do this live from london, this is bbc news. two big political stories in the uk we have the latest on the controversies involving the home secretary and boris johnson. florida's governor ron desantis is about to announce his bid to be the republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election. uk inflation falls below 10% for the first time since august but food bills rise at the fastest in 45 years. the days of sharing our netflix passwords are over. that is what the company hopes. we assess if the global crackdown will actually work.

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala — welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let's start with two big political stories on the move today in the uk, the first regarding the current home secretary, the second concerning borisjohnson. the british prime minister rishi sunak says he believes suella braverman did not breach the ministerial code. the home secretary, one of mr sunak�*s senior ministers, was accused of asking civil servants to help her avoid taking part in a group speed awareness course after she was caught speeding. mr sunak says he has consulted with the independent adviser on ministerial interests and was advised that on this occasion, further investigation is not necessary. as for borisjohnson, he's ditched government appointed lawyers for his submission to the covid inquiry. it follows the news yesterday that the former prime minister faces a new police probe for potential breaches over covid lockdown restrictions.

separately, the cabinet office has been threatened with legal action over a row with the official covid—i9 inquiry over the release of unredacted whatsapp messages and diaries belonging to mrjohnson. let's get more with our uk political correspondent rob watson. let correspondent rob watson. start with borisjohnso terms let start with boris johnson. in terms of what we just read out there, in terms of the government lawyers, take us through it and where we have actually reached. i think there are two stories concerning borisjohnson, and thank you for helping me to set it up. in that sort of spirit of showing your workings, based on what the prime minister's official spokesperson has been saying and what borisjohnson has been saying, various letters between the covid inquiry and boris johnson, let me tell you. the first one is an issue of exactly how much

information borisjohnson and others should be giving to this official inquiry, a public inquiry as to how the uk handled covid and essentially there we seem to have reached to a point where the inquiry are saying, look, mrjohnson, handover, we have a ruling on this. he is not happy about it but they seem to be very insistent. mrjohnson is very unhappy about that. the second story is one in which borisjohnson finds himself at odds with the government, although they are in agreement about what information needs to be handed to the inquiry. he seems to be sort of suggesting that this information that was given to the police about his ministerial diary, which perhaps might suggest that there were further covid, breaking of covid regulations, something sinister about that, that there is people that don't like him. presumably in the new regime led by rishi sunak thatis the new regime led by rishi sunak that is behind it. those are the two stories and both somewhat unresolved it looks as though probably boris johnson is going to have to have to

give up the whatsapp messages another staff the inquiry once. as for continued tensions between mr johnson and the new head at downing street, one suspects it will continue. street, one suspects it will continue-— street, one suspects it will continue. �* , ., ., continue. let's turn to the other story involving _ continue. let's turn to the other story involving the _ continue. let's turn to the other story involving the home - continue. let's turn to the other- story involving the home secretary. she stays in the post but says if she had her time again she wouldn't have acted the way that she did in those exchange of letters that we saw published a little earlier in the day. but your assessment on this story and the potential damage here, if any. i story and the potential damage here, if an . ., , ., �* story and the potential damage here, ifan. ., �* .,., , if any. i hope i haven't thoroughly bamboozled _ if any. i hope i haven't thoroughly bamboozled people _ if any. i hope i haven't thoroughly bamboozled people on _ if any. i hope i haven't thoroughly bamboozled people on the - if any. i hope i haven't thoroughly bamboozled people on the first i if any. i hope i haven't thoroughly i bamboozled people on the first topic of borisjohnson. i think the suella braverman one is simpler. i think essentially, the prime minister has taken the view that number one, suella braverman may not have behaved exactly as she might have done but she hasn't basically done anything wrong and even those who don't like the home secretary very much i think probably agree with him. secondly, that therefore makes

it much easierfor him to him. secondly, that therefore makes it much easier for him to take the view she certainly hasn't done anything that was worth the political risk of kicking her out of the government and upsetting those on the right of the governing conservative party. so on the second file, the suella braverman file, i would consider that to be a political storm, a bit like the weather, it hung around a bit monday and tuesday but now it is sort of passing off for the rest of the week. ., , passing off for the rest of the week. .,, ~ ., , week. rob watson in the newsroom, thank ou week. rob watson in the newsroom, thank you for— week. rob watson in the newsroom, thank you for that. _ week. rob watson in the newsroom, thank you for that. now _ week. rob watson in the newsroom, thank you for that. now to _ week. rob watson in the newsroom, thank you for that. now to the - week. rob watson in the newsroom, thank you for that. now to the war . thank you for that. now to the war in ukraine and we are focusing on russia. take a look at this map — showing belgorod on the russian side of the border with ukraine. russian officials say it's been attacked again with drones overnight, but no casualties have been reported. on tuesday, russia claimed to have defeated a group of insurgents who'd crossed the borderfrom neighbouring ukraine. the government in kyiv has denied any involvement and the united states has issued a statement saying it does "not encourage" attacks

