life in london, this is bbc news. ukraine says it is moving forward on the battlefield in what appears to have used the start of the much anticipated counteroffensive. mil anticipated counteroffensive. all the anticipated counteroffensive. fill the ukrainian soldiers and tanks will gather in one place and then the general will come up with the starting gun and things will begin to happen. we are saying, look, whatever happens it is never announced. whatever happens it is never announced-— whatever happens it is never announced. ,, . , , ., announced. service is resumed after announced. service is resumed after a deadly train _ announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash _ announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash in _ announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash in india. - announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash in india. a - a deadly train crash in india. a second investigation is launched as family members continue to search for loved ones. translation: i family members continue to search for loved ones. translation: i never thou . ht this for loved ones. translation: i never thought this would _ for loved ones. translation: i never thought this would happen. _ for loved ones. translation: i never thought this would happen. just - for loved ones. translation: i never thought this would happen. just the i thought this would happen. just the day before we had so much fun. find day before we had so much fun. and prince harry — day before we had so much fun. and prince harry is _ day before we had so much fun. and prince harry is accused of wasting time as lawyers criticise his

absence. we will be live at the high court. hello, iam hello, i am matthew and welcome to cap his verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lots to dig into intraday�*s programme, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counteroffensive. the key of says it is, shifting to offensive actions in some areas. ukraine's deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut is the epicentre of hostilities and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the self. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims

it has faltered in major ukrainian attack in the same regions. its defence ministry has released this video that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops have been killed and a number of armoured vehicles destroyed. he claims have not been verified by the bbc. we will hear from claims have not been verified by the bbc. we will hearfrom our claims have not been verified by the bbc. we will hear from our verified team on this shortly. let me show you a map of some of the areas where ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks today along the south and east and front lines. around bakhmut and also the western part of zaporizhzhia and in the eastern part of donetsk, in particular around the eastern town of vuhledar, some particular around the eastern town of vuhledar, some 120 particular around the eastern town of vuhledar, some 120 kilometres west of bakhmut. let's go straight to our ukrainian correspondence, james waterhouse, who is in gearfor its. james, tell us the latest in terms of what officials are saying about the start or otherwise of this

counteroffensive.— the start or otherwise of this counteroffensive. n, ., counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping _ counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up— counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up of— counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up of claiming, | seen a real ramping up of claiming, counterclaim. that is parfor the course, but the rhetoric has definitely heightened. we have had russia first off claim to have repelled three attacks now. it has gone up throughout the day, along the front line. kyiv hadn't commented but is now claiming itself to be deputy defence minister claiming to have shifted, claiming that the forces have shifted to offensive action. she said in a post, we had to d continuing the defence that started last year, in some areas we are moving to offensive actions, in particular the bakhmut direction. that eastern city remains the epicentre of hostilities and there we are moving on a fairly wide front. we are successful, she says, we occupy the dominant heights relating to the more mountainous terrain on the western flank of the river. in the south vietnamese on

the defensive, fighting continues. death in the south the enemy continues on the defensive. it is unusualfor continues on the defensive. it is unusual for a continues on the defensive. it is unusualfor a defence continues on the defensive. it is unusual for a defence minister to make such claims on social media, but of course there is no letup in this information war. if you look at the videos out of the past weeks, of course there is no rest in the rhetoric from the west, they are continuing to send out videos from russia, but so are weak, so we do have to take things with a pinch of salt. however, there is a lot of activity continuing along the western front line, with pro—ukrainian forces in vulgar rod. i think we can say on balance that the only sound of ukraine's —— in belgorod. we can see that the early signs of ukrainian offensive is under way. signs of ukrainian offensive is under way-— signs of ukrainian offensive is underwa.�* , , ., ,, signs of ukrainian offensive is underwa . �* , , ., ,, ., under way. bring us up to speed on what the official _ under way. bring us up to speed on what the official response - under way. bring us up to speed on what the official response of - what the official response of moscow, what they are saying about repelling those attacks and the sort of losses and the numbers that certainly the kremlin have been putting out. have they beam directly

