live from london, this is bbc news. at least three people have been killed in a russian missile strike on a health clinic in the ukrainian city of dnipro. our correspondent is on the ground. this is a continuation of russia's current strategy — widescale drone and missile attacks across ukraine and the outcomes are typically indiscriminate. the parents of ten—month—old finley boden have been sentenced to life in prison in the uk for his murder in 2020. and as voters in turkey prepare to go to the polls in a consequential presidential election, we have a special

report focusing on what's at stake for ordinary turks. a passenger opens the door of a commercial plane in mid air. hello, i'm matthew, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in ukraine, where a russian missile attack on a health clinic in the city of dnipro has killed at least three people and injured 25. this video, posted on social media by the regional governor and verified by the bbc, shows severe damage at the clinic, with firefighters battling to put out a blaze engulfing the three—storey building. the local governor says, two children are among those injured. writing on telegram in response to the attack on a medical facility. ukraine's president volodymyr

zelensky says "russian terrorists once again confirm their status of fighters against everything humane and honest. " the strike on dnipro came during another night of russian missile and drone attacks. ukraine says most were shot down. an oil depot outside kharkiv caught fire, after being hit twice. russia has intensified these attacks, mainly on infrastructure, ahead of an expected ukrainian counter offensive. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in dnipro. the scene at the moment, i don't know whether you can hear fire crews trying to chop down trees to get access with the mounted hoses. this was a building that was a medical centre, it was an extension of the main hospital, and it has been completely hollowed out through the force of the impact and subsequent burning. i don't know whether you can

see in the foreground to the right of the screen, that was a veterinary centre, which has also been hit in the blast. nearby there is a football stadium where there are signs of the impact as well. people here are reporting an initial explosion followed by the air raid siren, which suggests it was a ballistic missile, which are typically much more difficult to both detect and to intercept with air defence systems. so it suggests that this was a ballistic missile. but this is a continuation of russia's current strategy — wide scale drone and missile attacks across ukraine — and the outcomes are typically indiscriminate. we know that two people are still being searched for under the rubble, three people are known to have died so far, and several more are being treated in hospital. the devastation is clear, and we expect more answers to unfold in the coming hours.

an area of russia just over the borderfrom ukraine is reported whitening turning to another important story, a british family has told an investigation that his wife died of starvation in sudan after the british embassy left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. ——died of starvation in sudan, after the british embassy left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, the couple were offered no help, in leaving their home, which isjust yards from the embassy, in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office says, it was too dangerous to provide on—the—ground support. nawal al magafi, has that story... a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them, azhaar�*s grandparents, abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife, alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military hq. they were in the centre of khartoum.

that area you can't leave, you can't enter. there are snipers everywhere in the area. they were trapped here in their home opposite the british embassy and thousands of miles away, azhaar and her family were desperate to save her grandparents. we contacted the british ambassador, giles lever, and we contacted fcdo. we contacted the turkish embassy when the british embassy was not reciprocative, had no interest. unable to get help from the british embassy, they were running out of supplies. her grandfather left her disabled grandmother to try and find help. five minutes into his journey he got shot, three bullets, his hand, chest, lower back, then we lost touch because no electricity and then we didn't have a way to call them. her grandfather now was in search of medical care, but hospitals and doctors had been targeted.

at the start of the conflict there were 88 hospitals operating around khartoum. by the 20th of may, more than 60 had closed their doors. the city was running dangerously low on medical supplies, food and water. azhaar didn't hear from her grandparents for five days and then she received this call from the turkish embassy. i'm sorry to tell you this. we went inside and your grandmother passed away. i'm so sorry, that's so heartbreaking. it breaks my heart to think she died alone and she died because she was alone and she is still alone to this very moment. we reached out to the foreign office and this was their response. azhaar�*s grandfather made his own way home to the uk. three weeks on and they are

desperate to bury her grandmother, her remains still in the house. a family desperate for some peace after a painful ordeal. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news. my colleague zari kargar in the new room takes a look at the number of people evacuated from sudan since last month. when we talk about the recent fighting in sudan, these kind of images come to mind — people desperate to leave for safety. multiple countries have conducted one of the biggest evacuation operations for years since the fighting began in sudan on the 15th of april. many were airlifted. many also travelled 800 kilometres from khartoum to port sudan to get onto ships via the red sea. let's give you some numbers. saudi arabia, for example, says it has evacuated 5197 people of 100 nationalities since the war began.

