open source researchers at bbc verify — fake? open source researchers at bbc verify quickly _ fake?al. the centres around the pentagon, the cars driving around, if you zoom in, they looked like boxes on wheels. they didn't look real. some of the landmarks didn't correspond to reality. you can check on a map. you don't need to be an open source expert to realise this was classic fake news. there were no people in the photographs. odd on a monday morning. and no other news organisations or eyewitnesses were reporting on it. there were reporting on it. there were no stories for the details, written stories or eyewitnesses and whatnot. these are classic signs it was a hoax or a fake. are classic signs it was a hoax or a fake-— or a fake. do we know who created — or a fake. do we know who created these _ or a fake. do we know who created these images - or a fake. do we know who created these images and l or a fake. do we know who - created these images and why? we haven't pinpointed the exact origin yet. but i found an even earlier copy on a facebook account devoted to qanon. it is popul

the team at bbc verify has been taking a look at some of the footage that's been circulating followingthey've verified the following cctv video which appears to show a police van following two people on a bike or moped apparently minutes before the crash which killed two teenage boys. live now to our correspondent in the newsroom, nick. we are expecting a news conference had to get more detail from police but bring us up to speed what we know so far. we but bring us up to speed what we know so far-— know so far. we are hoping to get more details _ know so far. we are hoping to get more details from _ know so far. we are hoping to get more details from south - know so far. we are hoping to get more details from south wales i know so far. we are hoping to get - more details from south wales police in the next few minutes but let's go through what we know so far. two teenage boys died in a crash in the ely area just west of cardiff about 6pm yesterday evening. they have both been named as kyrees sullivan who was 16 and harvey evans who was 15. a bit after that at 8pm a large group congreg

that was ross atkins from the bbc �*s verify service. roughout the day to day, and indeed going into the future. but now, let's cross now do the british army veteran justin crump. bakhmut, why does it matter? imean, i mean, it's a great question. it was really regard a few months ago as little more than a speed bump for the russians on their way to the city is further to the west, their real objectives. it has taken on a significance, reallyjust because of the political nature of the struggle for the city which has gone on for so long. it is assumed estate is out of all relative merits compared to its position on the ground, its tactical significance, so it is not a great step forward militarily, but obviously politically and in terms of morale it has had similar sum for the russians in particular.— the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small, the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small. but _ the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small, but the _ the russians in particular. bakhmut is a small, but the russian - the russians in p

you can find out more about the bbc verify service, what it's going to do and how, on the bbc news websitety prime minister dominic raab says he will stand down as an mp at the next general election. the formerjustice secretary has confirmed he will not you seek re—election. he resigned as deputy prime minister last month following an investigation into claims of alleged bullying. well, our political correspondentjonathan blake told me that this doesn't come as a huge surprise. it was a familiar sight seat for the conservative spat at the last election, his majority was key with than 3000 bouts and it is high and it is harnessed of targets for the liberal democrats looking to unseat conservatives. let's take a look at some other stories for you. police in guyana have said that a fire in a school dormitory that killed 19 children may have been started "maliciously". the blaze tore through the building in the central town of mahdi as more than 50 students slept. some of the survivors have been flown to an emergency centre in georgetown. guyana's president has described the disaster as painfu

bbc verify has measured it at around 15 miles. also note these piles of wood.nches that they are building. i'd also highlight this. a fortification of this nature could be used by a tank or an armoured vehicle should it want to face the sea. now, we should add that we don't know if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea. what we can be more certain of, though, is the resources that russia has committed to fortifying all along the front line. and now it waits to see if ukraine attacks. another ceasefire has come into effect this evening in sudan, but within minutes there were reports of clashes in the capital khartoum. it's the latest negotiated truce following five weeks of conflict between the sudanese army and its rival paramilitary forces. more than 700 people have been killed in the violence and around one million have fled their homes. some of those have gone to neighbouring south sudan, but it's one of the world's poorest countries and is struggling to deal with the new arrivals. from paloich in south sudan, ourafrica correspondent catheri

