search teams race — to find a submersible that's gone missing, on a dive to the wreck of the titanic. we hear from a friend of one of those on board. we're live in boston, where efforts are being coordinated, looking for that missing vessel from land, sea and air. hunter biden, the son of the us president, agrees to plead guilty to federal charges. monkey torture exposed — a bbc investigation uncovers a network of people paying for animals to be abused. i would thank you for such support is i would thank you for such support i ., , i would thank you for such support is and my colleague speaks to the ukrainian president _ is and my colleague speaks to the ukrainian president zelensky. - is and my colleague speaks to the i ukrainian president zelensky. more on that later. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories,

and checking out the truth behind them. let's turn to our main story. we start in the north atlantic where a canadian aircraft and a ship with remote—controlled underwater vessels capable of searching deep underwater have joined the race to find the submersible that's gone missing. the sub was on a trip to see the wreck of the titanic. five people are on board. ships and planes are scouring the ocean — around 640 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland in canada — and dropping sonar buoys to detect any underwater activity. the titanic, which sank in 1912, lies nearly 4,000 metres beneath the surface. on sunday, all contact with it was lost with the vessel, about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive. there is only enough oxygen for up to 96 hours. 0ur correspondent carl nasman is live for us now in boston. carl, every time we speak each hour,

the search in terms of hardware is just getting bigger and bigger. it just getting biggerand bigger. it just getting biggerand bigger. it just keeps expanding. we have multiple countries involved in this search effort now. time really is of the essence. many different commercial vessels being brought in as well. this is a search that's being done on land, sea and air. the magellan company, who was contacted, they're now involved. this is a deep—sea mapping company. they were actually at the sight of the titanic wreckage last summer. they specialise in these kind of deep—sea operations. they are on their way right now. we also know a french vesser right now. we also know a french vessel's on its way with a remote control craft. unfortunately, that won't arrive until about tomorrow afternoon local time. every second every minute counts because we do know that that vessel is equipped

with about four days worth of oxygen. it's been about two days since the vessel started his trip down. again, all these efforts being coordinated from right here in boston, the coastguard is making sure that all these operations take place and bring in as many resources as they can from both different countries. , ., as they can from both different countries-_ as they can from both different countries. , ., . countries. tells more about the --eole countries. tells more about the peeple on _ countries. tells more about the people on board. _ countries. tells more about the people on board. we _ countries. tells more about the people on board. we know - countries. tells more about the people on board. we know this| countries. tells more about the i people on board. we know this is countries. tells more about the - people on board. we know this is an this is a vessel _ people on board. we know this is an this is a vessel that _ people on board. we know this is an this is a vessel that can _ people on board. we know this is an this is a vessel that can hold - this is a vessel that can hold five people at a time. three british nationals are believed to be on that vessel, one business man of a8, along with his 19—year—old son. we also know hamish harding, world—renowned explorer and adventurer. he's been to space, he

has guinness world records for being under the ocean for the longest time at depths. a historian also on that ship, so if you're thinking of a crew, these are people use to risk—taking. these are the five people that we do believe to be on board, and the ceo is believed to be as a pilot. i5 to be on board, and the ceo is believed to be as a pilot. is there an other believed to be as a pilot. is there any other information _ believed to be as a pilot. is there any other information steering i believed to be as a pilot. is therel any other information steering the store where they're actually searching? is it totally focused underwater? is it partly on the surface? which is it?— surface? which is it? they're covering _ surface? which is it? they're covering both. _ surface? which is it? they're covering both. they - surface? which is it? they're covering both. they don't - surface? which is it? they're i covering both. they don't know surface? which is it? they're - covering both. they don't know where this vessel is. it very well could have floated to the surface. it could have been entangled in some of

the wreckage or the ghost nets floating through the ocean. that's why these efforts are focusing not only on the air or the surface of water, but also �*neath the ocean, and of course the remote location makes this incredibly difficult as well as the extreme depths. this was a submersible, not a submarine. summer reads generally go a few hundred metres below the ocean. this was a few thousand metres. they're just trying to gather as much as they can to bring it there and they're hoping that they can find this vessel in time.— this vessel in time. carl, thanks very much _ this vessel in time. carl, thanks very much for— this vessel in time. carl, thanks very much for the _ this vessel in time. carl, thanks very much for the update - this vessel in time. carl, thanks very much for the update from i very much for the update from boston. let me give you the latest information that we're getting here at the bbc. the timeline, and that is so important given what we know

about office and supplies in the vessel, we're hearing from the us coast guard officially that they received a report at 5:a5pm in the report we received said the crew had started their dive at eight a:m.. so they were considerable weight into their dive. nine hours, a5 minutes into the dive, according to the timeline given to us by the us coast guard. that's when all contact with the vessel was lost, and as we've been hearing, that was on the sunday and we're now in this race against time about 96 hours of oxygen. anotherfragment of time about 96 hours of oxygen. another fragment of information being weaved into the picture that we're learning. earlier, we had a statement from the company. let me go through some of that statement.