beyond ukraine's borders. responsibility for the attacks, has been claimed by two paramilitary groups, calling themselves the russian volunteer corps and the freedom of russia legion. at the same time, russia has attacked ukraine once again, killing at least two people and injuring i7. six regions of ukraine are without power due to shelling of the energy infrustructure. our bbc russian journalist sergei goryashko has told me earlier what is known so far. another attempts or drone strikes and one bomb actually fell on the centre of this region. it only damaged one vehicle. so nobody was injured. however, we see that attacks are continuing. and in terms of the basic difficulty for russia, whoever

is behind this and was responsible for these attacks, it's problematic, isn't it, because they have to divert forces to deal with all of this at the same time as anticipating and preparing for that ukrainian counter—offensive? that is correct. and the lack of a swift response to the attack, which has happened early on the 22nd of may, that the fact that it required something like more than 2a hours to meet the consequences and to make the attackers withdraw and go back to ukrainian territory, raised questions about the ability of russian army to react to those threats and their ability to defend the borders. a final question regarding the politics surrounding all of this, because russia's prime minister in china. what is your reading of that visit?

well, it was when mr xi jinping arrived in russia before earlier this year, he invited president putin to visit beijing. and this russia's prime minister, mikhail mishustin is visiting beijing. visiting china now could be seen as a preparation for the higher guests to come in the upcoming months or maybe next year or whenever it happens. it looks like that russia is trying, of course, to establish more secure and a more profound connection with china, because the obvious lack of any powerful international partners. however, we see that russia needs this friendship much more than beijing does. to us politics now, and ron desantis is expected to announce he's running to be the republican

candidate for president. he's currently the governor of florida. he's expected to make his public announcement in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. he'd bejoining a field including the former us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, and republican senator, tim scott. the former president donald trump is the favourite to secure that nomination. he's currently leading the polls by over 30% according to one cbs news poll. live now to the democratic strategist kelly hyman. welcome to bbc news. this is long anticipated, ron desantis throwing his hat in the ring but your headline thoughts? his hat in the ring but your headline thou~hts? ~ , ~ , . headline thoughts? absolutely. as a floridian we have _ headline thoughts? absolutely. as a floridian we have to _ headline thoughts? absolutely. as a floridian we have to look— headline thoughts? absolutely. as a floridian we have to look at - headline thoughts? absolutely. as a floridian we have to look at what - headline thoughts? absolutely. as a floridian we have to look at what he | floridian we have to look at what he has done for the state of florida. now we have to remember that desantis got into a huge fight with disney and the taxpayers of florida are paying for that and also the

fact that because at that disney is no longer going to potentially have new employees there, which could affect florida as well. it absolutely a lot of people anticipated that he was going to throw his hat in the ring, as we say, and that he believes that trump is not electable but ultimately it will be up to the republicans to make a determination on who is going to be the leader of the party. in terms of his pitch, i mean he's expanded gun ownership in the state, has implemented restrictions on gender identity in schools and has also brought in new limits on abortion. that is a list of the changes he has brought about in his state but he also talks about pitching himself without the daily drama of donald trump. as a combination, those two things together, how strong do you think

that is? ~ ., ., ., , , that is? well, from what has been stated, that _ that is? well, from what has been stated, that he _ that is? well, from what has been stated, that he does _ that is? well, from what has been stated, that he does have - that is? well, from what has been stated, that he does have a - that is? well, from what has been| stated, that he does have a strong base, howeverthat stated, that he does have a strong base, however that he doesn't reach the independents as well. as you kindly stated, that trump is leading in the polls but trump already has a nickname for him, sanctimonious, so we will see how it plays out. but we have to remember the naacp has issued warnings to african americans to come into the state of florida because of the new laws and the new changes as well and will be desantis base show up like we expect rampaul�*s base to show up and vote for him and even though trump has been indicted in the us, he has not been indicted in the us, he has not been convicted but how that is going to play with his constituents if they are not going to care and also they are not going to care and also the sexual assault case that he lost as well new york city. figs

