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our team at bbc verify have very tad had - bbc verify have very tad had affected you see on screen.on fire brigade said that firefighters were mobilised to assist police and the london ambulance service colleagues at that incident near hainault underground station. crews supported london ambulance service crews in the provision of immediate emergency care. they were called at 745 this morning. they said the incident was over by 924. they had many cruise from the surrounding fire stations attending. they helped the london ambulance service in the provision of that emergency care at the scene because the police have confirmed that a number of people have been injured. we don�*t know how many people other than the police say the suspect went on to attack members of the public and two police officers, so we do know that at least two police officers are amongst those who have been injured. the police in the later statement said that they were awaiting detail on the condition of those who had been injured. the 36—year—old man arrested at the scene, is in custody. we will show these pictur

within bbc verify.this one of the alleged attacker has now been verified. this is the scene that many members of the public saw just before seven o'clock this morning i did the hours afterwards. the situation has been contained, five people have been taken to hospital, the extent of their injuries is not yet clear but police have declared there a critical incident and they had surrounded the scene, there will be reassurance patrols, london mayor sadiq khan said police will be sure members of the public, patrol the area and obviously a very scary thing for residents to wake up to or open the front door to this morning.- front door to this morning. thank ou, front door to this morning. thank you. courtney- — front door to this morning. thank you. courtney- i— front door to this morning. thank you, courtney. iwanted - front door to this morning. thank you, courtney. i wanted to - front door to this morning. thank you, courtney. i wanted to bring| front door to this morning. thank i you, courtney. i wanted

the latest from bbc verify.ing about the situation in the middle east. translation: of course we are concerned, and i echo— of course we are concerned, and i echo the _ of course we are concerned, and i echo the words by the g7 foreign ministers — echo the words by the g7 foreign ministers and other national leaders who have _ ministers and other national leaders who have called on all parties to de—escalate the tensions. no—one stands _ de—escalate the tensions. no—one stands to— de—escalate the tensions. no—one stands to benefit from it all out war in _ stands to benefit from it all out war in the — stands to benefit from it all out war in the middle east. it is vital that the — war in the middle east. it is vital that the conflict is not spiral out of control, — that the conflict is not spiral out of control, and there therefore we call on _ of control, and there therefore we call on all— of control, and there therefore we call on all parties on all restraint. earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent fr

take this report by merlyn thomas from bbc verify. misinformation has been circulating.ran's state tv repeatedly aired a video of a fire in chile, claiming that it was footage of missiles successfully hitting targets in israel. we found the original version of the clip, which was posted to tik tok in february. and the israel defense forces posted this video compilation on ex of iran's retaliatory attacks. most of the clips are of the attack, but there's one old clip here right at the end of the video, and that's from nearly ten years ago of a russian grad rocket launcher. as well as those two examples, last weekend saw a plethora of other cases of disinformation being circulated. video of palestinians praying at the al—aqsa mosque last week was claimed as showing them celebrating saturday's iranian strikes, and footage from this video game, arma iii was posted as showing israel's iron dome defence system in action against those strikes. meanwhile, video from iranian sources said to show missiles launching on saturday originated variously from the war in gaza in 2021, tur

bbc verify has been assessing the latest footage. on verified today we have been looking into the russian strike on the ukrainian city of chernihiv and reports of explosions on a russian airbase in annexed crimea. the actor hugh grant settles a long—running lawsuit against the publisher of the sun newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone. hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the foreign secretary lord cameron has been injerusalem as the world waits to see how israel will respond to iran's drone and missile attacks last weekend. lord cameron has had talks with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. from jerusalem, our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched at israel from iran, an unprecedented attack that thrust an unprecedented attack that thrust an old war out of the shadows and into the open. the men and women around this table have decided to retaliate but it is

bbc verify has analysed them and match them together.flashes of the apparent explosion match, the timing matches, which allows bbc verify to determine this is from the same event. when it comes to the nuclear site nearby, this is an older image, and according to reports there is no damage. that is what we are hearing from iranian officials as well as the international atomic energy agency. they have said there is no damage, but we have contacted the international atomic energy agency to understand how they have been able to determine that. we are still waiting to hear back. i also want to show you this video from the news agency, they are a semi—official news agency closely affiliated to the islamic revolutionary guard. now, if you see here, a man holds up a smartwatch and if you look at the face of the watch you will see that it says friday the 19th as well as the time, he also says that verbally to confirm, or try to confirm, that this is from the day of the attack. now, the caption says that there is no damage to the nuclear site, and

bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas assesses the aims and impact of israel's six—month military campaign.y goals at the beginning of the war and we've been combing through the israeli army's social media and statements to assess to what extent its goals have been achieved and its immense cost on palestinians. israel has repeatedly said it wants to eliminate hamas and kill its leaders. so far, it claims to have killed about 13,000 hamas fighters, but it hasn't explained how they've counted this and hamas doesn't provide figures for its military fatalities. we've gone through all of the names of hamas' leadership the israeli army claimed to have killed. we counted 113 names and 31 are identified by them as commanders. 90 were reportedly killed from october to the end of december, and a further 23 of hamas' leadership were killed between january and april. there are no independent sources for these numbers, so there's no way to verify the actual numbers. it's worth noting that experts we've spoken to say israel hasn't been able to get to the top brass of the hamas leadership. so, for example

i'm, this is verified by bbc, verify, bbc verified. i looked at all this footage and they can suggest that in anonymous sources, it's absolutely genuine. beautiful. who is only just as good as classic. so moving on from the right race in gape, hurry, we're going to keep with sporting team of the. and it seems that sport is politics regardless of the idea that the olympics is meant to be a crucible where great that leads compete, represent their countries regardless of the, you know, with political issues and what's going on in the world for samples. there is, as well as well can vaporize a couple of tens of thousands of kids, wipe out a whole city there at the olympics there at the, you know, website tests where they all seem ridiculous songs, desktops, read your vision. so the israel gets the full ticket, but russia is absolutely more why gone? absolutely, or why? but the russians have had a terrible idea. they've decided to have their own friendship games, friendship games, and what a stupid idea of what am i do? you have games in a

bbc verify looked into these and found that they were being spread by word of mouth and via social mediaeagues�* phone numbers on a dating app. a party spokesman said he�*d voluntarily given up the whip. on monday evening mr wragg stepped down as vice chairman of the 1922 committee of conservative mps. he also told the speaker he is resigning as chairman of another commons committee he sits on. more than 100 years ago the language esperanto was created in an attempt to make international communication easier — the idea that everyone would to speak esperanto, alongside their mother tongue. well it didn�*t really take off because it required learning. but now, thanks to ai, conversing in another language, or as many as you like, is something anyone can do — as james clayton reports. the world is more connected than ever. conversations with anyone, anywhere, are just a click away. there�*sjust one problem — we don�*t all speak the same language. i really, really wish that i could, but unfortunately i can�*t speak any other languages fluently other than english. untranslated what if i could

bbc verify has been analysing footage from the aftermath of the incident. here's merlyn thomas.een trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. so far among the confirmed dead are australian, polish, british and palestinians, along with a dual us—canadian citizen. they were working for food aid charity, world central kitchen. it says they dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a warehouse in deir al—balah, which is here in central gaza. the charity said the workers were travelling in a convoy of three vehicles, two of them armoured. we've been analysing photos of the cars and the aftermath of the attack. now, we've verified the location for all three of them, which are here. now, let me take you through what we can see. this is a photo of one of those armoured vehicles, and you can see a jagged hole its roof as well as the world central kitchen logo. we've geolocated that by matching it up with a low wall, a pylon and two distinctive rooves in the background with satellite imagery to a place on the coastal al—rashid ro

at bbc verify, we'll continue to investigate this incident and bring you updates when we can.ets by the harry potter authorjk rowling as a criminal act. it relates to her posts on the social media site x which came as scotland introduced a new hate crime law on monday. she described several transgender women as men including convicted sexual offenders and signed off her tweet by saying... "i look forward to being arrested if this violates the acts." the new laws in scotland which are overseen by the scottish parliament were also put to prime minister rishi sunak, and while he wouldn't be drawn on whether he supported ms rowling, he did say there was no likelihood of the legislation being adopted elsewhere in the uk. look, we're not going to do anything like that here in england. we should not be criminalising people saying common—sense things about biological sex. clearly, that isn't right. we have a proud tradition of free speech. scotland's first minister humza yousaf has said there is a need to take a zero—tolerance approach to racism. his comments came as what appeared to