i spoke to terry virts — one of hamish�*s harding's friends. mr virts is a retired international space station commander, and he talked to me about mr harding's excitement ahead of the trip. i'm getting a text it feels like every few _ i'm getting a text it feels like every few seconds. _ i'm getting a text it feels like every few seconds. he - i'm getting a text it feels like | every few seconds. he texted i'm getting a text it feels like - every few seconds. he texted me, and actually our group from around the world flight we did called 0ne actually our group from around the world flight we did called one more order bit. he text me before they 0rder bit. he text me before they went on in the sub. he was very excited to go down and see the titanic. that was sunday morning local time on sunday.—

titanic. that was sunday morning local time on sunday. what sort of detail did he _ local time on sunday. what sort of detail did he say _ local time on sunday. what sort of detail did he say in _ local time on sunday. what sort of detail did he say in his— local time on sunday. what sort of detail did he say in his text? - local time on sunday. what sort of detail did he say in his text? he i detail did he say in his text? he didn't detail did he say in his text? he: didn't have a lot of details. he did say the weather had been bad and it sounded like this was going to be a rare opportunity, i think the only one this season to visit the titanic, so he said the weather clears, they were going right now. just a very brief excitement. 50. clears, they were going right now. just a very brief excitement. so, no reference at — just a very brief excitement. so, no reference at all _ just a very brief excitement. so, no reference at all from _ just a very brief excitement. so, no reference at all from someone - just a very brief excitement. so, no reference at all from someone who| reference at all from someone who made a similar trick? h0. reference at all from someone who made a similar trick?— made a similar trick? no, we know hamish was— made a similar trick? no, we know hamish was a _ made a similar trick? no, we know hamish was a pilot _ made a similar trick? no, we know hamish was a pilot and _ made a similar trick? no, we know hamish was a pilot and there's - made a similar trick? no, we know| hamish was a pilot and there's risk, so there's no reason to talk about it. you talk about the plans they have and there's no need to talk about those things. this have and there's no need to talk about those things.— have and there's no need to talk about those things. as an astronaut, as an exnlorer. _ about those things. as an astronaut, as an explorer, how— about those things. as an astronaut, as an explorer, how do _ about those things. as an astronaut, as an explorer, how do you - about those things. as an astronaut, as an explorer, how do you navigate| as an explorer, how do you navigate when there are dangerous navigations? mr; when there are dangerous navigations?— when there are dangerous naviuations? g , :, : navigations? my personal technique is to use humour _ navigations? my personal technique

is to use humour and _ navigations? my personal technique is to use humour and i _ navigations? my personal technique is to use humour and i think- navigations? my personal technique is to use humour and i think that's i is to use humour and i think that's a kind of gallows humour that we have as pilots. i had a situation where my wing man at last and england —— lost and engine as he was gliding into do his landing. he barely made it. for me humour personally, humour works. barely made it. for me humour personally, humourworks. ithink you can't get too overly excited. that's not the person you want to go in space. hamish is definitely on. i call in the quintessential british explorer. i'm sure he's handling this well. it sounds like there's a good chance that the capsule is still intact. that's what we're hopeful for. still intact. that's what we're hopefulfor. i'm sure he's handling it very calmly. there's definitely hope that the physical structure of the submarine is supposed be very good and we haven't seen or heard

anything otherwise. the key is are they stuck on the bottom and will they stuck on the bottom and will the r 0 v first be able to find them, and second, be able to free them? they were saying 96 hours from sunday morning, so we maybe have two days left. as the race against time. david mearns is a marine scientist, oceanographer and director of �*blue water recoveries' — a deep sea shipwreck recovery com pa ny. he's also a friend of two of the men trapped under the sea. i know two of the people, hamish, who was one of the paying guests on board, they are calling themselves citizen scientists. and also ph nargeolet, who was a professional who had been a guide, basically taking people around the wreckage of the titanic. he had been there many times before. tell me a little bit about hamish — who he is, so, tell me a little bit about hamish — who he is,