the sexual assault case that he lost as well new york city. $5 a as well new york city. as a democratic _ as well new york city. as a democratic strategist, - as well new york city. as a democratic strategist, are | as well new york city. as a i democratic strategist, are you nervous? when you look at the polls, joe biden's approval rating is around a0%, almost the lowest of his presidency. both donald trump and ron desantis had significant gaps over the current president. you have the cost of living, immigration, levels of spending, all of those areas. you can see the lines of attack, can't you?— areas. you can see the lines of attack, can't you? yes, and also the counter lines _ attack, can't you? yes, and also the counter lines of _ attack, can't you? yes, and also the counter lines of attack _ attack, can't you? yes, and also the counter lines of attack in _ attack, can't you? yes, and also the counter lines of attack in regards . counter lines of attack in regards to trump and what his administration did and what is going on with him, whether it is the indictment, twice impeached, the sexual assault case and also desantis as well, will his base show up for him or will in fact they not? but as a democrat, i am a strong believer in democracy and it's important for people to get out to vote and let their voice be heard and that democracy will play out

like it did before in our prior election. i do believe that people want issues that are going to affect them and i think it's important to talk about that and discuss that, what's going to help the people. we also have to remember the great thing that biden has done in regards to getting back in with the paris climate control, with our allies and working with them, working on the covid relief, working on building back better, just a few things as well, but ultimately it will be up to the viewers, which is great about our country, did make a determination on who they want as their next leader at the next election. , . , ., election. yes, and in terms of --eole election. yes, and in terms of people making _ election. yes, and in terms of people making that _ election. yes, and in terms of people making that decision, | election. yes, and in terms of i people making that decision, of course, it's whether any of that, what you described as successes, has traction and currently he certainly has problems when it comes to polling but we all know that can change. in terms of the democrats,

does it make it harder? you don't actually know potentially who you will be up against at this stage. i don't think so because i think it is important to talk about the issues that are affecting people and i think that that is really important. the key issues affecting them, and that's going to be key for the election as well. we will see how it plays out. trump is going to attack desantis, like he has attacked all the others and what we will have to see is will he be the nominee? right now if you look at the polling is, based on the polling is, trump is going to win. they may have to look at the fact, ok, he has been indicted but he hasn't been convicted but in the us he can still run for president and we will have to see how that affected voters or if they just don't to see how that affected voters or if theyjust don't care about to see how that affected voters or if they just don't care about that and other issues affect them. we have to leave it there but thank you for joining have to leave it there but thank you forjoining us here on bbc news.

cheers, nice to see. wright around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. lets turn to some stories here making headlines in the uk. the duchess of edinburgh has said she's �*deeply saddened' by the death of a woman who was hit by a motorbike which was part of her police escort. the family of 81—year—old helen haaland says she suffered massive internal injuries in the collision in west london two weeks ago. she's now died in hospital. the police watchdog is investigating what happened. is to investigate a road crash in cardiff, which left two teenagers dead and sparked a riot on monday night. security camera footage has showed a police van following two teenagers on an electric bike minutes before the accident. south wales police has said it had no vehicles in the road where the crash happened. virgin orbit is officially no more. the rocket company has sold its facility and equipment

to a slew of aerospace firms for some $36 million. the firm founded by billionaire richard branson, to send small satellites into space, filed for bankruptcy last month. you are live with bbc news. let's turn to a story that affects millions of people around the world because the streaming giant netflix has started its long promised a crackdown on password sharing in major markets, including the uk and the us. this move is intended to boost income — and subscribers — with customers being informed they must pay more if they want to share their account with someone outside their homes. netflix had previously estimated that more than 100 million households share passwords, despite that being against its official rules. i got the latest from tv critic scott bryan. unhappy news for some customers, realising that if they wanted other people beyond their own household to remain on netflix they would have to pay £5 or $7.99 in the us.