those images have been analysed by bbc verify.formation. our analysis editor ros atkins has more. ukraine's expected to launch a counteroffensive soon and here at bbc verify we've been looking at how russia is bolstering its defences. here's the front line with territory controlled by russia marked in red. we've highlighted bakhmut, the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting in the war. and we know that around bakhmut both sides have been using trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. we also know that trenches are a crucial part of russia's effort to fortify the entire front line. that process has been documented by the open source analyst brady africk. all these black dots here mark new russian fortifications. let's focus on a couple of locations. first of all, tokmak. it's a small city, but it's strategically important. you can see it at the bottom of this satellite image. further north would be where the ukrainian positions are. and look what the russians have done. they've built one new defensive line, a second one behin

shayan sardarizadeh “oining us from the bbc verified _ claims.ified team. - claims. shayan sardarizadeh joining i us from the bbc verified team. thank you. in the us, president biden and the republican house speaker kevin mccarthy have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit, ending weeks of wrangling. democrats and republicans have untiljune the fifth to approve the deal and prevent the us government running out of money. president biden described the agreement as a "compromise", while speaker mccarthy said it "was worthy of the american people". in an interview with fox news sunday, mr mccarthy also said he expects the agreement to attract support from a majority of house republicans. let's hear what he had to say: 95% of all those at the conference were very excited but think about this. we finally were able to cut spending. we are the first congress to vote for cutting spending year after year. we are able to do this after the president said he was not even going to talk to us. this is really a step in the right direc

been analysing how russia is bolstering its defences in ukraine as bbc news launches a new team — bbc verifyd one of britain's most successful cyclists, mark cavendish, announces he's to retire. 0n bbc london: warnings over mobile phone fraud — how criminals are getting smarter at targeting victims in the capital to gain access to banking apps. good evening. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are to carry out searches in a reservoir in portugal, according to local media reports. a large site is believed to have been sealed off, around 30 miles from where the toddler went missing in 2007. the search is expected to begin tomorrow. it's not the first time the reservoir has been searched. three—year—old madeleine was on holiday with her family in praia da luz in the algarve when she went missing and there has been a uk police investigation into her disappearance ever since. ellie price reports on the latest developments. 16 years after madeleine mccann disappeared, a new hunt for answers. local media reported this area was sealed off ahead of the search, expected to start

we have the details from our new bbc verified te -- team. the program today, the latest updates on the search for madeleine mccann who disappeare in southern portugal in 2007. police are to around a reservoir near where the british three-year-old girl went missing. a look at the political headaches, on -- and sunak's return from the g7. the prime minister met with his ethics advisor of what to do. the home secretary was caught speeding in 2022 and asked for a civil service on originate private speed awareness course. president biden returns to the negotiating table in washington for talks with the republican house speaker kevin mccarthy about raising the debt ceiling. there are 10 days until june the first deadline. if there is no agreement, the u.s. wildefault on its debts. first, lets focus on events in ukraine. russia has claimed the transferor fighter jets will raise -- fray, president biden said washington would support the liberty of the advanced jets to kyiv by allowing western allies to supply them. today, russia's ambassador to the

and you can find out more about the bbc verify service, what it's going to do and how it's going to doome secretary says she regrets speeding last summer, but insists "nothing untoward" happened. suella braverman was repeatedly questioned in the house of commons about allegations that she asked civil servants to arrange a private speed awareness course instead of a group one, potentially in breach of the professional code that ministers are expected to follow. 0pposition parties want an investigation into whether she broke the rules. the prime minister has spoken to his ethics adviser, and to ms braverman herself. 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart has the latest from westminster. any regrets, home secretary? this is a controversy that all started when suella braverman was in the driving seat. she was caught speeding last year, but the political row began when she approached civil servants about a speed awareness course. thank you very much for letting me join you today. on a ministerial visit earlier today, the home secretary insisted she behaved appropriately. last su

