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Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. The us soldier travis king who was being held in north korea is back in us custody. Us Media Reports say he is now in china. Hours earlier, north korea said it would deport private king who ran into the country across the Demilitarized Zone injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us to face military Disciplinary Proceedings when he escaped his escort and entered nort...

Whos Daughter Molly took her own life when her world turned dark online. He is with us this morning. Morning, morning. With me at the desk, journalistjane moore, author and storyteller irvine welsh, and nimco ali, activist and former conservative adviser. Good morning to all of you. Lets have a look at some of the front pages. Almost all the papers today lead with the allegations of rape and sexual abuse made against Russell Brand. Its been painstaking work by The Sunday Times and channel for ov...

three of the dead are british nationals, including james kirby, from bristol who was a7, and whose family today told the bbc that "all seven were heroes." the head of the isreali military says it was a grave mistake due to "misidentification," and an investigation is now under way. well analyse what happened in the air strike and get the latest on the ground in gaza, but first, dan johnson has been speaking to the family ofjames kirby. humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the t...

britain and rwanda have signed a new treaty aimed at getting the uk governments flagship asylum policy operational, following a series of legal challenges. the policy — first announced in april 2022 — would see some asylum seekers sent to rwanda to claim asylum there. but it hit legal setbacks and was blocked in its previous form by the uk supreme court. after signing the agreement during a visit to kigali, the home secretary james cleverly said he believed the new treaty addressed...

i suspect that the ukrainians will be able to hold out and continue to bleed russian forces. moscows campaign to capture avdiivka may be less about battlefield strategy and more about securing a propaganda prize back in russia. russias forces have been on avdiivkas doorstep for almost a decade, since first taking over nearby territory in 2014. since then, ukraines long—standing fortifications have, so far, held back a total russian breakthrough. but a new wave of ground assaults appe...

welcome to the daily global, where well bring you the top stories from around the world. we begin with a dramatic day in uk politics. the former prime minister david cameron has astonished westminster by returning to government as britains new foreign secretary. its part of a major cabinet reshuffle by the current prime minister, rishi sunak. mr cameron, who was pm between 2010 and 2016, said, although he disagreed with some of mr sunak�*s decisions, he believed he was a "strong and ...

unsuited to that of a home secretary. there are now two prime ministers around the cabinet table in downing street, as former pm david cameron re—enters number 10 as the new foreign secretary. well look at whos in, whos out and asssess the reaction to rishi sunak�*s major government reshuffle after the sacking of home secretary suella braverman this morning. well also hear, live, from the prime minister, later in the programme. hell deliver a keynote foreign policy speech at an eve...

rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each, if the conservatives are re—elected. my colleaguejess parker has been following the conservatives and gave me this update earlier. i am on the conservative battle bus. its on its inaugural campaignjourney. and theres a little bit of confusion because, of course, myself and other reporters have been reporting from buses since the campaign began. that was on a different bus. didnt have conservative branding. didn...

hello, im anna foster. south africas governing party has two weeks to form a coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with almost all the votes now counted from wednesdays election, the anc stands at around 40% — a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. the anc has accepted the result and, as the anc, what is foremost now in our mind are two things. one is the fact that there is a clear protest from our people. our people are saying we love the anc, ...

here by andrew from belfast. we sought an answer from bbc news and they told us: the number of competing and contested claims being made by politicians during this election campaign makes it hard to work out what is accurate. thatjob is made considerably harder by the phenomenon of fake videos — images and quotes being circulated online. take for instance this appearance by labours wes streeting on bbc twos politics live last week. what she did was wrong and what she said was wrong a...