but netflix's approach with this is that they reckon that there are 100 million people beyond the existing 233 million who already subscribe to the service who are accessing netflix's content essentially for free. i think that so far, netflix has had over the last few years an approach globally of trying to get as many new subscribers as possible. there has been a slowdown so now they're taking this tactic of ok, how can we try to bolster profits? how can we try to get more money from existing memberships? also, could we possibly try to tempt people who already have access to an account via someone else to potentially pay, as in the person who has the account, pay for them? you talked about the roll—out having started in different places. how successful has that part of it being so far? what netflix has said it is rather surprisingly,

although there are a bit of a kickback from subscribers within countries, within latin america and canada, that actually come in the long term, once it has bedded in a bit and once some people have been asked whether they want to pay a few more pounds so people could be on there be on their own household, they have said they have had more customers than before. i guess the challenge for netflix as it now ramps this up globally is whether it will affect their reputation because of course, netflix has had the tradition and being a very cool brand but also quite a relaxed brand. one that for years their own social media use to make jokes about other people logging into an account that wasn't theirs, be it their ex, or other family member. so having to go the other way and be quite rigid and say, look, sorry, you are going to only be able to use one account unless you pay more, i think some subscribers will think, is netflix really cool any more?

scott bryan there. let's turn to the inflation figures out in the uk today, below the figures last month but still high here in the uk and showed the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison: in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. we can talk to andy verity in the newsroom. the headline offering some encouragement but beneath the surface, some really worrying

trends? , , ., surface, some really worrying trends? , ., ., surface, some really worrying trends? , ., ., trends? yes, if you want to be half full, at trends? yes, if you want to be half full. at least _ trends? yes, if you want to be half full, at least it _ trends? yes, if you want to be half full, at least it is _ trends? yes, if you want to be half full, at least it is in _ trends? yes, if you want to be half full, at least it is in single - full, at least it is in single digits now. for three months in a row it has defied expectations it would drop into single figures and stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down and there are some nice signs, for example petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down price and generally goods price inflation which has been driving this, global inflationary forces, has subsided a little bit. it is only 10.0% whereas last time it was 12.8%. but only 10.0% whereas last time it was i2.8%. but services prices on the other hand, the prices of your hair cut, your taxi ride, those have been rising and they have gone up from 6.6% inflation to 6.9%. that is what will really worry the bank of england because that suggests that global inflationary pressures are becoming embedded domestically and thatis becoming embedded domestically and that is why it feels it has to raise interest rates to head that off and stop it becoming too entrenched.

that is the core information. i will come back to that in a moment. when you look at food prices, thejumps in those prices are still eye watering. why is inflation falling while prices are rising? it is watering. why is inflation falling while prices are rising?- while prices are rising? it is on average. _ while prices are rising? it is on average. is _ while prices are rising? it is on average, is the _ while prices are rising? it is on average, is the short _ while prices are rising? it is on average, is the short answer. while prices are rising? it is on| average, is the short answer to that, matthew. the cost of living isn't falling, unfortunately it rarely does. i think it has once or twice in the last 20 years dipped into negative territory. mostly, the cost of living rises is a question of how fast. what we're talking here is a falling rate of inflation, price rises slowing down and within that, some price rises are completely dropping, like petrol. it got up to 1.8 zero, a litre last year and now it is about 1.4 1.45. the wholesale gas has fallen, although you won't see it in your price because that is dictated by the ofgem cap. there are also reasons why it lags. inflation comes down the track. it came down the

track first of all in the form of higher inflation because of the rising price of gas and oil, owing to the war in ukraine and the reopening of the global economy post—pandemic. now deflationary forces are visible, like a sweet light at the end of the tunnel that we are approaching. for example, the prices at factory gates up just 3.9% and the prices of their raw materials up not very much, about 7%. those were up in the 20—25% range a few months ago. so that is why most economists remain confident that inflation will continue to subside, perhaps even next year getting back down below the target of 2%. �* , , ., of 2%. briefly, in terms of battling core inflation, _ of 2%. briefly, in terms of battling core inflation, that _ of 2%. briefly, in terms of battling core inflation, that is _ of 2%. briefly, in terms of battling core inflation, that is the - of 2%. briefly, in terms of battling core inflation, that is the bank - of 2%. briefly, in terms of battling core inflation, that is the bank of. core inflation, that is the bank of england's task. does this mean that to further rises in the interest rates are inevitable now? it seems cuite rates are inevitable now? it seems quite likely- _ rates are inevitable now? it seems quite likely- if— rates are inevitable now? it seems quite likely. if you _ rates are inevitable now? it seems quite likely. if you look _ rates are inevitable now? it seems quite likely. if you look at - rates are inevitable now? it seems quite likely. if you look at what - quite likely. if you look at what the markets are predicting, yes, core inflation, you strip out food and fuel. the reason they do that is