the united kingdom says it has evacuated 2450 people in total of 30 flights. the united states says in the first few days it has evacuated more than 1000 american nationals. and egypt, which is the neighbouring country, has evacuated 6399 people. but it also says that since the fighting began in sudan, 16,000 people have crossed from sudan into egypt, 111,000 of them mainly sudanese nationals. now, today, the united states and saudi arabia have said that the two warring parties in sudan are keeping up with their promise of the cease fire. that's been going on. that's been promised for seven days. but there are reports of some sporadic clashes in the country. now to a major story to hear in the uk, a couple who

moved there ten—year—old son just weeks after they return —— who murdered their ten—month—old son just weeks after he was returned to their care have been jailed for life. finley boden died on christmas day in 2020, after suffering 130 injuries. stephen boden will serve a minimum of 29 years and shannon marsden will serve at least 27. 0ur correspondent sanchia berg has been following the case and explained thejudges remarks for us. leading up to the sentencing, the judge went through in painstaking detail the injuries that have been suffered by finley bowden, who, let's remember, was only ten months old when he died. he had endured, as you said in your introduction, many different injuries, burns, fractures. he ultimately died from a cardiac arrest. he was also suffering from sepsis. he was a very, very sick child by the end. he said the judge went to some length to spell this out. he would have felt in considerable

pain after these injuries were inflicted and the first ones were inflicted two to three weeks before he died. it would have been very difficult, she explained, for him to eat, for him to play, for him to sit up. she gave a real feeling of what it would have been like for that baby before she turned to his parents and sentenced them. and she did consider certain mitigating factors. for example, finlay's mother was only 20 when he was killed, but ultimately she decided to give them both extensive sentencing. this is the moment when she announced what their sentences would be. the minimum term in your case, stephen boden, will be 29 years. from that, you must have deducted the number of days you have already spent in custody, which i'm told is 519 days. please can stephen boden be taken down? weighing up these factors. the minimum term in your case,

shannon marsden, will be 27 years. from that, you must have deducted the number of days you've already spent in custody, which i'm told is 519 days. please can shannon marsden be taken down? the sentencing in that case. meanwhile, in a separate case in the southwest of london, a mother and her partner were jailed today over the death of a 15—month—old boy, jacob lanning suffered a catalogue of injuries over three weeks at the hands of his mother's addict boyfriend. at the old bailey, jake drummond was jailed for life with a minimum 32 yearterm drummond was jailed for life with a minimum 32 year term forjacob�*s murder. louise lennon was handed ten years for recording or allowing his death and child cruelty. the latter she admitted. the high courtjudge who delivered today's sentence @...

message that jake sent to you included some which are chilling in their tone referring to the torture room which could only have been a reference to jacob's bedroom. jacob clearly did not like jake, that was apparent from text messages between you. perhaps the most haunting photograph is not one of those would show injury, but that taken on the 12th of august 2029 when jacob appears completely well a bright and cheerful toddler, less than a fortnight later, he was dead. this case involves a vulnerable and defenseless young child being subject to brutal assaults by you, jake drummond, which culminated in his death. the circumstances were such that you, louise lennon, as his mother, must have been well aware of what was going on as you are a child

accumulated injuries.— accumulated in'uries. around the world and accumulated injuries. around the world and across _ accumulated injuries. around the world and across the _ accumulated injuries. around the world and across the uk, - accumulated injuries. around the world and across the uk, you - accumulated injuries. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's look at some of the stories making news here in the uk. german prosecutors investigating the disappearance of melinda can say it will take weeks to finalise the search. the german that operation was looking for evidence to link the missing toddler's disappearance to christian bruckner, a german international. 11 people have been arrested in ireland over the attempted murder —— sunak in county tyrone over the attempted murder of a senior detectivejohn caldwell. he was shot and critically injured at a sports complex in 0magh in february. 0fficers believe the dissident republican group — the new ira — may have acted with an organised crime gang to carry out the attack. bbc news has learned that health inspectors considered closing a maternity unit over safety concerns. services at the william harvey hospital in kent have been rated

