. tell us a - of my life, actually. tell us a bit about what _ of my life, actually. tell us a bit about what happened _ of my life, actually. tell us a bit about what happened on - of my life, actually. tell us a bit about what happened on the - of my life, actually. tell us a bit. about what happened on the plane. things went smoothly at first. i had been to the loo, came back, sat down, bit of turbulence and suddenly the plane plunged i don't know how far, but it was, they said 6000 feet. it did not seem like 6000 feet. it did not seem like 6000 feet. but it was a long way, and so sudden, there was no warning at all, and i ended up hitting my head on the ceiling, i wife did. some poor people were walking around, ended up doing somersaults. it was actually terrible, and then suddenly it stopped and it was calm again, and the staff did their best to attend

to the injured people. there were a lot of them, and some of the staff or injure themselves, so they did a sterling job and eventually told us we would divert to bangkok, which was a huge relief. but when we got there, swarms of medical teams, and they took the worst patients off first, and then eventually let the people like me with only a minor injury off. i ended up in the hospital and obviously, because of the situation, it was fairly chaotic, lots of injured people. they see 30, more than 30 to to me, it seems, and again, the staff did a wonderfuljob, check everyone out. thankfully, my daughter seems ok and my wife seems ok, but it was absolutely terrifying. they assess people immediately, and the guys in the orangejumpsuits, they people immediately, and the guys in the orange jumpsuits, they came on with the stretchers and took the

worst cases off, zooming them off to hospital, and then when the worst cases were off, the rest of us, we climbed off the plane, went into coaches, taken to the terminal, there was a whole medical set up there was a whole medical set up there and a load of laptops, and they give us some food, they gave medical examinations to all of us, and then my grandson, they decided he needed to come to the hospital to have an assessment, so we got in an villains, arrived here, found out where my daughter, her husband were, could not find my wife, eventually found her, but it was pretty hard, understandably, a lot of people here, total chaos —— got in an ambulance. she is ok. i think my daughter had been through a few days, my wife i am not so sure, but he could've been a lot worse. obviously it was a lot worse for a number of other people. terrifying.

just one of those passengers talking to the bbc in the last little while. you got a real sense of what it was like during that flight, when the turbulence hit, and also what happened afterwards. let's speak to monica miller, who's at changi airport for us in singapore. that's where this flight was actually heading. monica, really fascinating, listening to that, but what are the latest details that you are hearing where you are? we are, we have been _ are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching _ are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching some - are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching some of- are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching some of the| we have been watching some of the relatives and friends who had come here, it is about midnight, just past midnight here in singapore, and they were expecting this flight to arrive six hours ago, so you can just imagine when you arrive at the airport to be told that there was an emergency landing in bangkok, the worst idea goes through your head. the singapore airline has put them into a secure area with a lot of security and a private space to give them some time. they have some

counsellors there as well as any assistance that they need come into more information comes in. but we have been hearing from some of the passengers since that time, there was one gentleman who said they were serving food around the time that this turbulence had hit, and he had got splashed with coffee, and when he got back up, he realised that people were screaming and there were sheer panic and things that had just been thrown around the air cabin. we are getting some figures in from that hospital in bangkok where they are saying 7i that hospital in bangkok where they are saying 71 passengers were taken to, that are now hospitalised, and different levels of conditions. they were saying six of them were injured critically. but again we have heard really wonderful things about the staff of the 18 crewmembers that were there who did everything in their power to try to calm the situation and do what was necessary in this extraordinary instance. but now we are waiting to see, there are passengers that are healthy enough to finally reach their destination,

we are expecting maybe to get some more information on when they are expected to land. hopefully within the next hour. find expected to land. hopefully within the next hour.— expected to land. hopefully within the next hour. and 'ust listening to the next hour. and 'ust listening to the accont _ the next hour. and 'ust listening to the account, it — the next hour. and 'ust listening to the account, it is _ the next hour. and just listening to the account, it is said _ the next hour. and just listening to the account, it is said that - the next hour. and just listening to the account, it is said that the - the account, it is said that the plane dropped 2000 metres. that sounds absolutely terrifying. it does, it does. singapore airlines had but i did statement saying they were about 37 thousand feet in the air, over the basin, were about 37 thousand feet in the air, overthe basin, when were about 37 thousand feet in the air, over the basin, when the plane just dropped, so as you can imagine for those who have flown, you're about to be served a meal, people are getting up, as the government had explained, he had gone to the bathroom, and they had not experienced any sort turbulence up to this point, so they were very comfortable. some people, again, when they tell you should have your seat belt on, some people did, and in certain cases that really did pay off, but for a lot of other people, they were tossed around the cabin and experienced some severe