addressing this issues, they have, after a brief delay. irate addressing this issues, they have, after a brief delay.— after a brief delay. we had the russian defence _ after a brief delay. we had the russian defence ministry - after a brief delay. we had the | russian defence ministry came claiming to have killed 250 ukrainian soldiers, they released footage appearing to show armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire as they moving across fields and what kyiv has said is do not rely on information coming out of russia's defence ministry. if you want up to date details, come to us, this is just an attempt to undermine our actions. i think the russian ministry of defence will stay the same, but for moscow trying to put out this video it is clearly trying to seize control of the narrative and that usually happens when there are developments on the ground. we saw it last year with the liberation of the southern city of kherson, where we were drip fed information, access would follow and then we would realise that liberation was taking place in what was uncovered where the familiar skulls of russian occupation. i expect that to happen

again, albeit over death the familiar scars of russian occupation. i expect that to happen again albeit over a longer time. thanks very much. let's stay with this because officials in kyiv over the last few hours making it clear there will be no formal announcement in terms of the start of that counteroffensive, ukraine's military released this cryptic video. have a look at this. distant explosions. well, the words written in ukraine read, plans, lofts, silence. as i say, there will be no announcement about the exact start of that video which then shows to f—16 fighter jets, which of course ukraine has been pushing western countries to send, manoeuvring in that area in the video. there are interesting, thatis the video. there are interesting, that is what they put out in the

last 2a hours. an adviser to the defence ministry of ukraine, yuriy sak, explained the significance of that video. we are a taruet significance of that video. we are a tar: et of significance of that video. we are a target of massive _ significance of that video. we are a target of massive drone _ significance of that video. we are a target of massive drone attacks. i significance of that video. we are a l target of massive drone attacks. we are sending the same message to our own people, we are asking them and requesting them not to, for example, make photographs of the sides of the attacks, notjust read these images on social media and this of course is relevant to everybody else because by now there is some erroneous image of reception of the next stages of the ukrainian military operations, as if it is an offensive, that all ukrainian tanks and all ukrainian soldiers will gather in one place and then a general will come out with a starting gun and things will begin to happen. we are saying, look, whatever happens is never announced. we will report after it happens and we have to be focused and we have to be quiet about our plans because the element of surprise is a very important factor of the success on the battlefield. the purpose of this

video is to relay a very simple message, that plans like silence. it is all part of shaping operations, plans have been taking place for quite some time now, but one thing we all know by now, in ukraine as well as beyond ukraine, that if anyone is interested in understanding exactly what is happening in ukraine on the battlefield, the ministry of defence in russia is not a source to go to because they have been lying on a daily basis about everything, about their imaginary successes on the battlefield, you know, if we trusted them, bakhmut would have been under their control already buy, watch, 50 times? so we're seeing the russians have now intensified the so—called cyber ops and this disinformation campaigns and they are actually using on different social media, on their telegram channels, they are using old footage and video images of destroyed military equipment and prisoners of war just to discredit

the military operations carried out by the ukrainian armed forces. so we are most confident that we will see more of this again. we warn everybody, follow what ukrainian ministry of defence and general staff are saying because we stick by the truth. we may not always be very open and vocal about our plans, which is justified open and vocal about our plans, which isjustified by the military necessity, but we don't concoct reality. we don't make up fakes. let's speak now to dr anna matveeva, a senior research fellow at the king's college london. thank you very much. what do you make about what we have seen the last 2a hours and about where ukrainian forces are actually pushing?— ukrainian forces are actually pushing, i think that is probably a military secret, but what we have seen so far, three things, one is

that genuinely there is a form of war. each side is to some extent, wrong. there has been some kind of military action, but whether they demand to full offensive, it is probably not. the other thing which we see is suddenly information warfare, which has intensified on both sides, directed at supporters, and also to the adversary base, so we see it as a collation of x. that is also something which is expected in the predawn of military action. and what we see are kind of probing operations from the ukrainian side. yuriy sak has rightly stressed that these counteroffensive is not like all troops move at the single beat of a drum. they are trying to probe russian defences, see where there is only weak spot and then if they find

something like this, then they can send reinforcements very quickly if they manage to break through the front line on that particular occasion. but none has not happened, but it does not mean it cannot happen in future. bud but it does not mean it cannot happen in future.— but it does not mean it cannot happen in future. and i suppose in these early — happen in future. and i suppose in these early stages, _ happen in future. and i suppose in these early stages, there - happen in future. and i suppose in these early stages, there may - happen in future. and i suppose in these early stages, there may be l these early stages, there may be diversionary tactics, there is all that narrative. you rightly describe it around the conflict cells, but russia currently occupies, i think it is a fifth of ukrainian territory. potentially how much would you expect the ukrainians hope to actually retrieve? that would you expect the ukrainians hope to actually retrieve?— to actually retrieve? that is impossible _ to actually retrieve? that is impossible to _ to actually retrieve? that is impossible to say. - to actually retrieve? that is impossible to say. we - to actually retrieve? that is impossible to say. we havej to actually retrieve? that is - impossible to say. we have not seen that kind of warfare ever. because in all other walls, where the us and allies fought, armed with these weapons which they have been supplying ukraine. firstly, there were massive bombing raids from a much weaker adversary which didn't