inadequate after an inspection by the care quality commission found significant problems. the review found at least 45 babies might have survived at two hospitals run by the east kent hospitals trust. you are alive with bbc news. let's turn to turkey. turks will go back to the polls on sunday in a presidential run offbetween their long—time authoritarian leader — recep tayyip erdogan—and his main rival, the secular opposition leader kemal kilicdaroglu.the president was ahead in the first round earlier this month, with 49.51% of the vote a lead of over 4%. his ruling akp coalition has won a majority in parliament. he says a vote for him, is a vote for stability. both the president and his rival are chasing support from nationalist voters. from istanbul our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. they chant. "one nation...

"..one flag, one motherland," they chant. take a look at the fervent support for turkey's strongman leader. recep tayyip erdogan is facing into sunday's second round in a commanding position. at this cab drivers convention in istanbul, they couldn't get enough of him. we meet kassem, a fan of the president's nationalist message and track record in office. "what our president did in 21 years would take others 100 years," he says. "that's why we support him. may god keep him from harm." "erdogan is everything to me," says eishsa. "we couldn't get to hospitals before. "now we can get around easily.

"we have transportation. "we have everything." and what of the president's rival, kemal kilicdaroglu? from him now, less talk of hope and a much harder tone. "i declare," he says, "as soon as i come to power, i'll send all refugees home." that includes more than three million syrians. it's a campaign pledge that goes down well here. whoever is turkey's next president, nationalism is already a winner in this election. in kasimpasa, few doubt the outcome. president erdogan grew up on the streets of this working class neighbourhood. at the corner shop opposite his old home, this woman tells us he brought freedom for religious conservatives like her.

translation: there are police, teachers and civil servants - in headscarves now. god bless, brother tayyip. we have hot running water and gas in our homes. there's been a great improvement. pride month is coming... bbut for others, there's been just the opposite. mert and zainab are students from the lgbtq+ community. they are already banned from holding pride marches and fear worse to come. when you think about maybe five more years of president erdogan in charge in turkey, what's your gut feeling? uh, scared. iam scared. we will still do something, and we will still fight. but i don't know how hard they will attack this time, because over these two—three years, our hopes was like, yeah,

he will go after these elections. we can select...we still have a chance. but if, like, he still wins, they will attack us more. they will take our rights more. they will ban many more things, i think. mert tells me the community is at growing risk thanks to the president. "erdogan himself in every speech, at every event has started to portray us as targets," he says. "and the interior minister is talking about us a lot. "day by day, the state is making an enemy out of us." so what's ahead here if president erdogan wins on sunday, as looks likely? supporters say more development and a stronger turkey. critics say more opression and a darkerfuture. 0rla guerin, bbc news, istanbul.

let mejust let me just take you and show you the live pictures from istanbul, one of the last few rallies, this from the opposition leader, they are with all of his supporters. they are in the introduction i said he was trailing after that first round, but you will remember there was a third party in that first round that has dropped out with about 5% of support. so that is what the campaigners are chasing. that is the final rally as they had tried sunday and sunday's runoff election. next, heading to venezuela and the impact of social media there, because it's proving to be an opportunity and a threat where critics of the state are often silenced. venezuelan citizens are being paid by the