this images have been analysed by bbc verify.conflict stories as well let's cross now to our analysis editor ros atkins, who is in the new bbc verify hub now. the images and analysis is fascinating take us through it. thank you very much. welcome to the home of bbc verify and as you say we have been looking at what russia has been doing to bolster its defences. it is expecting as many observers are that ukraine will launch counter offensives and some point. here is the front line of this war. the territory marked in red is controlled by russia at the moment. if highlighted the city because it has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of the whole war. and we know around the area of both sites are using trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. we also know that the trenches are a crucial part of how russia is bolstering its defences all along the front line. that process has been mopped by in opal source analyst and every one of these blackouts is a new russian fortification over the last few months. —— open source estoppel is focuse

bbc verify, take us through it!on bbc news for a number of weeks, ukraine is expected to launch a counter offensive in the war, and we have been assessing how russia has been bolstering its defences. here is the front line, the territory marked in red is controlled by russia. we have highlighted bakhmut, because they city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting in the conflict, and we know that trenches around the city have been used by both sides. this is a ukrainian soldier. now, looking more broadly along the front line, we also know that russia is using trenches as part of its fortification of the front line. this has been mapped by the open source analyst brady africa, and each of these black marks marks a new russian fortification. let's focus on a couple of locations, tokmak is a small but crucial city, you can see it at the bottom of the image, the ukrainian positions are much higher up, and this is what the russians have done. a first line of defence, a second line of defence, and a third line of defence a

our colleagues at bbc verify our study on those videos in an temp two get to the bottom of exactly whatlooking at. we are talking about a target around 300 miles from ukraine. it is within range of some of the munitions ukrainians have. you mentioned it in your introduction, 17 attacks on kyiv this month alone. there is the view that this is a case of ukraine giving moscow a taste of its own medicine. there had been warning last few days that there would be some kind of response if this relentless nightly and in some cases daily attack on the ukrainian capital went on. we are still attempting to get to the bottom of it, but it is likely ukraine did this to give moscow a sense of what kyiv has been going through. ukraine has previously _ kyiv has been going through. ukraine has previously said _ kyiv has been going through. ukraine has previously said it _ kyiv has been going through. ukraine has previously said it would - kyiv has been going through. ukraine has previously said it would only - has previously said it would only strike targets inside ukrainian sovereign territory. we had

those images have been analysed by bbc verify. forensic and investigative skills, to fact—check data and help explain complex stories — as well as counter disinformation. our analysis editor ros atkins has more. ukraine's expected to launch a counteroffensive soon and here at bbc verify we've been looking at how russia is bolstering its defences. here's the front line with territory controlled by russia marked in red. we've also highlighted bakhmut, the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of the war. and we know that around the city both sides have been using trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. we also know that trenches are a crucial part of russia's effort to fortify the entire front line. that process has been documented by the open source analyst brady africk. all of these black dots here mark new russian fortifications. let's focus on a couple of locations. first of all, tokmak. it's a small city, but it's strategically important. you can see it at the bottom of this satellite image. further north would be where

let's talk to a member of our bbc verified team looking at what has been going on on social media andense of some of those opposing messages. shayan sardarizade joins me shayan sardarizadejoins me know and what differences have you seen today in compared to two weeks ago. tiara in compared to two weeks ago. two weeks auo in compared to two weeks ago. twr weeks ago throughout the day why the polls were still open we were getting some video and claims online, if you remember, two weeks ago, a day before polling day we had ago, a day before polling day we had a situation where twitter had to block several accounts belonging to opposition accounts, a handful of loan accounts about and tweets that were critical of president to one at the request of the turkish government. elon musk waited into it and commented on it and said we had to do it otherwise voters in turkey would not have access to twitter. the turkish government had threatened to block twitter if they didn't do it. at the same time, during the day my two weeks ago, we had a few videos, viral videos where it was being alleged tha