i know hamish through a club that we're involved with, the explorer�*s club, and i met him several years ago. he's a very charming guy, and in the course of a dinner, we were sitting together, by the end of it we were planning an expedition together to climb kilimanjaro with our families. it didn't happen because of covid and illness getting in the way, but he's a very charming guy, very adventurous, very professional about the way he goes about things. but he does these extreme adventures, and this was the latest one. he's an adventurer, he likes these sort of challenges? yeah, he's been to the bottom of the marianas trench, so a manned submersible, almost three times the depth of titanic, the deepest part of the planet. he's been up into space. yes, this is something that he lives for. and the other person on the boat, paul henri, how do you know him and what's he like,

what's his background? i know him professionally. he's a frenchman. he's a frenchman, former navy, and we were involved in the search for an aircraft that crashed years ago in the atlantic, so i know ph professionally. and he's very well known in the titanic community, he's probably... only one or two people have had more dives down to the wreck the than he does. so he understands what it looks like on the sea bed, and that provides that service as an expert guide. and that provides that service as an expert guide, people looking around and notjust looking there, but also giving them the history and the context of the shipwreck. so, they're the two people i know, friends. we're in a small community, and when something like this happens, we all try to band together to come up with ideas about how we can help the search and rescue that is ongoing. it must be very stressful for you to know two

yeah, it brings it home personally. that's the difference. this also happens to be my field, search and recovery. but when it's involving people that you know personally, the impact is bigger. so, when i found out initially that hamish was on board, that was very upsetting. and then, when, later in the day, i found out that ph was with him in the sub, which was almost a typical thing to expect, they would've got on fantastically well, these two characters, that really started to make the day a lot worse. talking to the bbc. let me show you the life pictures. st. john's bay, you see in the picture next to me, that's where in the canadian side, they're coordinating the effort. the us side is being done in boston, and

we know in the next a5 minutes or so, we are expecting an update from the us coast guard. i was just reading the timeline in terms of the detail they've been giving to journalists. expect a full briefing and about a5 minutes. it could come and about a5 minutes. it could come a fraction earlier, butjust to let you know, we are expecting to get the first update of the day on the latest of that search and rescue operation. but bbc iverify has also been spending the day monitoring ship traffic websites. we've been monitoring efforts for the titan submersible, which we... it arrived around sunday morning at the wreckage of the titanic. it was launched by this vessel here, the puller prints. communication was lost around an hour and three quarters after the submersible made itsjive —— the polar

quarters after the submersible made its jive —— the polar prince. quarters after the submersible made itsjive —— the polar prince. we know the co us coast forward —— coastguard is coordinating efforts. this is where the wreckage of the titanic is. it's around 600 km, about 370 miles. a huge area. let's look a little bit to see what's going on there. here we have sea searcher. this is a ship trapping website. these are the last known locations. we've got polar prince here. there's only one ship that's close to polar prince at the moment. it's the deep energy, whose owners have been speaking to us and confirmed the vessel is involved in search efforts. typically, this is used to lay undersea pipes. it's also, we believe, got two submersible vehicle �*s onboard capable of travelling up to 3000

metres. another ship is on the way. it should be in the area tomorrow. several aircraft have also been deployed since the start of the operation, including a canadian aurora maritime search plan. the biggest factor is that we believe around two or three days worth of oxygen is left on this submersible, so time is really of the essence and search operations continue. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news in the uk. price rises in supermarkets have slowed to their lowest level since last year, but still remain very high, according to the grocery research firm kantar. in the four weeks to mid—june, the price of groceries rose 16.5% compared to the year before. scotland's target for cutting planet—warming greenhouse gas emissions has been missed after a bounce back following the pandemic. total emissions are now a9.9% lower than in 1990, but the target for this

year was a 51.1% cut. it is the eighth time in 12 years that the scottish government has missed its legally binding target. the former chancellor, george osborne, gave evidence to the official covid—i9 inquiry this morning. he said his austerity measures allowed the government to pay for its contingency plans. public health experts have told the inquiry that the measures introduced by mr osborne weakened the nhs. he disputes this, saying they improved the country's ability to respond to the pandemic. that's the latest from the covid—i9 inquiry today. you're alive would bbc news. let's turn to a developing story. four israelis have been killed and several others wounded in a shooting attack near a settlement in the occupied west bank. these are pictures of the scene of the shooting which happened at a petrol station and hummus restaurant near eli. the israeli military said that the gunmen arrived by vehicle and opened fire.