government to actually tweak propaganda in an effort to control the narrative. 0ur correspondent has more. is the narrative. our correspondent has more. , . the narrative. our correspondent has more, , ., ., the narrative. our correspondent has more. , . . , the narrative. our correspondent has more. , . ., , ., ., more. is a reason why we are not showin: more. is a reason why we are not showing you — more. is a reason why we are not showing you who _ more. is a reason why we are not showing you who this _ more. is a reason why we are not showing you who this man - more. is a reason why we are not showing you who this man is - more. is a reason why we are not showing you who this man is who j more. is a reason why we are not - showing you who this man is who has been paid by the government to treat, and that is because we have anonymized him over concerns for his safety. so for this purpose we are calling him rafaela. the pro—government content he is sharing is made up of hashtags, which each day is promoted by the venezuelan ministry of communications before it is amplified by paid propaganda like raphael and loyal supporters of the government. now, this is one hashtag that we are being —— we are closely monitoring. it's from the twitter page from earlier this year. it is in spanish and it says, "second hashtag of the day. we are social intelligence." that's one in particular was a response from the government after claims that the government after claims that the government used videos created using artificial intelligence to spread propaganda. what purpose do hashtags

like this really serve? welten if the venezuelan government can get a hashtag trending, it can drown out the noise of its critics online, and what better way to do that than by financially incentivising people to treat on behalf of eight? now, rafael provided us with evidence of payments he's received through a government app. this gives venezuelans government app. this gives venezuela ns access to government app. this gives venezuelans access to things like benefits, state pensions and public salaries. now, this gives you a flavour of how he is receiving payments in the act. as you can see, they are referred to as social media mention awards. and one payment he received was for 39 venezuelan currency. in various other payments, as you can see, the more you tweet, the more you make. now, we asked the venezuelan government why they are paying people to treat online propaganda, but they did not respond. we propaganda, but they did not resond. ~ . , .,

respond. we are in the newsroom. you can read more — respond. we are in the newsroom. you can read more about _ respond. we are in the newsroom. you can read more about investigation - can read more about investigation thatis can read more about investigation that is being done by bbc trending on being paid to treat in venezuela. go online, much more detail there. a fascinating piece. british airways have this cancelled more than 80 —— sunak british airways has cancelled more than 80 flights scheduled to go in and out of heathrow today. the airline said it was trying to manage crews and planes in the wrong locations, because of an it problem it suffered yesterday. today was expected to see the most departures from uk airports since december 2019, with more than 3,000 flights planned due to the combination of many families heading overseas ahead of the half—term school holiday in england and wales and the bank holiday weekend. lets get more from sarah campbell who is at heathrow airport for us. tellers, first of all, more about just the amount of disruption we are seeing. just the amount of disruption we are seeina. . ., , just the amount of disruption we are seeina. . .,, i. seeing. yeah, well, as you were sa in: seeing. yeah, well, as you were saying there- —

seeing. yeah, well, as you were saying there. it's _ seeing. yeah, well, as you were saying there. it's a _ seeing. yeah, well, as you were saying there. it's a particular - seeing. yeah, well, as you were i saying there. it's a particular busy weekend because it is the beginning of the half term in england and wales. so it was always going to be busy at airports. heathrow, in fact, saying that they have an expectation of the most passenger numbers they've seen since before the pandemic. and we have been hearing similar stories from other airports as well. i think particularly frustrating that this it glitch had to happen now. effectively, the glitch happened yesterday, that caused, if i tell you the figures, around 90 flights were cancelled. these are just british airways flights, and then today, around about 80 flights. so to put that into context, ba said they normally run about 850 flights daily, so effectively one in ten have been affected by this. talking about numbers of people, that is more than 16,000 people have been affected by this. so particularly frustrating for them. the ones today, the cancellations, this it glitch has been fixed. the systems are running as normal, but as you were saying

back to me by pilots, planes, in all the wrong locations. it's a case of having to get them back and get the whole situation back to normal, and thatis whole situation back to normal, and that is why we are having those extra cancellations today. most of the flights effective from most of them from t5 here at heathrow, which coincidentally is on day two of a three—day strike involving security guards, but i am told by heathrow that that hasn't been affecting the situation. security has been free—flowing all day. so i think the situation here now, lots of frustrated people, ba not expecting any further cancellations, but it think the advice if you are planning to fly away this weekend is keep checking the website.— to fly away this weekend is keep checking the website. exactly on that point. _ checking the website. exactly on that point, has _ checking the website. exactly on that point, has a _ checking the website. exactly on that point, has a day _ checking the website. exactly on that point, has a day where - checking the website. exactly on | that point, has a day where there have been a lot of people there or had people heard of this and put off actually travelling down to the airport? what have they actually set about what this it glitch actually was? ., about what this it glitch actually was? . , .,