so—called disinformation unit, bbc verify the claims were made on none other than the bbc.d claims, a michelin starred chef has scandalously claimed fish and chips are overrated .on . on well, i'm delighted you've come back and your mailbox is so brilliant that i've had to have one explained to me. so neil says, hats off to your rolling headune says, hats off to your rolling headline writer for the strapline won't get fooled again . above the who pandemic treaty headune. . above the who pandemic treaty headline . i don't know, some of headline. i don't know, some of you may be as ignorant as i am, but apparently the who is a provider, purveyor or was of popular music who had a record called won't get fooled again . called won't get fooled again. varne. so very well done to daniel klein, who wrote that and put it across and is so much better informed on these things than i am. and jeffrey says my worry is it will be abused . worry is it will be abused. that's assisting dying. just like in canada. that's assisting dying. just like in canada . well, it's hard like in canada. w

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bbc verify looked into these and found that they were being spread by word of mouth and via social mediaas voted in simon harris, as the country's youngest ever prime minister, or taoiseach. he replaces leo varadkar, who stood down last month. mr harris, the leader of the fine gael party, is just 37, and first entered parliament in 2011. he's says he promising to govern in a spirit of "unity, collaboration and mutual respect". popular former made in chelsea star louise thompson has revealed she has a stoma bag, saying it "saved her life" after years of battling with ulcerative colitis. in an instagram post, she said "isn't it bizarre that this little grey pouch is the price i pay for good health! i say good riddance to that nasty menacing colon! please be kind." she told her followers the announcement was "not glamourous", but that she didn't want to keep it hidden forever. she is among 200,000 people in the uk living with a stoma bag according to colostomy uk — a charity which helps anyone impacted by any kind of stoma or stoma surgery. joining me now is giovanni cinque from that charit

bbc verify has been analysing footage from the aftermath of the incident. here's merlyn thomas. we've been trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. so far among the confirmed dead are australian, polish, british and palestinians, along with a dual us—canadian citizen. they were working for food aid charity, world central kitchen. it says they dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a warehouse in deir al—balah, which is here in central gaza. the charity said the workers were travelling in a convoy of three vehicles, two of them armoured. we've been analysing photos of the cars and the aftermath of the attack. now, we've verified the location for all three of them, which are here. now, let me take you through what we can see. this is a photo of one of those armoured vehicles, and you can see a jagged hole its roof as well as the world central kitchen logo. we've geolocated that by matching it up with a low wall, a pylon and two distinctive rooves in the background with satellite imagery to a place on the coastal al—r

merlyn thomas from bbc verifying. —— bbc verify.at locals weren't warned in time, that emergency services had failed, and that fleeing motorists were directed towards stricken areas, so many burned to death inside their cars. the head of the localfire brigade was among the six officials found guilty of manslaughter and criminal negligence. all had to pay large fines. the french actor gerard depardieu is being questioned at a paris police station after being placed under formal investigation over two allegations of sexual assault. the 75—year—old has been accused of molesting two women on film sets. depardieu has not yet commented on this case but has previously denied other allegations of sexual assault. finally, let's bring you this new image. it's a previously unseen portrait of the prince and princess of wales, released by kensington palace today. it's been released to celebrate the couple's 13th wedding anniversary. they got married in 2011. it shows the newlyweds smiling at buckingham palace after their ceremony. the black—and—

at bbc verify, we've been examining satellite images. so let's take a look.ing of december, israel carried out intensive air strikes on khan younis and the army said its forces advanced on the area. this is a district near the nasser hospital, a once densely populated residential area with bakeries and mosques. and this is what it looks like now. you can see large swathes of buildings now completely flattened. but let's focus in on this stadium right here, because before it was a small patch of greenery among neighborhoods that families lived in. and this is what's left of it now. it's barely recognisable. much of it has been completely churned up and destroyed. and the israeli army have said they've withdrawn their troops, but we've not verified that independently. and as of satellite imagery from the 3rd of april, you can see these armored vehicles that we've highlighted red for you, which indicates a military presence, although some palestinians have started returning to their neighborhoods in southern gaza. the israeli army has stressed that a significant

the bbc has not independently verified the video or when it was taken.man rights chief says he is "horrified" by the destruction of two of gaza's main hospitals amid reports of mass graves being found at the sites. palestinian officials say they have discovered the bodies of almost 300 people at nasser and al—shifa hospitals. the israel defence forces described reports that they buried bodies as "baseless and unfounded". our special correspondent fergal keane reports. a warning, some viewers might find images distressing. bombed into brokenness, khan younis today from above. and down among the ruins, a mother and sister search for a missing son. nabil, aged 23, was killed injanuary. his mother and sister have been searching for nabil�*s body ever since. for two weeks since israeli forces left here, they've come to the nasser hospital. translation: even if he's. a dead body, i want my son. just bring me my son. my heart has been broken for the past three months since i lost him. this is a place where nobody comes in hope of finding the living. only, if th