injuries. so again, some people feeling incredibly lucky, but now the loved ones and friends here are just waiting for the loved ones to arrive. a, .., ., just waiting for the loved ones to arrive. ., , . ., arrive. monica, thanks very much for that undate- — arrive. monica, thanks very much for that update. let's _ arrive. monica, thanks very much for that update. let's stay _ arrive. monica, thanks very much for that update. let's stay with - arrive. monica, thanks very much for that update. let's stay with us - arrive. monica, thanks very much for that update. let's stay with us and l that update. let's stay with us and stay with the pictures, because more pictures coming in all the time, more descriptions from the passengers. let's speak to john strickland. he is an airline analyst atjls consulting. john, thank you for being with us. really tragic incident today, rare, but absolute devastating in this case? , ., , , ., but absolute devastating in this case? , but absolute devastating in this case? ., ., , case? yes, as you said, fortunately millions of— case? yes, as you said, fortunately millions of lights _ case? yes, as you said, fortunately millions of lights which _ case? yes, as you said, fortunately millions of lights which operate - millions of lights which operate every year, these incidents are pretty few and far between, but when they happen, they are unfortunately pretty dramatic, and of course it is a tragedy that we have had a loss of life on this occasion. there been incidents even in the last year where there have been signet injuries on aircraft in different parts of the world, as i mentioned, they are fortunately few and far between, there were certain geographies in the world when there

is a greater probability of this happened due to meteorological conditions. for example, the south atlantic, over africa and indeed the bay of bengal, which is roughly the area where this aircraft was flying. i was listening to michelle fleury in the earlier talking to us out of new york, and she had been looking at the background on some of these incidents and making the point that actually we are seeing more cases of turbulence, air turbulence, why would that be?— turbulence, air turbulence, why would that be? very circumstantial evidence of— would that be? very circumstantial evidence of increases, _ would that be? very circumstantial evidence of increases, there - would that be? very circumstantial evidence of increases, there is - would that be? very circumstantial evidence of increases, there is a i evidence of increases, there is a lot of scientific work going on, very much work in progress, to see whether there is any correlation between climate change and increased stream weather conditions, particularly as they affect aviation. there's nothing conclusive on that as yet and certainly not only do we have geographies where this is more prone to happen but the

times of year, monsoon season, for example, in parts of asia is one example. we have to fight that time while that work is in progress to see if indeed there is a really statistically accurate increase in these instances. at, statistically accurate increase in these instances.— statistically accurate increase in these instances. a final thought, because normally _ these instances. a final thought, because normally pilots - these instances. a final thought, because normally pilots can - these instances. a final thought, because normally pilots can see, anticipate they are about to hit areas of turbulence. this obviously happened very, very quick. in terms of the timeline, without passengers having the time to put on seat belts. ., , . belts. certainly flight crew get fli t ht belts. certainly flight crew get flight plans — belts. certainly flight crew get flight plans before _ belts. certainly flight crew get flight plans before they - belts. certainly flight crew get j flight plans before they depart which take account of all protected weather conditions, and if there are known storms predicted, there'll be flight lands to predict down at avoid those, but he cannot avoid all stash me there we flight plans to avoid those. in terms of actual behaviour by us as passengers, we