let's go live live now tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. tell us more. according to israeli media, tell us more. according to israeli media. two _ tell us more. according to israeli media, two men _ tell us more. according to israeli media, two men have _ tell us more. according to israeli media, two men have to - tell us more. according to israeli media, two men have to the - media, two men have to the settlement in the north of the west bank, close to this petrol station, and shot at a security guard there. they drove along this very busy main road towards the petrol station, which also has a home isjoint road towards the petrol station, which also has a home is joint where people eat outside. —— hummus. they opened fire and a civilian we are told shot and killed one of the man. the other escaped. after some time was tracked by israeli security forces and he too was shot and killed. but this is really a very serious incident. it's the most deadly attack by palestinian since

january this year, when a palestinian man killed seven people outside a synagogue and occupied eastjerusalem. already, we've had comments from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, saying this is a criminal and shocking attack. there are calls from some far right ministers for a wider military operation inside the occupied west bank. this comes at a time weather has been months, particularly in the last few days, a lot of violence.— lot of violence. exactly on that last point. _ lot of violence. exactly on that last point. only _ lot of violence. exactly on that last point, only yesterday, - lot of violence. exactly on that last point, only yesterday, we | lot of violence. exactly on that - last point, only yesterday, we have the attacked with six palestinians being killed. what is with this current upsurge? if being killed. what is with this current upsurge?— being killed. what is with this current upsurge? if we look at this immediate attack, _ current upsurge? if we look at this immediate attack, certainly - current upsurge? if we look at this immediate attack, certainly at - current upsurge? if we look at this immediate attack, certainly at the| immediate attack, certainly at the moment, the israeli military is saying that these two young men had links to hamas, who have come out not saying that, but linking it to what happened injenin a day ago,

where six palestinians were killed. including a teenager. there was also another palestinian who was killed south of bethlehem overnight by israeli fire. if you look at what's been happening going back over a year, israel began a large counterterrorism offensive, really focusing on the west bank after a series of deadly attacks against israelis inside israel. particularly these bases in the north of the best bank have seen targets in a lot of israeli raids —— west bank. but we have seen neo— nightly arrest raids by israelis, an increase in settler violence, and also please continuing palestinian attacks, including israel critically the west bank —— police continuing. there have been

something like 120 shooting attacks in which palestinians are implicated. we've also had on the israeli side 27 people who've been killed since the start of the year in the palestinian health ministry says that in the palestinian territories, some 170 palestinians have been killed, including militants as well as civilians. yolande, thanks very much indeed for that update. let's turn to the situation in ukraine. kyiv said there have been more drone attacks in the last 2a hours. the zelensky insists that his troops have not lost any ground to russian forces in the current counteroffensive. the ukrainian president has been speaking to my colleague, whojoins me here in the studio. i know is a very long interview. what were the key things you picked out? matthew,

as ou sa , key things you picked out? matthew, as you say. it — key things you picked out? matthew, as you say. it was — key things you picked out? matthew, as you say, it was a _ key things you picked out? matthew, as you say, it was a wide-ranging - key things you picked out? matthew, as you say, it was a wide-ranging as| as you say, it was a wide—ranging a5 minutes with president zelensky. i was speaking to from kyiv last week. and he remains as defiant as he did and was 16 months ago at the very beginning of the conflict. it doesn't look like or sound like he is resolved or resilience has changed at all in that time. he did express some frustrations. we heard from the nato secretary—general, who said that in the next nato meeting in july, said that in the next nato meeting injuly, it doesn't look likely said that in the next nato meeting in july, it doesn't look likely that "we will create a pathway for ukraine to join nato." "we will create a pathway for ukraine tojoin nato." he "we will create a pathway for ukraine to join nato." he sort of expressed frustration around that. "they know why i wanted and what i want and why finland, why sweden." why did they get to have this relationships without preconditions?

i said it's not a given. he really pushed back and said, "we are defending the free world, the resilience and the resolve of the ukrainian people remains, and we are taking on a nation and its values that are a threat to the wider world." he really had a lot of frustration as well as praising his countrymen. and your message? translation: all of your prime ministers, and you had many— all of your prime ministers, and you had many of— all of your prime ministers, and you had many of them, and we loved all of them, _ had many of them, and we loved all of them, and no matter... nor has the sopport— of them, and no matter... nor has the support from ukraine, because all of— the support from ukraine, because all of them have relied on public opinion, — all of them have relied on public opinion, and i want to thank all of you for— opinion, and i want to thank all of you for this — opinion, and i want to thank all of you for this public opinion. if i could, — you for this public opinion. if i could, i believe on behalf of all of us, i_ could, i believe on behalf of all of us, i would — could, i believe on behalf of all of us, iwould hug could, i believe on behalf of all of us, i would hug you and thank you for such— us, i would hug you and thank you for such support.— for such support. that was his messa . e for such support. that was his message to — for such support. that was his message to here _ for such support. that was his message to here in _ for such support. that was his message to here in the - for such support. that was his message to here in the uk. i for such support. that was his i message to here in the uk. you mentioned throughout the course of the last week, you've been reporting