colleagues at bbc verify have confirmed the existence of graves at the hospitals before israel beganlexes. buried like this because staff couldn't reach cemeteries due to fighting in the area. today, a senior un 0fficial told me there had to be an independent investigation to establish the facts. what we cannot allow in this current situation, where we have seen in gaza numerous grave human rights violations, many of them potentially war crimes, and where we have raised alarm of potential atrocity crimes, that this becomes another blip. the intensity of violations have been massive. it is early afternoon at al nasser hospital, and nabil�*s mother has been directed to this section of the graveyard. nabil might be here. "i swear it's him, it's his jacket. "my son, my son. i found him," she says. "my life, my heart, my son". to rejoice that your dead child has been lifted from an anonymous grave... that is a measure of the agony engulfing gaza. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. this is bbc news. the us secretary of state antony blinken is in china aiming to put relations between the co

our team at the bbc verify hub has been looking at all the images and videos that have come out since 0ur verify reporter merlyn thomas has more. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that overnight, hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed with one child reportedly injured by shrapnel. we verified several videos showing intercepts. this one is filmed from the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can again see missiles or drones heading for targets in israel and air defences intercepting them. this is a still from the video ijust showed you earlier, and we've matched that with this publicly available image, which is on the outskirts ofjerusalem. israel set a handful of ballistic missiles weren't intercepted and hit the air base which is here, and it caused minimal damage, they said. we've synchronised three different videos taken from social media reporting to show iranian missiles hitting that airbase in isra

it includes today bbc verify analysing satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defenceair attack by israel. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. as well as the money for ukraine, israel and allies in the asia—pacific, the house of representatives also passed a bill which could ban the video—sharing platform, tiktok, unless it cuts ties with china. nomia iqbal has more. several bills being proposed and tiktok was part of a fourth bill, sort of a grab bag of of of policies and kind of snuck in. and i think there was a feeling by certainly members of the republican party that if they put that in, then it would get sort of a top down vote from from congress. president biden has indicated that if that does land on his desk, he will sign it. but it's hugely controversial. there are millions and millions of americans who are on tiktok. and i've met many who have been protesting outside the white house, certainly during the time when this bill was being proposed. who has said, look, this isn'tjust some app that we have fun on. my business is on there. my livelihood

colleagues at bbc verify have confirmed the existence of graves at the hospitals before israel began staff couldn't reach cemeteries due to fighting in the area. today, a senior un official told me there had to be an independent investigation to establish the facts. what we cannot allow in this current situation, where we have seen in gaza numerous grave human rights violations, many of them potentially war crimes, and where we have raised alarm of potential atrocity crimes, that this becomes another blip. the intensity of violations have been massive. it is early afternoon at al nasser hospital, and nabil�*s mother has been directed to this section of the graveyard. nabil might be here. "i swear it's him, it's his jacket. "my son, my son. i found him," she says. "my life, my heart, my son". to rejoice that your dead child has been lifted from an anonymous grave... that is a measure of the agony engulfing gaza. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. there were extraordinary scenes in london this morning when a group of military horses threw their riders and bolted through the streets, le

very few images have come out so far showing any damage. 0ur colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify

our team at bbc verify has been examining satellite imagery — showing what could be preparations aheadas signalled its intention to carry out an offensive on rafah. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't specified when this will happen. currently, there are estimated to be at least 1.2 million people living in rafah here on the border with egypt. most of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza because of the israeli offensive. many are in tents with limited essential services. israel says they will evacuate them from rafah but haven't given details about how this will happen. we've been analysing satellite imagery to see where preparations are being made. now we don't know exactly where people are going to be moved to, but about seven kilometres north of rafah is the southern city of khan yunis. and these satellite images show what appear to be olive groves. then just over two weeks later, hundreds of tents have appeared. and another example, this is the border city of rafah, the city that the israeli army have said they'll attack soon. over the past couple of weeks, hu