have to heed that advice given that you have to keep your seat belt on, loosely fashion. of course on long flights, people do have to go to the bathroom, they want to stretch legs, there is meal service, but all the time in the seat, keep that belt on. it is the only sure way of giving yourself maximum safety and avoidance of potentially significant injuries or as we see in this case a tragic loss of life.— tragic loss of life. john strickland, _ tragic loss of life. john strickland, we - tragic loss of life. john strickland, we have i tragic loss of life. john strickland, we have to| tragic loss of life. john - strickland, we have to leave it there, but thanks forjoining us on there, but thanks forjoining us on the programme. i want to point you to the bbc website, we get regular updates as we get more information from our correspondents, our teams on the ground, passenger updates. we just had that bully graphic detail from one passenger on board that flight, so had to the bbc news website or bbc news app and get that very latest on that breaking story. those affected by the retreatment scandal in the history of the uk's

national health service will receive compensation by the end of their —— affected by the worst treatment scandal. the uk government has set out details of the infected blood compensation scheme. 30,000 people were infected with hepatitis and hiv while receiving nhs treatment between the 1970s and 1990s and 3,000 have since died. yesterday, a public inquiry said victims were repeatedly failed, with evidence of a cover up. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. very good of you to join us. i know you had a big day yesterday. thank you for having us. it has been a significant 2a hours for those lives who have been touched by the infected blood scandal. the publication of sir brian langstaff�*s report was surrounded by high emotion. but now the focus moves to what real action the government will take, particularly the compensation deal and what that signifies for those like jade, whose dad paul was one of those infected. i think to me, it symbolises the acknowledgement and recognition, of course, and the justice,

and also the opportunities lost, that everyone has lost throughout their lives, the infected and the affected, and it also represents the lives that were lost, first and foremost, and the wrongs that were done. as a sibling who has lost a sibling, there are parts of my life - i will never have that _ i was expecting to have, in terms of being able to recall- those memories of childhood that only your sibling can do. and i don't think money can replace that. - but it certainly helps to feel that it's recognised - as an impact to all the people that were affected. _ there have been some limited financial for support schemes for those caught up in the infected blood scandal. so far, 4,000 survivors and bereaved relatives have already been paid an interim amount of £100,000. but a final compensation scheme for all those affected, including family members, has not yet been agreed. it is thought the final cost

could total £10 billion, maybe more. it's notjust the harm caused by the infections that requires compensation, it's also the wrongs suffered by those affected that must also be compensated for. so when a person with an eligible infection has been accepted onto the scheme, their affected loved ones will be able to apply for compensation in their own right. for those like robert, infected in the 1970s, there is an urgency to compensation. as an affected person, your life is continuing. but when you are dying, you feel slightly differently about what compensation means. a lump sum payment, a monthly payment to somebody who, ridiculously, is going to die in four months' time, what do i care about next year's payments? i want a lump sum now and i want to be able to go

and have a good time. compensation is very different for an infected person. lizzie lost her mum. she was told she had hepatitis c, there was no support. _ it had a huge impact, both financial and emotional. so many people were infected i and affected, and their lives have been turned upside down through no fault of their own. _ people have lost houses, i people have lost marriages. i lost myjob at the time i because i was so distraught at the death of my mum. with the death of my mum. i had to borrow money to pay for her funeral flowers. - but it's notjust about me - personally, it's about all of us. we have all suffered. for the infected and the affected, these days are the culmination of years of campaigning. but they are determined to hold the government to account. dominic hughes, bbc news. more on that later in our programme. also coming up in the next few minutes with the defence have rested their case in donald trump's hush money trail. we will be live with

our correspondent in new york. also on the programme... iran stages the first funeral procession for the late president ebrahim raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on sunday. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are alive with bbc news. a court in greece has dropped charges against nine egyptian men accused of causing the biggest migrant shipwreck in the mediterranean for a decade. this is the moment the defendants left court. you can see them smiling and waving as they leave, after the judges announced the dismissal of the case. protestors cheered and chanted slogans once they heard the news outside court. the judges said they lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case, because the ship sank in international waters.

