british are among adults by a knife attacker in france. the? british are among adults by a knife attacker in france.— british are among adults by a knife attacker in france. they are shocked and devastated. _ attacker in france. they are shocked and devastated. they _ attacker in france. they are shocked and devastated. they are _ attacker in france. they are shocked and devastated. they are also - and devastated. they are also showing some anger. rishi sunak is talkin: showing some anger. rishi sunak is talking to president _ showing some anger. rishi sunak is talking to president joe biden. - talking to presidentjoe biden. they are holding a press conference later. stay with us to hear more about those discussions. the iconic singer has spoken to the bbc for the first time, talking about her career in women's rights in iran and much, much more. hello and welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. a man with a knife has attacked nursery school children in the french town of annecy.

the victims are as young as three, according to french reports which say two children and a man are in a life—threatening condition. one of the children attacked is thought to be a british national and another is thought to be a dutch national. a man was arrested near the scene, the moment of his arrest was captured on camera. take a look. the man in this video injured whilst being arrested, police say he is a syrian who has refugee status in sweden, with no known links to islamist groups. he has a child who is apparently the same age as the little chldren he attacked. this all happened in the town of annecy, in the french alps. the children, all aged three and under, were on an outing to a park, some in pushchairs. the attacker also stabbed an elderly man walking nearby before he was overpowered by police. phone images taken by witnesses show a bearded man in black knee—length shorts and top, wearing a bandana and sunglasses. france's president has tweeted... emmanuel macron says...

the french prime minister, elisabeth borne, says the country has been shaken by the attack and has given more detail about the suspect. translation: at this stage, we're talking about a syrian national who has refugee status in sweden. and who applied for asylum in france but this was overridden by the swedish one which dates from ten years back. this person in question

has no criminal record. neither does he have any kind of psychiatric record. i have to say that we are talking here about infants, very young infants, who have been very seriously injured, and i think that everyone who is a parent, all of us, are terrifically shocked by this event. it is a terrible thing that has happened. i intervened as soon as possible to make sure that everybody was being cared for and looked after. and of course, everybody in the administration is going to be looking at the refugee status of this individual. as i said, he has refugee status from sweden and therefore

because sweden is part of the eu, he can come to france without any particular permission. but i think the message, the most important message is one of solidarity with the children, the six victims, and the parents of those children as well. i just want to underline again how shocked we all are. annecy public prosecutor line bonnet said they're starting to build the elements of the inquest. translation: we have launched a criminal investigation _ into this massacre. the person in question is arrested and in the police station in annecy. there doesn't seem to be any kind of terrorist motivation, at least apparently. we have no evidence as to terrorist motivation.

what we are talking about are four minors and two adults. the children are in a very severe state and are in the intensive care. one of the victims has been lightly injured. and when the police arrived, the assailant had a knife. so, the inquest is proceeding to determine the circumstances in which the police were using firearms. and as i said, there is no indication as to motivation of the assailant yet. speaking in the last few hours, the british foreign secretaryjames cleverly offered specialist support to the families of the injured. we stand ready to support the french authorities in whichever way we can. also, aware that one of the children

injured was a british national. we have already deployed british consular officials who are travelling to the area to make themselves available to support the family. the deputy mayor of annecy, chantale farmer, has been updating us on the situation on the ground. they are waiting for the police to say what they have discovered by interviewing the attacker, so we don't have any more news than what you said before. how are people in annecy reacting to this? it must be so completely shocking, i can't imagine. yes, they are shocked and devastated, they are really sad. they feel also some anger. so, we share this with them. we try to answer to some questions that we can. we try to protect the children because we had schools around, so we locked them down for a while. and so we had also to give information to the parents and also to the people working in those

schools, so of course, all the people in annecy are very shocked right now. tell me a little bit about the area in which this happened. was it a public park? yes, it was a public park. it's a very big park where we can have a walkjust near the lake, and we have two fun parks for the kids on each side of the river. and a lot of children go there with their parents, with the kindergartens around, and with the grandparents. it's a really nice place for the kids. we go there as people from annecy, my children would go there often. so, it's always crowded. the kids really like that place. and so, it's a place where you can find a lot of people. so, the attacker, i think, knew where he was going. there was some speculation a little bit earlier that he may have been seen by an eyewitness, someone running an ice cream shop or an ice cream van nearby,

over the last few days. can you verify that? or have you heard that as well? we couldn't verify. i've heard that same information as well, but i cannot verify that. i think the police are going to make theirjob and so we're going to see if it was right, that he was looking for a couple of days, but as deputy mayor, i don't have this information myself. what more do we know about the victims in terms of what they were doing in the park? were they with there parents or a nursery school on an outing? do we know any more about this? it was kids with their parents, grandparents, the people that wer, kindergarden, it wasjust like a normal morning. it was no school event or something, just people there, and we know that two of them were not french. we don't know if they were living in annecy or if they were here on vacation. we don't have any more information