really have air defences. like afghanistan, like a rock, and only after that we saw ground assaults with troops and armoured personnel carriers and artillery systems, so major tank battles have never been fought in the 2ist—century. so how these weapons will perform and troops manning these vehicles and artillery systems will deal with the enemy, which is fighting back, which has been preparing for eight months and producing arms and ammunition is 24 and producing arms and ammunition is 2a hours a day, we just don't know. it is everybody�*s guess. all sorts of scenarios around the table. my scenario that is likely to be only tactical wins, scenario that is likely to be only tacticalwins, it scenario that is likely to be only tactical wins, it might be more likely stagnation. the battlefield configuration would not change much. but i might be proven wrong. yes. configuration would not change much. but i might be proven wrong.- but i might be proven wrong. yes, in many respects. _ but i might be proven wrong. yes, in many respects. it — but i might be proven wrong. yes, in many respects, it is _ but i might be proven wrong. yes, in many respects, it is a _ but i might be proven wrong. yes, in many respects, it is a throwback, -

many respects, it is a throwback, this conflict, to the last century in terms of the types of fighting, the differences we have seen the russians put in place, expecting the sort of tank battle but i was listening to that ukrainian defence official only a short while ago saying that actually, the speed of which they are using up ammunition is obviously a cause for concern. how worrying is that? is there enough supply in the chain that is actually arriving there in kyiv? well, it is also depending how quickly russia can produce because russia is a major weapons producer, whether they can recuperate some of the weapons from third world countries. iran has been supplying, for example, drones, and also they managed to get supplies from it. so yes, it is a competition of resources. certainly, if it continues for the next three years like this, then the advantage would be on the russian side, but in the short term, the west is very much

determined to supply ukraine with everything they need. but there is also concerned that it is getting very costly and the stocks in the west have been running out, so they now need to produce more and bio from the industry with cash, just specifically for ukraine. and that is probably a concern. irate specifically for ukraine. and that is probably a concern.— is probably a concern. we have delivered there, _ is probably a concern. we have delivered there, but _ is probably a concern. we have delivered there, but thank - is probably a concern. we have delivered there, but thank you | is probably a concern. we have i delivered there, but thank you so much forjoining us here live on bbc news. before we leave this, a couple of lines, worth bringing you up—to—date that as we were doing that if you, firstly the united states have issued new russia —related sanctions from the treasury department. they target seven russian individuals and one russian entity. so those details are emerging from the us treasury. we will keep an ion that and try to bring in more detail through the next little while. also new is that the reuters agency is reporting that

the reuters agency is reporting that the uk foreign secretary, james cleverley, is in kyiv. he hasjust met with the ukraine's president zelensky, with the president thanking britain for support. so a number of different strands, aside from everything that is going on on the battlefield. we will keep an eye on all that and keep you up to speed as the detail comes into us. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. let's stay with a few stories making headlines here in the uk. an inquest opening at dorset coroner's court has heard there was a "suggestion" a riptide may have led to the deaths of a girl and a teenage boy off bournemouth beach. 17—year—old joe abbess from southampton and 12—year—old sunnah khan from buckinghamshire both died in hospital after the incident on wednesday. dorset police said it was keeping an "open mind" about the circumstances that led to the deaths. a man will appear in court today accused of running onto the track during saturday's epsom derby. ben newman, who is 32 and from east london, will face guildford magistrates, charged with causing a public nuisance. he was among 31 people who were arrested.

the horse racing event was targeted by animal rights protesters, who attempted to disrupt the race. a petition to introduce a legal duty of care from universities and colleges towards their students will be debated by mps this afternoon. it was started by a group of 25 families whose children took their own lives while at university. we will keep an eye on that story and bring you a little more later. you are live with bbc news. it's more than 100 years since a a senior member of the british royal family gave evidence in person, in court from the witness box. then it involved a prince over a card game. this week prince harry, the duke of sussex, is due to appear at the high court in london in his case against mirror group newspapers. the younger son of king charles alleges information was gathered unlawfully on him over a 1a—year period — starting when he was just 12 years old.