straight now to our europe correspondent nick beake in kalamata in greece. this was quite a dramatic turn of events, nick. it this was quite a dramatic turn of events. nick-— events, nick. it was really germanic. _ events, nick. it was really germanic, matthew, - events, nick. it was really germanic, matthew, and. events, nick. it was really| germanic, matthew, and it events, nick. it was really - germanic, matthew, and it was the end of this legal proceeding that started nearly a year ago, it started nearly a year ago, it started when the survivors from this disaster were brought to this port, kalamata, and at that point the coastguard took evidence from survivors. as a result of that, these nine egyptian and found himself charged with smuggling and other offences, but what happened todayis other offences, but what happened today is the prosecution case imploded in spectacular fashion with thejudges saying imploded in spectacular fashion with the judges saying that because this happened so far out to sea, they were not able to decide on what happened, they could not rule on this, and so by default they said these men simply were not smugglers, and so what happens now is a lot of human rights groups are saying this is a positive development that these men are going to be free, but still there lots of questions about what really happened, look as you might recall, matthew, that a lot of survivors from the greek coastguard had actually caused their vessel to

capsize because there was this very late in the day attempt to tow the boat which resulted in it being knocked over and it capsizing. that is something the greek authorities have consistently and strenuously denied, but there is still a lot of confusion about what happened, a lot of suspicion about what happened, there are these claims of a cover up most of what i can tell you is happening is that the naval court here in greece are examining all of these claims, but that's taking place behind closed doors for us we might not ever get a true picture of what really happened on that dreadful night, matthew. hick what really happened on that dreadful night, matthew. nick beake, thank ou. let's head to new york. donald trump's defence have rested their case in the hush money trail in new york. both sides will present their closing organs in a week's time. he

was accused of paying hush money to the adult from start stormy daniels in the run up to the 2016 election. donald trump denies the charges. let's speak to our north america correspondent nada tawfik in new york. the defence rests and no donald trump in the witness box. that's exactly right. — trump in the witness box. that's exactly right, and _ trump in the witness box. that's exactly right, and this _ trump in the witness box. that's exactly right, and this trial- trump in the witness box. that's exactly right, and this trial is - trump in the witness box. that's| exactly right, and this trial is now winding down for some the defence resting their case after calling two witnesses. he ultimately decided donald trump would not take the stand to testify in his own defence. his lawyers believing that prosecutors have failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. and i actually asked don junior, donald trump is my oldest son, outside of the court house about how donald trump feels about the potential, the possibility of being found to be a convicted felon, and he was also asked why donald trump did not testify. he said that there was absolutely no reason and no justification for his father to take the stand in this case,

slamming this as a kangaroo court, saying nobody would subject themselves to that, and again repeating his father's lines that nobody believes this trial is anything more than a sham. prosecutors have presented a case of more than 20 witnesses, more than 200 pieces of evidence, and the jury will look at the case next week. both sides are going to give closing arguments next tuesday, after the long us holiday weekend, they will try to wrap up their positions for jurors to consider, and the judge before dismissing the jury today minded them to keep an open mind about this case, do not research it during the holiday break, saying now that both sides have rested those instructions are more important now more than ever, so, matthew, this trial winding down. next week, closing arguments, and then it will be handed to the jury to decide

donald trump was a feat in this case. ., ., donald trump was a feat in this case, ., ., ., " ., " donald trump was a feat in this case. ., ., ., 4' ., ~' i., case. nada, new york, thank you -- donald trump's _ case. nada, new york, thank you -- donald trump's state. _ to iran now, where funeral ceremonies for the president, ebrahim raisi, have been taking place. these are the pictures from tabriz in the north—west of iran, close to where the president's helicopter crashed on sunday. this is the start of three days of official events which also sees ceremonies in the holy city of qom and the capital tehran. iran's supreme leader will preside over the main ceremony. mr raisi was flying back from a trip to iran's neighbour, azerbaijan, when the crash happened. iran's foreign minister was also killed. the cause of the crash has not yet been established. now, let's squeeze in one more story. the hollywood actress scarlettjohansson is taking legal advice after a new version of the ai bot chatgpt was released with a voice she claims

is eerily similar to her own. chatgpt�*s owners say the voice is not intended to be an "imitation" of the star. our technology reporter shiona mccallum reports. scarlettjohansson's face is known across the world, but it's the oscar—nominated actress's voice that's under scrutiny. good morning, theodore. good morning. you have a meeting in five minutes. you want to try getting out of bed? in the movie her, she played an ai chatbot which a human fell in love with. now listen to this. oh, mark. i'm doing great. thanks for asking. how about you ? a remarkably similar voice called sky has been used by openai, the company behind chatgpt, as they released their assistant last week. scarlettjohansson revealed she had in fact been offered to be the voice of the new system — an offer she declined — so she was surprised at the likeness. in a statement to the bbc, she said...