it includes bbc verify latest analysis of satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defence. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. here, the london mayor sadiq khan has arranged an urgent meeting with the met commissioner on monday to discuss community relations. it comes after criticism of how the metropolitan police treated a jewish man during a pro—palestinian march in london last weekend. an officer told gideon falter he might provoke a reaction from the demonstrators because he was "openly jewish." he's now calling for the commissioner, mark rowley, to resign. here's angus crawford. gideon falter wants to cross the road through a pro—palestine march. but he's told that's not possible. but why? you are quite openlyjewish. this is a pro—palestinian march. i'm not accusing you of of anything. when he challenges police, he's given an ultimatum. that's not acceptable. today, he's calling for the head of the met to resign. after six months of sir mark rowley�*s metropolitan police deciding to curtail the rights of law abiding londoners, including thejewish communit

warn on the bbc news website, including this analysis from merlyn thomas and jake horton from the bbc verifyse israel is to eliminating hamas six months on. you can find that at bbc.com/news or on the bbc news app. to australia next. more than 150 people have been rescued after floods in northern sydney. other residents have been told to be prepared to flee their homes because of the rising floodwaters. the area's main reservoir which supplies most of the city's drinking water, has started to overflow. there's been three days of torrential rainfall across eastern australia. people living in parts of new south wales have been told to stay indoors. it is important to note that flood levels in some of the rivers, particularly in western sydney, i continuing to rise and that presents a real danger to some communities, so it is very important for those who live in communities that are low—lying flood prone areas that you continue to listen to emergency broadcasts from the ses. let's speak to our sydney correspondent phil mercer. how bad is it phil?. across sydney we have bright blue skies today b

it includes today bbc verify analysing satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defence air attack by israel. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. here, the policing minister has said he is "deeply concerned" after a met police officer described an antisemitism campaigner gideon falter as "openlyjewish" and suggested his presence at a pro—palestinian demonstration in london last week might antagonise protesters. the incident has prompted campaigners to call for the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley to step down. the force has apologised twice for the remarks. let's see a video clip of the exchange which has been posted on social media. if i could ask you to stand there, please. thank you very much. i know, i heard you. in that case, sir, when the crowd has gone, i'll happily escort you out. no, sir, i don't want anybody antagonising anybody. yeah, and at the moment, sir, you are quite openlyjewish, this is a pro—palestinian march. i'm not accusing you of anything but i'm worried about the reaction to your presence. our correspondent aruna iyen

it includes bbc verify latest analysis of satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defences air attack by israel. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. a search is under way for missing japanese personnel after helicopters crashed in the pacific. at least one crewman has been and found dead. they were on anti—submarine training 600 kilometres south of tokyo. two people have been killed and six others wounded in a shooting of the us city of memphis. police say that the shooting happened at an permitted party in the park attended by 200 to 300 people. one of the six people wounded is in a critical condition in hospital. the venezuelan president has accused the united states are failing to respect its promise to lift all of what he called the criminal sanctions imposed against his country. it's remarks followed washington's announcement that it had resumed the sanctions earlier this week. thousands have attended a candle—lit vigil in australia, to honour the victims of last week's stabbing at a shopping centre in sydney. joel cauchi killed six people, and wounded 12

our team at the bbc verify hub has been looking at all the images and videos that have come out overnightme ever, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel from iran, yemen and iraq. israel says 99% were intercepted and one child has reportedly been injured by shrapnel. we have verified two videos — this first one is filmed near a mosque injerusalem and in this next video, you can see missiles or drones heading for israel and air defences intercepting them. this is a still from that video i showed just now, and we have matched this still with publicly available images online and we found out that this was filmed on the outskirts ofjerusalem. we know where this video was filmed and we are confident that these intercepts weren't overjerusalem, they appear to be to the south, possibly over the west bank. israel has said that a handful of ballistic missiles weren't intercepted and they hit an air base, here, and caused minimal damage. this is a satellite ima

our colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more.l launched strikes on iran according to us officials, following unprecedented attacks on israel a week ago during which it wants more than 300 drones and missiles. so why did iran attack israel? i was in retaliation for israel's targeting of the consulate in syria on the first of april in which iran says seven of its military officers were killed. as a long—running shadow war between these bitter rivals which is out in the open. we analyse footage from the letters attack sent to our colleagues which shows the succession of flashes in the sky said to be above isfahan. we think it is to be consider flashes match up perfectly. indicating they show the same event. isfahan, the location of the attack is significant because several of the nuclear facilities are based there. iran said nothing to see here, the official state news shows this footage in an attempt to confirm the scene after the explosions. he describes everything is safe and sound. international atomic agencies as there is no da