bbc verify estimates that runs for 15 miles along the coast.k for the russians, and then this fortification here could be used by a tank or armoured vehicle that is facing out to sea, though we should emphasise that it is far from clear if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea. what is certain though is the scale of the fortification the russians have carried along the front line. now it waits to see if ukraine attacks. earlier, i spoke tojustin crump, a former british army tank commander and the ceo of sibylline, an intelligence consultancy. i started by asking him why the battle for bakhmut has been so important: it was regarded a few months ago is no more than a speed bump for the russians on their way to cities further to the west it was really regarded a few months ago as little more than the speed bump for the russians on their way to slovyansk and kramatorsk, the cities further to the west, their real objectives. and it's taken on a significance reallyjust because of the political nature of the struggle for the city. it'

with the latest, here's our data journalist from bbc verify, daniele palumbo.cow has been under a significant drone attack. probably the first time we have seen so many drones active in operation in a single day. bbc verify has started to gather a lot of footage directly from twitter and telegram channels, both ukrainian and russian sides, to actually understand what is the whole picture. and this is actually a map of moscow, and we were actually able to map the videos that we identified. russian media now talk about 19 and 32 drones in total. the ministry, the russian ministry of defence talk only about eight. however, most of these drones have been neutralised by russian missile defense. the three actually that have been on target are these three and most of them were on the suburbs of the capital city and especially one outside moscow, more like in the region of the capital. however, there has been a lot of speculation also about the drone use itself. and let's have a look at this footage we were able to verify. there has been a lot of speculation around the

of a 60 and investigative journalists to the task will be to show how they verify that the news being reported is true. the bbc says transparency will be accomplished by sharing the fall instead of the oral tools and techniques they are using to investigate source and verify information with the viewers as well in the past 5 years. but it's media has seen a sharp decline audience trust. last year it barely 50 percent of us had confidence in the information ad on the bbc, according to our survey by royces. meanwhile, americans trust in print and tv news as plummet due to an old time low. as, according to the latest annual gallup, so if i was only 11 percent due of your saying they have quite, quite a lot of confidence in television news. we brought this up with the option with tennessee you heard of going on the ground now shooting says that the launch of bbc verify it comes as the british media opposite has well being offering some pretty confusing narratives for the highest number of users of any media the defense from the u. k. government line going every year, every story in the global, south, federal and t

our brand new unit here bbc verify has been investigating. here�*s our analysis editor ros atkins.unch an offensive soon and beeps e—verify has been looking at its defences. here is the front line with rush —controlled territory marked in red. we have highlighted bakhmut because the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of this work and we know that around it both sides have used trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. trenches are a part of how russia is fortifying the front line. as a process that has been mapped by the open source analysts. everyone of these black marks is a new russian fortification. and we will focus on a couple of locations. all this city a couple of locations. all this city a small but strategic one. here it is on the south of the satellite image. with ukraine�*s positions further north. look with the russians have done. they put in a first offensive line, a second and then a third defensive line around then a third defensive line around the city itself. also in ukrainian media there are reports that rush is removing civilians from the city in order t

vitaliy — what have bbc verify been able to confirm about what happened 7 we have seen a lot of contentea. the easiest videos to verify are from a border post on the border between russia and ukraine. these videos such as this one appear to show military vehicles such as the tank entering the russian border post. these videos came from where? 0nline and social media. here we see what appears to be an american donated vehicle and this is what looks like insurgents wearing yellow tape of the type worn by ukraine military and this was published by the russian defence ministry apparently showing them targeting their own border post. he was the aftermath,. so the russians are targeting their own border post because they say these vehicles are from the states? 0nce used by the so—called insurgents which have entered russia. so what do we not know? we do not know how many people have been involved, how many so—called insurgents. we do not know how many of them survived and where they are, how linked they are to ukrainian military. because the kind of equipment they have been using it is true t

as russian mercenaries from the wagner group say they are pulling out of bakhmut, bbc verify reveals the extent of the destruction cause by months of fighting. could there be movement in the us debt talks? the new york times reports the white house and republicans are closing in on a deal. and the uk sees record migration numbers, after a decade of promises to bring them down. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start in ukraine, where officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our bbc verify team has been looking at images that show the extent of the destruction ther