she personally criticised the company's ceo sam altman for posting the word "her" on social media. she took that as an insinuation that she was the inspiration for the chatbot�*s sound. despite denying it was an imitation, the firm said it was pausing it. in a statement, mr altman said... the actress is the latest celebrity to question how individual rights can remain protected in a world where artificial intelligence and deepfakes are becoming even more of a pressing threat. shiona mccallum, bbc news.

really interesting story, that one. before we close, let me point you to the bbc website, the very latest on our main story, one person having died, several others critically injured after severe turbulence on that london singapore flight. some really graphic accounts from passengers, talking about the horror of what they actually went through. many more details, the latest pictures there on bbc news. hello, thanks forjoining me. we had some wet weather today, but wednesday for some of us is going to be a wash—out. persistent rain, heavy at times, on the way, and it's starting this evening. now, here's the forecast. it's already been quite wet in east anglia and the south—east. the rain will spread into the midlands through the night. it'll nudge into the peak district and then spread into northern england by the early hours of wednesday morning. could reach eastern parts of wales too. but scotland and northern ireland, apart from a few showers here and there, actually looking generally dry. so tomorrow's forecast, then. this is the morning,

a widespread area of rain. we'll zoom in and see what's happening around 3pm or 4pm in the afternoon. now, by that stage, i think the heaviest of the rain will have cleared east anglia, the south—east, and along the southern counties, blustery winds and occasional showers. so here's that persistent rain from the midlands, wales, the north of england, pretty much almost everywhere. that rain's just nudging into southern scotland. more showery, though, across the highlands. but look at northern ireland — escapes most of the rain. if anything, that rain should reach you later in the afternoon, probablyjust into the east of northern ireland. now, this is an area of low pressure that's parked itself in the north sea, and that weather front will just spiral around the centre of the low. so in some areas, the rain will keep falling in the same place for a couple of days. so, really, a substantial amount of rainfall is possible. now, by thursday, the rain will be, well, not quite as heavy and it'll be more patchy, but i think a lot of cloud and at least the chance of encountering some rain on thursday. best of the weather

in the south, the south—east, as well as east anglia. infact, in norwich, london, portsmouth, plymouth, it could actually end up being a fairly bright, if not sunny, day, but cool. now, how much rain are we going to get? well, through wednesday and thursday, a lot. now, these teal colours here across the pennines and generally northern england could indicate as much as a0 to 50 millimetres of rain. but the met office is suggesting that in some spots, in the extreme case, we could have as much as 100 millimetres of rain or more, and that will lead to some flooding. now, here's the good news. as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the weather will slowly settle down. and there are indications that as we go through the weekend into bank holiday monday, we are going to have primarily dry and bright weather with just a scattering of showers, so some good news for you there. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. a 73—year—old man dies — and seven passengers — are critically injured on a flight from london to singapore — hit by severe turbulence. ended up hitting my head on the ceiling. some poor people are walking around doing somersaults. it was absolutely terrible. the uk government outlines — what it describes as

a comprehensive plan — to compensate those impacted by the infected blood scandal. we get reaction... a lump sum payment, a monthly payment to somebody who, ridiculously, is going to die in four months' time — really, why do i care about next year's payment? and the high court rules that laws brought in by the former home secretary suella braverman given police more powers to restrict protests are unlawful. more on all of those stories coming up. first let's catch up up with the sport headlines gavin, marcus restaurants difficulties are just a lot worse? —— marcus rashford. just 2a days to go now until the european championship get underway in germany. and today, the england manager gareth southgate has named his 33—man training squad — which will get whittled down to 26 a week before the tournament starts. the big headline — it doesn't include experienced heads likejordan henderson, raheem sterling and marcus rashford — with the manchester united striker

struggling for form, scoring just seven goals in thirty three league appearances.