about that either, because i think the parents and the families, they want to stay a little bit next to it and they don't want to give more information for now. and i heard also speculation, i've heard the police were very quick in arriving on the scene after they were called. yes, but it's a place, they go there often, because it's a really crowded place, so they go there a lot in the day. so, i'm not surprised that they were already there or not too far to be able to arrest the attacker very quickly. chantale, how is annecy going to come back from this? this is going to be so difficult for people to process over the coming days. what is being done to help people? well, we've put in place some psychological help with a free phone number that people can phone. we also took into account

the witnesses and the victims also, with the hospitals and with some doctors, so they could speak out. and we've done it also in a school, because there was a class that was doing their sport on that field during the attack, and so we've put the psychological help also in that school to help people to express and to try to find a way to help them, as we can. so, the phone number is on their website for the people. let's bring you some breaking news. in the last few minutes, we have been hearing from the mayor, you are watching their with the deputy mayor. the mayor told the french broadcaster bfm that the children are out of the operating room following this mornings attack, and

for the moment their condition seems stable. so, that is at least some reassuring news for now about the children who were attacked. some of them with a very serious injuries, as we heard earlier. they were taken to hospital extremely quickly by helicopter, and they were taken into an operating room immediately. these are life pictures we are getting right now and anna c. i am assuming the camera person is interviewing a french parent at a park very similar to the one that we are talking about. just to bring you up—to—date with what we know, there were a number of children very seriously injured, one of four children was a british one. but a number of them were taken to hospital and they were taken straight into operating theatres. we now know that in the last few minutes, the annecy mayor has told french broadcaster bfm that the children are out of the

operating room and are for the moment, their condition seems stable. if you remember, there was an adult, an older man who was also attacked by the knife man. that was attacked by the knife man. that was at the point where the police stopped the knife man, when he attacked this older man who was walking as part of a couple. apparently, that man is still in surgery. this according to the mayor of annecy, who has been giving a press conference to a french broadcaster in the last few minutes. of course, as always, when i got the information i will bring at you straightaway here on bbc news. rishi sunak is arriving at the white house for talks withjoe biden. you well, mr president, sorry, mr prime minister, it's great to have you back. in the past three months

we met each other and diego, and that we met in belfast, and then we met in hiroshima, and now we are here to solve all the problems of the world in the next 20 minutes. prime minister churchill and roosevelt met here over 70 years ago. they strengthen the partnership between great britain and the united states. i still think there is truth in that situation. together we are providing humanitarian aid to ukraine, they are fighting against the brutal invasion of the russians. we've worked out an arrangement with august in australia, to make that area safer and more secure, and we build on the good friday agreement,

25 years. we can talk about that in a minute. as nato allies we are working together to help provide a collective defence of all of us, and i hope we can discuss plans to strengthen our economic relationship. i think the greatest transmission that has occurred since the industrial revolution. i think ai will play a big part not and i wanted to discuss that as well. we have no closer ally than great britain, and i'm delighted you're here. . ~ ,, britain, and i'm delighted you're here. . ~ ., ., ., , here. thank you for the warm words, but also thank _ here. thank you for the warm words, but also thank you _ here. thank you for the warm words, but also thank you for— here. thank you for the warm words, but also thank you for welcoming - here. thank you for the warm words, but also thank you for welcoming me j but also thank you for welcoming me to the white house and to allow me to the white house and to allow me to stay in blair house, which i've got to say, the spare room in the flat and number 10 downing street doesn't quite compare. so, it has been a real privilege. but as you said, it's daunting to think of the conversations that are pre—disasters had in this room when they had to

speak of war stuff they fought together, piece one together, and incredible change in their lives of our citizens. and again, for the first time in over half a century we faced a war in the european continent. and as we have done before, the us uk had stood together to support ukraine and stand up for the values of democracy and freedom that they prevail, and i know we will. i completely agree with what you said. our economies are seeing perhaps the biggest transmission since the industrial revolution as new technologies, providing incredible opportunities but also giving our adversities more tools for harm. but one thing i know, and i am confident that what hasn't changed is a strengthen our partnership and our friendship and we will put our values front and centre as we have always done for the good of the british and american people. if the good of the british and american --eole. . the good of the british and american . eo . le, ., ., ~' the good of the british and american --eole. . .,~ people. if we had time, i take you through the _ people. if we had time, i take you through the residence. _ people. if we had time, i take you through the residence. and - people. if we had time, i take you through the residence. and when | people. if we had time, i take you i through the residence. and when you over at_

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to have a chance to ask any questions _ to have a chance to ask any question— to have a chance to ask any questions there you have it. president — questions there you have it. president biden _ questions there you have it. president biden and - questions there you have it. president biden and prime i questions there you have it. - president biden and prime minister rishi sunak, although he did call him mr president at the beginning of that, sitting at the oval office, reminiscing a little bit about times gone by. and i'm sure, looking forward to talking together about the various issues that both men want to talk about. they said they will be taking questions for the media in a different room, so i am sure we will be following them thereto a bit later in the programme. but for now, around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. former green party leader, caroline lucas, is to stand down

as an mp at the next general election after ten years in the job. she says the pressures of constituency work and being the party's only mp have left her unable to focus as much as she wanted on what she called the existential challenges of the nature and climate emergencies. a 14—year—old boy who died following an incident at a school in west lothian has been named locally as hamdan aslam. emergency services were called to st kentigern's academy in blackburn on tuesday afternoon. the teenager was taken to hospital but died shortly afterwards. it is understood another 14—year—old boy was involved in the incident which the school has described as isolated. there has been a significant shift in how we do our grocery shopping since the covid pandemic and cost of living crisis. retail data, compiled by the analyst firm kantar, has told the bbc shoppers now visit the supermarket less often, spend more on own—label goods and are turning to loyalty schemes to get discounts.