bbc verify — a new bbc service that brings together 60 journalists with a range of forensic and investigative light and how the bbc managed to establish exactly what it shows, where and when. here�*s jake horton. this cctv video sent to bbc verify shows a police van following two people on an electric bike. we verified it as being taken outside a house on frank road in ely, less than a mile from where the reported crash happened. the timestamp on the video says 17:59, just minutes before the police confirmed the crash as happening. in another still of the video we�*ve taken here and blurred out, you can see two people lying on the ground as they are given cpr. it�*s not immediately clear what happened just before the crash, but what is clear is rumours quickly began to spread online. in one facebook post here, you can see someone posting, saying, "two boys were killed tonight on their scooters after being chased by police. the boys got knocked over by a bus." the police said they arrived on the scene after the crash happened but this didn�*t stop violent scenes on the streets of ely last nigh

somebody loves bbc, verifies they live in their chambers. what doesn't you go straight to the envoys representing most of humanity, just don't degree. we have truth when it comes to war in peace. and given the demographics, obviously young people domains in the global south, the, in those countries in with us in europe. i would say the, the, to the concrete, i think you will so that you are a pool in the past few days. that is and has to be living in the same united states . the most popular cables was that he railed against biden's. obsession with the sea was fired. so clearly that rattled by it, they had to find major of the price, some executives and people in the military industrial complex just as they lost it on syria, just available on the be just as in last week, countries other indeed, i feel, i know you want to get away from the place of guy on the ground for the show. but let me ask you one more question and when do we have to be able to verify it? is that the so the way, let's say this out here on tv. my produce isn't a kill me,

and the bbc launches �*verify�*, a brand new service from bbc news, which will show audiences how investigativemation. the team will focus on a range of stories and share the evidence of their work across tv, radio and online. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. after a warm and pleasant weekend for many of us that fine weather is going to continue all week. temperatures yesterday in north—west wales got up to 23.3 celsius, the warmest day of the year so far and through the week ahead it will stay largely dry, may be sunshine and varying amounts of class on each day come in different parts of the uk, there will be a bit of cloud but it's all because we have this area of high pressure which isjust it's all because we have this area of high pressure which is just down to the south—west. it will drift its way if anything further north and east words becoming more centred across the uk by the end of the week, with an area of high pressure blocks all the rain bearing weather fronts coming to our shores and it will stay dry. i say mostly dry because there will be one or two showers th

that was part of our new bbc verify launch from barbara and her team.cekeepers there injured. nato itself has of course responded forcefully, branding the incident "totally unacceptable". police and nato troops clashed with serb protesters in the north of the country, where there's been unrest over the installation of ethnic albanian mayors. it follows elections in majority serb areas in which serbian candidates and voters refused to participate. we want to turn our attention now to latin america, and venezuela's president has visited brazil for the first time since he was banned from the country by the former right—wing presidentjair bolsonaro in 2019. nicolas maduro met left—wing president lula da silva in brasilia ahead of a summit of latin american leaders on tuesday. the meeting is not without controversy, as many question the legitimacy of mr maduro's government and he is referred to by his critics as dictator. staying in latin america, el salvador�*s former president has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his relationship with criminal gang

bbc verify has seen footage showing it is now used by the russian mercenary group wagner.itary group's founder at the winery on the 23rd of february. several months later, he is there again. using visible terrain and structures, we managed to match the video to the winery's entrance. this is exactly where he stood. as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it's a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia's brutal bombardments in other countries. from grozny in chechnya in 2000 at the start of putin's rule, to moscow's intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble, to cities in ukraine. russia may claim bakhmut is theirs, but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. police injapan have detained a suspect in a gun and knife attack that left four people dead. witnesses said the attacker stabbed a woman and then shot at police. let's get the latest from our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil. bring us up to date. this olice bring us up to date. this police operation - bring us up

