live from london. this is bbc news. chris kaba, the man who was shot dead at the wheel of his car by a armed police officer, was a member of one of london's most dangerous gangs. world leaders arrive in russia for the brics summit of emerging economies which moscow says highlights the failure of the west to isolate the kremlin. israel intensifies its aerial assault on lebanon — at least 13 people are killed in a strike next to the country's biggest hospital. the us secretary of state arrives in israel as anthony blinken tries once again to revive hopes of a ceasefire. this is beirut and you can see thick smoke dominating the skyline. and, scientists reveal how a huge meteorite that collided with earth three billion years ago helped early life to thrive.

hello, i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we interviews and reaction. start with breaking news. the we start with breaking news. in the past hour the reporting restrictions have been lifted in the case of chris kaba, the unarmed black man who was shot dead by police in london. a rare incident in the uk, this happened two years ago. on monday a police officer was acquitted of murder at the old bailey. now it can be reported that chris kaba was a core member of one of london �*s most dangerous gangs and was accused of being involved in two shootings in less than a week before he was killed by police. we can get more on this now with our correspondent adina campbell, who's at the old bailey. take us through what we have learnt now that these reporting restrictions have been lifted. well, this is a significant

development. early this morning, thejudge who has been overseeing the trial involving martyn blake, who was found not guilty of murdering chris kaba yesterday, much more detail has now been revealed about the criminal past of chris kaba. it's worth saying at the beginning that during the criminal trial that led to the acquittal of martyn blake, the jury acquittal of martyn blake, the jury did not know any of this detail. they only knew that the car that chris kaba was driving on the night he was shot had been linked to a shooting the previous night, and that is why police had been tracking the car. what we can tell you now is that all reporting restrictions have been lifted, and we can say that chris kaba was part of a gang. he was a member of one of the most dangerous gangs in south london. he also had previous convictions dating back to his early teens, including offences for affray, for example. but in

the months leading up to his death, he was also accused of attempted murder, and that was over a shooting at a nightclub in east london. now, the man who was the victim in that attack survived, he was shot in both legs. there were three other men who were convicted of their involvement in that shooting. they are now serving jail sentences. shooting. they are now serving jailsentences. but shooting. they are now serving jail sentences. but chris kaba was alleged to have been the gunmen, and he was named on the charge sheet in relation to that shooting. so, he was alleged to have been involved in that and he was suspected of attempted murder. there has been so much development in the last 2a hours since the not guilty verdict was read out here at the old bailey in terms of martyn blake stop he was found not guilty of murdering chris kaba. there was a vigil here last night involving roughly 200 members of the community. some of chris kaba

�*s family, who felt that they have not seen justice stop they felt failed by the system. a big turnout last night, but they also had a quick response from the commission of the metropolitan police, mark rowley, who defended the actions of martyn blake and his colleagues at night. he did say that he was aware of the concerns within the black community about their relationship when it comes to police accountability and how they are treated. he said that he was aware of that and they were working on that, but he did defend martyn blake and he did defend martyn blake and he did defend martyn blake and he did defend the role of armed police when it comes to law and order in this country. we have got two very different sides coming out since a verdict of not guilty was announced yesterday. but, in terms of what we can now tell you about chris kaba, he was a convicted criminal, he was accused of attempted murder in the months leading up to his death, and he was part of a dangerous gang in south london.—

south london. thank you for brinuain south london. thank you for bringing us _ south london. thank you for bringing us those _ south london. thank you for bringing us those details - south london. thank you for l bringing us those details from outside the old bailey. we will continue to look at the impact of that decision to lift those reporting restrictions. stay with us throughout the day. president putin is welcoming delegations from more than 30 countries as russia hosts the brics summit of emerging economies. these are pictures from a couple of hours ago of china's president xijinping arriving in kazan. and the promise of india is meeting the russian delegation. —— prime minister. the kremlin says the un secretary—general will also attend, though a spokesman for antonio guterres would not confirm this. moscow says the gathering is evidence that western efforts to isolate russia over its invasion of ukraine have failed. but what is the brics group? it stands for brazil, russia, india, china and south africa and is often referred to as a counterweight to the western—led world. it has expanded to include egypt, ethiopia, iran and the united arab emirates. saudi arabia too, has

been invited tojoin. the brics nations as a group account for 45% of the global population. their economic weight is significant, their economies are worth more than 28.5 trillion dollars. this corresponds to 28% of the global economy, which has led its members to claim that brics represents the "global majority". so it is a significant meeting taking place in russia today. with me is is russian editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko. you have been looking at russian media today. how are they covering this?— they covering this? they are overjoyed- _ they covering this? they are overjoyed. the _ they covering this? they are overjoyed. the key - they covering this? they are j overjoyed. the key message coming out of russia today is that western dominated world is dead,it that western dominated world is dead, it is failing. vladimir putin is not isolated, he is the leader of this emerging alliance of other countries,