let's go straight to the high court and speak to our correspondent, helen wilkinson, who is outside the royal courts ofjustice. just in the last couple of hours, we have been hearing more of the evidence and outlined from the lawyers, so take us through that first.— outlined from the lawyers, so take us through that first. yes, exactly, so 'ust to us through that first. yes, exactly, so just to give _ us through that first. yes, exactly, so just to give you, _ us through that first. yes, exactly, so just to give you, to _ us through that first. yes, exactly, so just to give you, to set - us through that first. yes, exactly, so just to give you, to set the - so just to give you, to set the scene here, first of all, just have a look behind us at the back not so many snappers, photographers now, given that prince harry, we now know, is not going to be turning up to court today. there have been barriers that have been put up just behind us here. that is because he will come here tomorrow to give evidence. but we heard earlier on from lawyers for the opposing party, who accused prince harry of wasting time in the case by not being present here today. excuse me. he is expected in the witness box tomorrow. we also heard from, as i say, the lawyers for mgn, who said

it was absolutely extraordinary that prince harry was not available for day one of his trial. what the court is hearing, and we have colleagues in the courtroom, is the barrister for prince harry going through 33 articles that were published by the newspapers, going back decades to when prince harry was 12 years old. and he is going through those articles in minute detail to the court and alleging that information that was contained in those articles was obtained by the journalists working on the newspapers unlawfully and that includes prince harry's barrister says, and that includes prince harry's barristersays, by and that includes prince harry's barrister says, by use of phone hacking, so intercepting voice mail messages. we know when prince harry comes to court tomorrow he will enter into the witness box. it won't be an environment you will be used to at all. nothing like an interview

with oprah or a netflix series that of course he has done. he will be cross—examined by the lawyers for the publisher and that will no doubt be a tough experience. it would be open, it would be public, it will be interesting to see what else we will hear from interesting to see what else we will hearfrom prince harry about interesting to see what else we will hear from prince harry about his personal life and it is, for the lawyers who will be cross—examining prince harry, their mainjob during cross examination is to try to undermine the opposing party's case, so they will be doing what they can, picking holes in prince harry's evidence to try and undermine his credibility as a witness. so he is not here today. he will be here tomorrow. the barriers that have been put up, that is in anticipation of his arrival here tomorrow and he is expected to face some tough questioning when he enters the witness box tomorrow.- questioning when he enters the witness box tomorrow. hello, thanks

ve much witness box tomorrow. hello, thanks very much for— witness box tomorrow. hello, thanks very much for all— witness box tomorrow. hello, thanks very much for all of— witness box tomorrow. hello, thanks very much for all of that. _ witness box tomorrow. hello, thanks very much for all of that. just - witness box tomorrow. hello, thanks very much for all of that. just be - very much for all of that. just be busy�*s website and the live page because those lawyers going through those 33 different articles, in a lot of detail there and the latest in terms of everything that is happening inside the courtroom from a lot of our correspondence inside. i think there are 20 places for the public, 20 spots forjournalists, so description is constantly being updated about what is actually happening in that court case. four days after that deadly train crash that killed two and 75 people in india, a large number of bodies remain in the wreckage. officials say more than 100 victims identified. preliminary reports suggest a signalling fault may be responsible for what has been described as india's worst rail accident this century. wright is the latest. —— archana shukla has the

latest. trains start rolling on these tracks again two days after the crash that led to a pile—up. wrecked carriages lay on their sides, a reminder of the horrific disaster. life is still on hold for those searching for their families. a massive task pending is identifying those dead. this man from a neighbouring state is here to look for six people from his village. "they were all going to work in a factory. "i have received one body so far, but i am still looking "for the other five," he tells me. this woman is devastated. even at this place, there is no news of her husband. "i cannot find him anywhere." she breaks down. it is busy at the morgues, as more bodies are brought in.