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as russian mercenaries from the wagner group say they are pulling out of bakhmut, bbc verify revealsby months of fighting. could there be movement in the us debt talks? the new york times reports the white house and republicans are closing in on a deal. and far—right militia leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years in prison for his role in the january 6th attack. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start in ukraine, where officials there have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they'd begun

these are images confirmed by bbc verify to be the refinery in the southern region it inside russia. region's governor says the strike caused a fire but no one was injured. president vladimir putin has promised to improve air defenses around moscow after monday's drone strikes which have been described as the most dangerous attack on russia's capital since the second world war. vladimir putin accused ukraine of provoking moscow into responding in kind. the bbc's diplomatic editor james langdale is in kyiv. >> the attacks are qualitatively different to other attacks in russian territory in the neighborhood of ukraine. those are relatively common. schelling, drone strikes, things like that, that is part of this war and has been happening for some time, so it's not unusual to have a report that a ukrainian drone has landed on an oil refinery pretty close to the ukrainian border. that is different i think to yesterday's instance in moscow. as to what people think about the attacks in moscow, the impression has been sort of quiet satisfaction if you like with somewhat less quiet satisfact

here is another one that bbc verify is examining.ula, annexed by russia in 2014. this image shows us a beach on the west coast of crimea. you can see dragon's teeth running up the shore of the black sea. there is a bunker to the north. this trench here runs to around 15 miles, we estimate, and there are also piles of wood for the russians to reinforce the trenches they are digging. so this is ongoing work. i would also highlight this fortification, which shows us an area where a tank or armoured vehicle could be placed, firing out to sea. but it is far from clear if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea. what is certain, though, is the scale of what russia has built in terms of fortifications through the winter. it now waits to see if ukraine attacks. but as our analysis editor, ros atkins. —— but as our analysis editor, ros atkins- "— but as our analysis editor, ros atkins. -- that was our analysis ednon let's speak to retired colonel brendan kearney. he spent more than 30 years in the us marines and is now a milita

as russian mercenaries from the wagner group say they are pulling out of bakhmut, bbc verify revealstion caused by months of fighting. could there be movement in the us debt talks? the new york times reports the white house and republicans are closing in on a deal. and far—right militia leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years in prison for his role in the january 6th attack. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start in ukraine, where officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army.

and inside russian defences — the new bbc verify service takes a look at moscow's preparation for ane. we start tonight in washington, where talks to avoid a us

and coming up, inside russian defences — the new bbc verify service takes a look at moscow's preparationensive. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thanks forjoining us. we start in washington, where negogtiators working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill

today bbc news has launched bbc verifying, bringing together forensic journalists and experts . story they have looked at is the extensive defenses built by russia as it prepares for ukrainian counterattack. here is our analysis editor. reporter: ukraine is expected to launch an offensive soon and we have been looking at how russia is bolstering defenses. the territory controlled by russia is marked in red. this area has hosted some of the fiercest fighting and both sides are using trenches. they are crucial for how russia has fortified the front line. that process is being mapped. each block. is a -- each black dot is a new russian fortifation. this small city here on the south, ukrainian positions further north and the russians have built a defensive line and th a second behind it and a third around the city. in ukrainian media there are reports russians are removing civilians to further fortify the city. we understand theortification if we look at other satellite images. this one is further back from the front line. artillery positions. then trenches, soldiers, and then concr

bbc news launches bbc verify — our new team looks at how russia is fortifying its defences.ad of an expected ukrainian counter—offensive. the spanish football giants real madrid launched a hate crime complaint after their striker viniciusjunior was racially abused vinicius junior was racially abused by viniciusjunior was racially abused by opposition fans. welcome back to bbc news. i am... here in the uk — the home secretary says she's confident nothing untoward happened in relation to a speeding fine she received last year. suella braverman asked the civil service for advice about arranging a private speed awareness course. suella braverman was asked about the issue — whilst on a trip to a children's charity in london. did you ask civil servants to arrange a one—on—one drivers course for speeding? arrange a one—on—one drivers course forspeeding? it's arrange a one—on—one drivers course for speeding? it's a yes or no question. i for speeding? it's a yes or no question-— for speeding? it's a yes or no question. i am focused on the priorities _ question. i am focused on the pr