the phrase that russian media had used for years is that vladimir putin is trying to create a multipolar world, which means to say that we don't really need the west, we don't really need the west, we don't need america, we have got friends of our own, powerful friends. there's a lot of expectation in russia about talks with leaders such as the leaders of china and india, and apart from the messaging, which is very important, there are practicalities involving this summit as well. for example, finding a new currency to replace the dollar. that is a huge problem for russia because the united states has enormous influence over how the dollar is used in international trade, and that is how a lot of the sanctions are working. so russia is trying to convince other brics members to come up with a new currency to replace the dollar. and also, who knows what sort of thing vladimir

putin and the other leaders will be talking about behind closed doors, with the ukraine war in mind, with how iranians weapons are being used in that war? clearly, vladimir putin would want to get more out of allies such as iran, so that is an important meeting, symbolically, in terms of messaging, and practically. it is bad news for ukraine. what has been _ is bad news for ukraine. what has been the _ is bad news for ukraine. what has been the reaction - is bad news for ukraine. what has been the reaction in - has been the reaction in ukraine to this meeting? well, the are ukraine to this meeting? well, they are not — ukraine to this meeting? well, they are not happy, _ ukraine to this meeting? well, they are not happy, obviously. | they are not happy, obviously. ukraine once at the west to do more. it is another example of how the western strategy of" containing russia" and helping ukraine defend itself, how it is not reworking, more than 2.5 years into this war. people in ukraine, and i would imagine western areas as well, they will be aware that this is not

what they wanted to see in 2024. what they wanted to see in 202a. vladimir putin meeting the high and mitre of this world, really rich and powerful nations. so, how is this sanctions policy working? this containment _ sanctions policy working? this containment policy _ sanctions policy working? this containment policy question mark not very well. thank you so much. we should remind you that the war continues in ukraine and let's show you the ukraine city of sumy, where there has been a massive attack on a residential neighbourhood and a child is amongst the dead. 60 russian drones in total were launched overnight. this comes after the russian missile attack on monday in the south—east of ukraine where two people were killed and 15 injured. local authorities confirm civillian infrustructure destroyed, including homes. around the world and across

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welcome back. in the lebanese capital beirut, an israeli airstrike near a hospital is now said to have killed 13 people, including a child. the strike appeared to hit the car park of the rafik hariri university hospital, the country's biggest government—run hospital. lebanon's health ministry says another 57 people were injured. these are live pictures of the capital. the idf says it indends to strike the finances of hezbollah, as the terror group continues to fire rockets into northern israel. the idf says it has identified a bunker concealed under another beirut

hospital that it says holds hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cash and gold. theirspokesman, rearadmiral daniel hagari, said the money was being used to finance hezbollah�*s attacks on israel and provided these reconstructions, saying the bunker is located directly under the hospital in the heart of beirut. no further evidence was provided and the hospital's administration has denied the claims. israel said it was monitoring the compound but would not strike the hospital itself. our chief international correspondent, orla guerin, has been?taken on a tour of al sahel hospital in beirut where israel claims millions of dollars in cash and gold are kept in a hidden in a bunker. well, we are on level minus two in the al sahel hospital. the area just behind me is where medical waste is stored. even that was opened up

for us to have a look at, the morgue was opened up, all of the drawers were opened to show us there was nothing inside. doctors have been opening piles of surgical scrubs, boxes of equipment, very, very keen to show us everything there is to see and to prove that there is nothing here. well, i'm just coming now from the basement on minus two up to minus one. we've been brought around the hospital by doctors. we've also been allowed to move around on our own. doors have been opened for us in every area, cupboards, we've been allowed to see what there is to see. now, the hospital staff are adamant that there is no hidden bunker here containing millions of dollars of cash or gold, as the israelis have claimed. they say this is just

a hospital where patients were being treated last night and where they had to be evacuated from the emergency area at great speed because doctors were worried for the lives of the patients and also worried for the staff. that was our chief international correspondent on a tour of rafik hariri university hospital in beirut. let's speak to our beirut correpsondent, emir nader. when we look at the skyline of beirut, all the focus is on the main hospital of lebanon, rafik hariri university hospital. what is happening there? that is correct, yes. this morning, emergency responders have been picking over the rubble at the rafik hariri university hospital, which as you said, is

the main government hospital here in beirut. eye witnesses have told us that several multistorey buildings in the vicinity of the hospital were levelled in the air strikes last night, and what was significant about the air strikes is, unlike the other air strikes that targeted other neighbourhoods of beirut last night, where there were warnings given in advance to the residents, very short warnings around 15 minutes, but there were warnings given nonetheless for residents to leave for their safety, this air strike in a different neighbourhood there was no warning given in advance. the first tally is coming out of the number of casualties are around 13 killed including a child, and 57 injured. seven of those are critical. another eyewitness at the scene told us that since that tally has been announced, they have seen a number of bodies being picked out of the rubble down there. the building itself, the hospital, it was not hit in the

air strikes. the director of the hospital said that, but there has been damage to this very crucial part of beirut �*s health sector. there was damage to the building with windows blown out, but he did say that none of the people inside the hospital were injured in the air strike itself. the israeli army has said they were not targeting the hospital, but they have not said what