they are are concerned we will get a wage price spiral, then employers are charging extra to cover the costs and wages go up again to cover that. so far it's not an that is happening but certainly there is enough ammunition for the hawks who want to raise interest rate on the bank of england's monetary committee to out shout the dubs that don't. thank you for giving us the latest in getting behind some of the headline figures. anki. one of australia's highest profile tv hosts has presented his final show — after receiving what's described as "relentless" racist abuse. stan grant was a host on abc australia — presenting the popular political panel show �*0 and a'. but on friday he announced he was leaving. he said racist abuse he regularly received had escalated after his involvement in coverage of the king's coronation, where he spoke about the impact of colonisation on indiginous peoples. after a backlash to his comments, stan grant said no one at the abc came to support him.

the broadcaster news director wrote... and staff around australia demonstrated against stan gra nt�*s treatment. here's his emotional signing off from his show on monday night. i'm not walking away for a while because of racism. we get that far too often. i'm not walking away because of social media hatred. i need a breakfrom the media. ifeel like i'm part of the problem and i need to ask myself how or if we can do it better. to my people, i have always wanted to represent you with pride. i know i might disappoint

you sometimes, but in my own little way i've just wanted to make us seen. and i'm sorry that i can't do that for a little while. to my family, i love you and to my mum and dad... goodnight. applause let's move from that to breaking news because development from that story in wales yesterday and the riots we saw because the bbc has obtained new video footage of those two are teenagers who died in liverpool in wales. the new pictures taken at 17.58 may 22, about five minutes before south wales police say the accident occurred. —— who died in ely in wales. the accident in which those two boys died. we saw

scenes of violence in the hours that followed an overnight so those are the latest verified pictures. so there is a news conference from the police. hello there. maybe you've seen a really nice sunset or sunrise over the last 24 hours, like this one from warwickshire. now, a lot of the cloud you can see here is actually aeroplane contrails. yes, the water that aeroplane engines chuck out the back of the engines can make these contrails. and when there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, seven miles up where the planes fly, those contrails can persist and last for a long time, giving those beautiful sunrise and sunset pictures. now, those contrails are starting to move away towards france and the air is getting drier seven miles up in the atmosphere. and so you're less likely to see those contrails hang around quite so long today. and weatherwise this afternoon, for most of us, a lot of sunshine. ok, there's a bit more cloud on this

very weak weather front. for west scotland, northern ireland, you might see the odd a bit of rain, but for the vast majority it's a dry and fine afternoon with long spells of sunshine. feeling warm in that strong may sun. temperatures high teens to low 20s. now, overnight tonight, a few patches of cloud drifting southwards, but for many we'll keep the clear skies. temperatures very similar to recent nights, 7 to 9 degrees your overnight low. bit colder than that across parts of northern scotland in shelter. then we've got more of the same over the next few days. high pressure stays with us. the winds coming around that in a clockwise sense. so the winds coming off the atlantic and that means temperatures aren't really going to change that much. thursday, another fine day then. ok, there could be a little bit more in the way of fine cloud across central and eastern areas of england, but not really spoiling things much at all. and the same is true perhaps for northern ireland. temperatures high teens to low 20s, probably peaking at about 23 degrees for south and east wales, the south west midlands, south west england. butjust a reminder, how does that compare compared with recent warm spells in may? well, it puts us pretty much bottom of the pile. often our warm spells at this time

of year result in temperatures into the mid to high 20s. so it's not that warm, really. on into friday's forecast, another dry day, perhaps a bit more cloud just running into the far north of scotland. could see an odd bit of rain from that, but again, not very much at all. for most, it's dry, temperatures again reaching the low 20s in the warmest spots. now heading into the bank holiday weekend, that high pressure continues to dominate the weather picture so it stays dry for most. i think there'll be a tendency for temperatures to rise a bit further. so more of us seeing temperatures getting into those low 20s. feeling warm in the may sun.

welcome to bbc news. let's turn to our main headlines here. two big political stories in the uk — we have the latest — on the controversies involving the home secretary — and boris johnson. we will bring you the latest on both of those strands. florida's governor — ron desantis is about to announce his bid — to be the republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election. uk inflation falls below 10% for the first time since august — but food bills rise at the fastest in 45 years. and we'll speak to the afghan taekwondo champion who was forced to flee her home after the taliban takeover.