from kyiv and the regions around, just reflecting what it's like they're on the ground. it's so interesting because president zelensky constantly refers to the resilience of ukrainians. did you get that since up close?- resilience of ukrainians. did you get that since up close? yeah, and i soke to get that since up close? yeah, and i spoke to you — get that since up close? yeah, and i spoke to you from _ get that since up close? yeah, and i spoke to you from the _ get that since up close? yeah, and i spoke to you from the site - get that since up close? yeah, and i spoke to you from the site of- get that since up close? yeah, and i spoke to you from the site of a - spoke to you from the site of a missile strike on friday last week. what was really extraordinary for me was to see how quickly this small community, this small neighbourhood, small village on the out outskirts of kyiv that have been impacted were cleaning up. the neighbours were getting in there, the internet provide arrived when i was on the air. this is a nation that talks about being use to the air raid sirens. apparently it went off two or three hours overnight in the capital because they were experiencing those air strikes across the country. but this is a country that continues to pick itself up despite these ongoing

attacks, despite the crisis, despite the emergencies bc. we saw that with the emergencies bc. we saw that with the dam in the south of the country. president zelensky continued to talk about that. whether or not the west want to include us in nato, he said, whether or not they want us as part of their alliance, we will continue to fight for ourfreedom of their alliance, we will continue to fight for our freedom and the freedom of our country.- freedom of our country. really cuickl , freedom of our country. really quickly. what _ freedom of our country. really quickly, what was _ freedom of our country. really quickly, what was his - freedom of our country. really quickly, what was his headline| quickly, what was his headline thoughts of vladimir putin? i asked him about his _ thoughts of vladimir putin? i asked him about his response _ thoughts of vladimir putin? i asked him about his response to - thoughts of vladimir putin? i asked him about his response to the - thoughts of vladimir putin? i asked him about his response to the fact. him about his response to the fact that vladimir putin a few days ago said that president zelensky was a disgrace to thejewish people. it was a real human moment. he sighed and said i don't know how to respond, but i can only come from someone who's has those court of has those tendencies. irate someone who's has those court of has those tendencies.— those tendencies. we will play the full interview _ those tendencies. we will play the full interview tomorrow. _ those tendencies. we will play the full interview tomorrow. thanks i those tendencies. we will play the | full interview tomorrow. thanks so much for giving us a little glimpse. i'm back here injust a moment.

hello, good afternoon. well, there's plenty of dry and indeed sunny weather to come the week for most of us, but it's been rather unsettled so far today. heavy rain in central southern england earlier this morning and some thunderstorms breaking out. lovely weather watcher picture here from north uist in the western isles. there could be some more heavy thundery showers breaking out for many of us as we head through the rest of today. there are localised weather warnings in place, but also some sunny spells, too, and it will still be feeling warm. now, earlier on, we saw this feature just move its way northwards, currently across north eastern areas of england and northeastern scotland currently across northeastern areas of england and northeastern scotland too, where it's likely to linger on for much of the rest of the day, eventually pulling out into the north sea. watch out for some thunderstorms across western scotland and northern ireland. also possibly some heavy, thundery showers across southwest england and south wales forming in lines. but further east, it's largely dry — temperatures here peaking in the mid 20s in celsius. now, overnight tonight, the thunderstorms are likely

to rumble on, i think, across western scotland and northern ireland, but for most, they will fade away where we see them to leave us with a dry night feeling slightly fresher. us with a dry night a little more comfortable for sleeping, but still warm into tomorrow morning with some areas of mist, especially in the south. so, on wednesday, then, there'll still be some showers forming in lines, perhaps for southwest england and for wales. and across much of scotland, we could see some more thunderstorms break out, frequent lightning across eastern scotland, maybe some thunderstorms across northern ireland, too. temperatures coming up slightly — towards the east, it should stay largely dry, and it will still feel warm here, 23—25 celsius. and then high pressure starts to build in from the southwest as we head through the middle of the week, quite firmly established by the time we get to the weekend. but on thursday, there'll still be a few showers around. the area's more stable so the showers shouldn't be as heavy as they've been in recent days, and there'll be some sunny spells, too. temperatures for most will peak in the low 20s in celsius, starting to rise, but maybe 26—27

celsius in southeast england and east anglia. that high pressure becomes quite firmly established across the south of the uk as we head through the weekend. temperatures will be rising, the humidity levels, too. weather fronts pushing into the north and the west.

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