now to ukraine, where president zelensky has visited the region of kherson, that's been devastated by flood waters after the collapse of a major dam. a mass evacuation is still under way, to get people areas already flooded, or at risk from rising waters. around 600 square kilometres of the southern region is now underwater after the dam was destroyed. aid agencies are now warning that there is a growing risk from landmines that have been dislodged by the waters, and are now floating downstream. water continues to flood out of the dam's reservoir. in some areas, rescue teams have reported coming underfire. kyiv has accused russia of leaving people to die and said the damage caused to farmland threatens a globalfood crisis. paul adams sent this

report from kyiv. a wartime president with yet another crisis on his hands, thanking rescue workers and volunteers who've been working around the clock since tuesday. the president is angry. he says aid agencies have been slow to respond, that ukraine is dealing with this catastrophe alone. the floodwaters in kherson are no longer rising, but people are still being rescued from low lying areas. the floodwaters in kherson are no longer rising, but people are still being rescued from low lying areas. translation: i wish i could get someone for this. - one of the russians for what they did. how many people's lives are ruined, and for destroying our environment? at a local hospital, a warm welcome for mr zelensky. "how are you being treated?" he asks the women. it seems they have no complaints. ukrainian officials say 230 square miles of land either side of the river is under water, an area the size of the isle of man. but the river sustains agriculture across a huge swathe of southern ukraine. the scope of this disaster is vast.

while the eyes of the world are on the flooded streets of kherson, fierce battles are raging to the east. ukraine's long anticipated counteroffensive, which seemed to begin in earnest on monday, is still gathering pace. gunfire. the long—running battle for bakhmut is now part of that offensive. ukraine says its forces are making progress, hoping perhaps to cut off russian troops inside the city. russia says its soldiers still control the city, but these battles just outside seem intense. translation: the ukrainian tactics are like this. - first, smaller groups move in with the support of armoured vehicles. they make up a concentrated task force, but they've had no success at all so far. but ukraine's main effort is likely to be further south, near the shattered city of vuhledar. it's been on the front line for months. a dire existence for those hardy civilians who remain.

translation: people are constantly dying, regularly wounded. _ they're taken away from the city. we're very afraid. ukraine is deliberately saying very little about its military plans, keeping its enemy guessing. we know there's heavy fighting not far away, but we don't know who's winning. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. when you think of iconic singers over the decade, the late great tina turner may come to mind. but in parts of asia and the middle east, their singer is very much a legend in her own right. her music has been enjoyed by generations around that region. herfans love her songs which continued to steer up nostalgia for many.

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hello. some weather changes are now starting to take place. today really has been more of the same, more of the weather we've become used to. early low cloud burning back towards the east coast and then some warm sunshine. but, down to the south west of us, you can see this lumpy cloud, some showers and some thunderstorms looming. and just ahead of that over the next few days, a feed of much warmer and much more humid air. i think you really will notice the difference. now, this weather is not going to be extreme or certainly unprecedented for the time of year, but it will feel very different, much warmer, much more humid by day and by night, with the chance of some thunderstorms. but it's back to the here and now. apart from the low cloud along the east coast, most of us will continue to see some sunshine, just one or two showers creeping across the isles of scilly. highest temperatures in the west up to around 2a or 25 degrees. tonight, we will see some showersjust creeping towards the south—west of england. and here, an increasingly

warm and humid feel, a sign of things to come. the overnight low in plymouth, around 13 degrees, still quite a lot cooler further north and east with some of this low cloud rolling into eastern and central parts of scotland and england, then tending to retreat towards the coast tomorrow to give some spells of sunshine. but, there is still the chance of one or two showers down towards the south—west, maybe in northern ireland later as well. and temperatures will be climbing. we could see highs of 22, 23 degrees in northwest scotland, but 22 to 27 for wales and for central and southern parts of england. into the weekend, this area of low pressure churning to the southwest of us will throw this weather front northwards and that will bring some hit and miss thunderstorms. there will be places that stay completely dry. there will be others that get a real deluge with hail and gusty winds likely to develop. and just ahead of that band of showers and thunderstorms, an increasingly warm and humid feel. temperatures could get to 29, possibly 30 degrees.

and saturday night will be a very warm and humid one indeed. into sunday, those showers and thunderstorms perhaps becoming a little more widespread, spreading north and east, but there will still be places that avoid them and stay dry with patchy cloud and spells of sunshine. still pretty warm for many of us, maybe just a little bit cooler out towards the west.