olga robinson from bbc verify has been assessing the latest footage.ssian missile hit the city of chernihiv today. you can see people here looking at smoke in the distance and then there is a explosion. we have checked this and this video is new. we also know it was filmed in chernihiv because details like this bus over here and the building in the distance to match the area. so far ukrainian officials have said that 1a people were killed and more than 60 were wounded. as you can see from this picture that was posted by president zelensky, several floors of a building that was directly hit were badly damaged. just to remind you that chernihiv is quite close to the russian border, only 100 kilometres away, about 60 miles. at the start of the full—scale invasion of ukraine in 2022, the city was under siege for more than one month. the attack on chernihiv happened just hours after a report of a ukrainian attack on a russian airfield here in the annexed crimea. here is a recent satellite imagery from the airfield and you can see helicopters that are statio

let's get more from bbc verify — they've been looking at more of the images and videos from overnight time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. overnight, hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. israel say 99% were intercepted and one child was injured with shrapnel. we verified various videos and this one is filmed from near a mosque in jerusalem. in this next video, missiles or drones are heading to targets in israel and aired defence is our intercepting them. this is a still from a video i showed you and we have matched that with a publicly available image from the outskirts ofjerusalem. israel has said some ofjerusalem. israel has said some of the ballistic missiles were not intercepted and hidden airbase here and it caused minimal damage. —— it hit and airbase. this is a satellite image of the airbase from last year and we have several videos of the airbase being hit utmost footage was taken in the dark and we're working on verifying these. israel this footage of fighterjet returning to an airbase to emphasise it continues t

our team at the bbc verify hub has been looking at all the images and videos that have come out overnightt direct attacks against israel. overnight, hundreds of drones and cruise missiles and ballistics are launched against israel and many were intercepted and destroyed but one was reportedly injured by shrapnel. several videos showcase near the mosque injerusalem and his next video you can see missiles of drones hitting targets in israel air defences intercepting them. this is a still from that video ijust showed you and we have much that with this available image on the outskirts ofjerusalem. a handful of missiles were not intercepted and hit the air base which was here and it caused minimum damage. many videos from social media showcase iranian missiles hitting that air base but we have not verified these videos but they are clearly show the same event. and showing of fighter jet returning to the airbase in emphasising it continues to be fully operational we have not yet been able to verify whether this was filmed today. we do not know which of the ballistic missiles have the airbase b

bbc verify has found evidence the iranian authorities have given notice to pilots to avoid the tehranes could be taking place — between the 10th and the 12th of april. it's 5 also possible an attack on israel could come via iran's proxy — hezbollah — which has forces in lebanon. president biden has pledged "iron—clad" support for israel over iran — even as he criticises its policy in gaza. in the past couple of hours, uk prime minister rishi sunak has commented on iran's threats. here's what he's said... the threats from iran are unacceptable and we, like the americans, fully support israel's right to defend itself against that. we've already highlighted iran as a significant risk to regional security, and we've always said that we'll support israel's ability to defend itself. and we've taken action ourselves to make sure that we can protect the uk against threats that emanate from iran. top us commander has arrived in israel to meet senior officials according to reports. today, israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu has repeated that the country will respond if attacked. from jeru

not the first time false claims have caused issues in mozambique, this is a bbc verify article publishedoutbreak, spread by word—of—mouth and via social media. let me bring you some dramatic pictures from kenya where a bus full of passengers were stranded for many hours after the vehicle plunged into a swollen river over night, rescuers managed to get a rope across the river bank on which many passengers were held, to pull themselves a cross, others were rescued in the end by a lifeboat. 51 people on board including some children were safely rescued. in case you missed it yesterday, let me just finish this half hour with some stunning images of the total solar eclipse we saw yesterday running on the bbc news website, these put together by a visualjournalism team, taken from everywhere, from mexico to the us. as we have been hearing the total solar eclipse happens about every 18 months but they are often in unpopulated or remote areas but this one passed over several big cities across three countries and you can see the full photomontage currently on the bbc news website. some absolutely