. >> part of our new bbc verify launch with barbara and her team.o, the tax from demonstrators have left nato peacekeepers injured. they have branded the incident totally unacceptable. police said nato troops latched with protesters in the north of the country where there has been unrest the installation of the ethnic albanian mayors in majority serbian areas where voters refused to participate. we want to turn our attention to latin america. the president of venezuela visiting brazil for the first time since he was banned from the country by the former right wing president in 2019. nicholas maduro met the left-wing president in brasilia ahead of a summit of latin american leaders on tuesday. the meeting is not without controversy as many questioned the legitimacy of his government and he is referred to by his critics as a dictator. staying in latin america, the former president of el salvador has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his relationship with criminal gangs. sentenced in absentia for negotiating with gangs, he currently lives in nic

the bbc verifies new video.her vehicles involved in the incident. two big political stories in the uk — we have the latest on the controversies involving the home secretary and boris johnson. florida's governor, ron desantis, is about to announce his bid to be the republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election. a paralysed man is able

bbc verify team joins us live here at five o'clock. we will have the latest in that.may not, technically speaking, bring us a heatwave. however, it is going to feel warm where you get to see some sunshine and it is going to be largely dry. but it certainly hasn't been wall to wall sunshine everywhere so far today. this was suffolk earlier on with quite a lot of cloud in the sky, that cloud across some central and eastern parts of england has been producing the odd spot of drizzle. there should be a bit more brightness here towards the end of the day. we've also got this stripe of cloud pushing southwards across southern scotland, northern england, that could generate the odd shower. the highest temperatures across parts of the west midlands, south east wales and south west england up to 22 or 23 degrees. tonight, it will be predominantly dry with clear spells and variable amounts of cloud, perhaps more generally cloudy weather rolling into northern ireland and western scotland later in the night. a little bit chilly for some of us. one or two places down to around fou

and coming up — inside russian defences — the new bbc verify service takes a look at moscow's preparation

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that is the latest footage which has been verified by us —— told the bbc that a chase did not take placelensky has visited troops on the frontline in the country's eastern region of donetsk, where russian forces are concentrating their efforts to recapture territory. the president met with senior officials responsible for forces in the area, and handed out awards to soldiers stationed in the battle—scarred region. mr zelensky also used the visit to commemorate the �*day of the ukrainian marines�*, announcing the formation of a new marine corps. britain's royal air force has taken over from germany in the lead role of policing the skies over nato's eastern flank in estonia. tensions have increased there since russia's full scale invasion of ukraine last year. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, has been given exclusive access to nato's forward airbase at aamari in estonia. in the skies above estonia, the raf is helping patrol nato's eastern flank on the lookout for any russian incursions. since the full scale invasion of ukraine, nato's has been increasing its vigilance here in the

shayan sardarizadeh from our bbc verify team has been looking at the claims and counter—claims on socialout today was, two weeks ago during the first round, as the polls appeared and people were voting, we were seeing lots of claims in videos going viral, particularly from the opposition side claiming that there were acts of fraud or untoward incidents happening at polling stations, showing videos and putting them online. today, most of the day was fine until the last couple of hours until we saw a video president erdogan at the polling station where he cast his ballot, and you can see him flanked by supporters and someone is filming in and he has a wad of cash and he is handing out money to his supporters, which raised our brows because obviously although he has been doing that on the campaign trail in the last couple of months, doing it on the campaign trail is one thing, on polling day at a polling station, that's obviously a completely different matter. there are a couple of videos that went viral on turkish social media which show ballot papers with pictures of mr erdogan and the ot

. — live now to shayan sardarizadeh from our bbc verify team — that's a specialist team within the bbcthe scences and what's been happening on social media. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. how fair has this election been seen?— the programme. how fair has this election been seen? yes, i mean, the interestin: election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing _ election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing about _ election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing about today - election been seen? yes, i mean, the interesting thing about today was, - interesting thing about today was, two weeks ago during the first round, as the polls appear to people were voting we were seeing lots of claims in physios going viral, particularly from the opposition side claiming that there were acts of fraud or untoward incidents happening at polling stations, showing videos and putting them online. today, most of the day was fine until the last couple of hours until we saw a video president erdogan at the polling station where he cast his ballot, and you can see him f