about what this it glitch actually was? ., , ., , about what this it glitch actually was? ., ,., , ., was? that point. in terms of the it clitch, was? that point. in terms of the it glitch. british _ was? that point. in terms of the it glitch, british airways _ was? that point. in terms of the it glitch, british airways haven't - was? that point. in terms of the it| glitch, british airways haven't been specific about what exactly it was, but it was to do with their internal systems, which, like i say, is now fixed most of the systems are running as normal. they do say in terms of alerting passengers to my british airways say that they will always tell passengers directly whether their flight has been affected. so one would hope that people are making journeys and then finding when they get here that their flight isn't actually running. ba also saying that the ones they have cancelled have been ones that have cancelled have been ones that have two or three routes running on the day, so hopefully people can read but relatively easily. clearly there will be a lot of people who have had disruptive journeys. have had disruptive “ourneys. sarah, thanks very _ have had disruptive “ourneys. sarah, thanks very much. _ have had disruptive journeys. sarah, thanks very much. before _ have had disruptive journeys. sarah, thanks very much. before we - have had disruptive journeys. sarah, thanks very much. before we take i have had disruptive journeys. sarah, thanks very much. before we take a| thanks very much. before we take a break and ijust thanks very much. before we take a break and i just want to show you some extraordinary pictures. korean police have arrested a man who opened a door of a plane minutes before it was due to land. here's the video showing the moments before the landing, with a door open and wind rushing in.

nine passengers, all teenagers, were sent to hospital after suffering breathing issues. it's isn't known, why the door was opened, but it is possible to do it — at lower altitudes, extraordinary pictures there as we hear of this are best by korean police. hello there. prospects still looking good for the bank holiday weekend. and today was a good day to be out and about in the sunshine. whether you were walking by the river here in 0xfordshire or walking a little higher up in the cumbrian fells. we did see some cloud developing here, but this fine walking weather will continue through the weekend. 0vernight tonight, skies will clear across much of the country, but the cloud will continue to push in on that breeze into the northwest of scotland. so here temperatures will be higher than last night. but last night we got down to one celsius in suffolk and it will be quite chilly overnight where we have those clearer skies in eastern england. but for the bank holiday weekend, a lot of dry weather to come.

more sunshine as well, probably turning a bit cooler as the weekend goes on. and we do have that cloud pushing in on that wind across northern ireland and into scotland. there's not much rain really. and later in the northwest there'll be some sunshine. south east scotland, dry and bright and quite warm, some patchy cloud for northern england. sunnier skies further south and not as windy in the south either. it's pointing to a warmer day for england and wales. widely, temperatures reaching 22 or 23 degrees. should be very pleasant. north western parts of scotland turning cooler. cooler air follows that weatherfurther, springing a few spots of rain. that's out of the way by sunday as high pressure builds back in, cooler air pushes down from the north. so some changes, really, for sunday. we may well start off quite sunny in most places, but the cloud looks like it will tend to increase and spread out versus sunshine hanging on across western areas. and the highest temperatures are getting squeezed down towards the southwest, turning cooler across northern and eastern parts of the uk,

a significant drop in temperature for the northeast of england. but high pressure is still around, so it's keeping it fine and dry. but we've got quite a few more isobars on the chart in southern parts of the uk on monday. so it's going to be a windier day, and quite a chilly wind actually coming in from off the north sea. and that east or north easterly wind could bring some cloud for a while. that will then get pushed away. and away from northern scotland looks like it should be quite a sunny day on monday. but the air is going to be cooler for england and wales, but starting to warm up in scotland and northern ireland. and with those stronger winds, even with some sunshine, it'll feel chillier. in the south, the highest temperatures are likely to be in western parts of scotland.

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