merlyn thomas from bbc verified has more.n offensive on rafah. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu hasn't specified when this will happen. currently, there are estimated to be at least 1.2 million people living in rafah here on the border with egypt. most of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza because of the israeli offensive. many are in tents with limited essential services. israel says they will evacuate them from rafah but haven't given details about how this will happen. we've been analysing satellite imagery to see where preparations are being made. now, we don't know exactly where people are going to be moved to, but about seven kilometres north of rafah is the southern city of khan younis. and these satellite images show what appear to be olive groves. then, just over two weeks later, hundreds of tents have appeared. and another example, this is the border city of rafah, the city that the israeli army have said they'll attack soon. over the past couple of weeks, hundreds of tents have been put up here

it includes bbc verify latest analysis of satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defenceck by israel. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. let's go back now to the funding for ukraine. let's speak to the bbc�*s james waterhouse — who's in kyiv. it's good to have you. can you tell us more about russia's reaction to this aid finally coming through? well, dmitry pask of who is vladimir putin's official spokesman said that the passing of this bill will cost more lives, more ukrainian lives that his claim and that it would damage america's image in the world. it's a reaction that you would expect when the west were united behind ukraine fully once more after a very costly six months for ukraine. i think, a very costly six months for ukraine. ithink, on a very costly six months for ukraine. i think, on a a very costly six months for ukraine. ithink, on a ministerial level in kyiv they are keen to talk up level in kyiv they are keen to talk up this aid package finally arriving. i think they called it a bad day for vladimir putin. maybe he will be privately frustrated

merlyn thomas, from bbc verified, has been taking a closer look at the logistics.is now almost inevitable in gaza. after more than six months of war, the us has announced a plan to deliver aid to palestinians via an offshore pier that is now under construction. the drop—off point is likely to be here just south of gaza city via a jetty built by the us charity world central kitchen, specifically for the purpose of bringing aid ashore. that's because washington has said that no us troops will be stationed on the ground in gaza during the process. this is satellite imagery and you can see that thatjetty was built in march and it's been in use since then for small aid deliveries. and us ships like these will be involved in the building of the floating pier. they set off from america a few weeks ago, and on the marine traffic app, we can see the location of two such vessels, the general frank besson, which is in the mediterranean, and the roy p benavidez, which appeared off the coast of gaza yesterday. now the us has used this kind of project previously for disaster rel

bbc verify has found evidence the iranian authorities have given notice to pilots to avoid the tehran— as rocket launches could be taking place between the 10th and 12th of april. it's s also possible an attack on israel could come via iran's proxy — hezbollah — which has forces in lebanon. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned his country is ready for what he calls �*scenarios other than gaza'. president biden has pledged "iron—clad" support for israel over iran. so far iran has played no direct role in the conflict but the country does have a network of allies across the region called the �*axis of resistance�*, which it says is united in its opposition to israel and the us. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has commented on iran�*s threats. here�*s what he�*s said. the threats from iran are unacceptable and we, like the americans, fully support israel�*s right to defend itself against that. we�*ve already highlighted iran as a significant risk to regional security, and we�*ve always said that we�*ll support israel�*s ability to defend itself. and we�*ve taken act

our team at the bbc verify hub has been looking at all the images and videos that have come out overnighto videos showing intercepts. this first one was filmed from near a mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can see again missiles or drones heading for target in israel and being intercepted. this is a still from the video ijust showed you and be match this stair were publicly available images online and this was done from the outskirts of jerusalem. we are confident that the intercepts weren't overjerusalem itself. they appear to be possibly over the west bank. israel has said that a handful of ballistic missiles wind intercepted and they hit an air base, which is here and cause minimal damage. this is a satellite image of their base from august last year. we have several videos purporting to be of the base being hit but most of the footage is taken in the dark and we are still working on verifying these. israel released this footage, showing a fighting jet returning to the airbase to emphasise that it continues to be fully operational but we haven't been able to verify whether th

bbc verify has found evidence the iranian authorities have given notice to pilots to avoid the tehrant's also possible an attack on israel could come via iran's proxy hezbollah which has forces in lebanon. president biden has pledged "ironclad" support for israel over iran even as he criticises policy in gaza. firas maksad is a senior fellow at the middle east institute, a non—partisan think—tank. thank you very much for coming on the programme. my thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme._ how| thank you very much for coming on i the programme._ how do the programme. my pleasure. how do ou assess the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the — the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat _ the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat of _ the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat of an _ the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat of an iranian - you assess the threat of an iranian strike on israel?— strike on israel? everybody is . uessinu strike on israel? everybody is g