photographed and added to the list, until families come to claim them. this is balasore station, along the railway route where the crash happened. and after 50 hours of restoration work, the train services for both goods and passengers has finally resumed. india runs one of the largest railway networks in the world and railway officials and workers worked day in and day out to get train services back on track as quickly as possible. as the painful process of identification goes on, the indian government has sought to involve the country's top investigative agency to expand the probe into what went wrong. that was archana shukla. we will have more on that story a little later. the head of the un nuclear

watchdog, rafael grossi, so some progress has been made on installing cameras and monitoring equipment at nuclear sites, but not as much as your had actually hoped for. the iea estimates that in the last three months i ran has increased its stockpile of enriched uranium by more than 25%. we had an arrangement, as a result of one—way trips to tehran in february 2021, when we decided that we would have all of these systems, but the information itself would be keptin but the information itself would be kept in a very complex, convoluted way and there are seals, but without us having access to that information. that is one thing because we never had access to that information. that information, when i ran decided last information. that information, when iran decided last summer —— back when iran decided last summer to disconnect the systems to remain there, and then there is the gap, i would say, there is the gap from that point to now, where we don't

have cameras, we haven't had anything, so no information, no cameras, nothing. all we are saying, and i think this is common sense, basically, right? we reconnect the cameras and we have the systems again, but in orderfor us to be able to reconstruct the whole picture, we need to sit down with iran and have some way to reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle. reconstruct the 'igsaw puzzle. now, the sho -s reconstruct the 'igsaw puzzle. now, the shops — reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle. now, the shops are lycee _ reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle. now, the shops are lycee in _ reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle. now, the shops are lycee in paris - reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle. now, the shops are lycee in paris has been turned into a giant open—air exam hall —— the famous site in paris has been turned into a giant open—air exam hall. emily brown reports. paris's most famous street like you have never seen before. transformed into an open—air speller phone. so the usual rows of cars, rows of school desks lined the

avenue. 5000 people took part, aged between —— paris's most famous street, like you've never seen it before. the champs—elysees, transformed into an open—air mass dictation spell—a—thon. into an open—air mass instead of the usual flow of cars, rows of school desks lined the avenue. 5,000 people took part aged between ten and 90, attempting to transcribe the passages read out to them. the winners are those who didn't make a single mistake. the aim — to break the world record for the largest dictation. more than 50,000 people applied to take part. journalist augustin trapenard led the first round. the excerpts range from a short story by a 19th—century novelist to sports journalism and a modern text. the avenue, turned giant exam hall, epitomised a very french love affair with words. emily brown, bbc news. great pictures. before you take a break, were returning to that developing news from ukraine because throughout the course of the last few hours, we have been trying to work out and establish on verified live whether the cancer offensive

has continued for ukraine. the quinny forces are saying they have shifted to offensive actions in some areas. more on the —— ukrainian forces are saying they have shifted to offensive actions. more on any moment. hello. the weather patterns across the uk have been very static for the last few weeks, meaning many a garden grower are asking, "when is it going to rain?" well, the answer could and only could be with this cloud here affecting madeira and the canary islands. this is storm oscar, which is going to bring some very wet and windy weather during the rest of today and tomorrow. butjust notice how that area of low pressure pushes towards our shores as we head towards the weekend, bringing the chance of showers and thunderstorms. however, it does not guarantee rain everywhere. that rainfall could be fairly sporadic. what it will do is change weather patterns — instead of air coming round the north of the uk, it's going to come from the continent, bringing warmer and more humid air. and this weekend, temperatures widely across the uk in the mid if not high 20s and certainly warmer by night too. so that's coming our way.

at the moment, many central and western areas have blue skies throughout the day. cloud has again been there towards the east of the country and that cloud will continue to roll back in through the night after retreating towards the coast through the day. notice how it becomes extensive across much of england, towards east wales, good parts of central and eastern scotland too towards dawn tomorrow. clear skies in the west. temperatures down into low or single figures for many, but in many parts it'll be 7 to 10 degrees to start tuesday morning. if anything, though, those grey skies are a bit more abundant on tuesday. best of the breaks in the west to begin with, the clouds shrinking away in scotland, western england, wales and the south, but could be a bit more stubborn this time across parts of the midlands, yorkshire, lincolnshire and east anglia, pushed in again by that rather nagging east to north—easterly wind, which has been with us for a few weeks now, keeping things cool along those eastern coasts, still again warms to the west, west of scotland to the west of loch lomond, western

northern ireland. highs of 23. pollen levels continue to rise across much of england, wales and northern ireland. grass pollen season fully getting underway, as it will be again on wednesday. wednesday, signs that low cloud will shrink a bit quicker and be more lingered across parts of north—east england, many southern and western areas. the sunshine will feel a bit warmer as well. highs again, western scotland, northern ireland and increasingly the south—west of england. but as i mentioned, towards the end of the week, those temperatures will rise further, a chance of a few sporadic showers into the weekend, but that more humid feel by day and by night.