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is one of britains youngest imams and uses social media to tackle negative assumptions about islam and to speak about mens mental health did you know the beans were use for baked beans are not actually grown in the uk? they are shipped in from all over the world but for 12 years scientists have developed a seed they think will grow here and a farm in lincolnshire has been trying to —— trying it out. fingers crossed it works. now, ten seconds of ice cream. a man of many, many talent...

this is bbc news, the headlines... a major development in the uks biggest miscarriage ofjustice — rishi sunak announces a new law to compensate and clear the names of hundreds of postmasters wrongly accused of theft. opposition activist alexei navalny is seen for the first time since disappearing from a central russian prison last month. and 80 years after d—day, we speak to the woman who helped map the beaches for the normandy landings. those are stories coming up in a moment or t...

which found he lied to mps about downing street parties during the pandemic. hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in ukraine — lots to update you on — because the capital kyiv, has come under missile attack, at the same time as a delegation of african leaders arrived in the country, to discuss ways to end the war with russia. ukraines foreign minister said, the message to africa was...

great surprise. i dont think it is a deliberate attempt to the rescue. it is simply that kherson has been shelled all these months. the situation clearly in the city is critical, there are some parts of it which are a lot worse than the pictures that you are looking at now. i have seen scenes from an area where the dnipro and kakhovka rivers join, which are basically underwater, the water has reached rooftop levels, so there are neighbourhoods of kherson that are completely submerged. ...

we begin in the us where in colorado, the supreme court has ruled that donald trump cannot run for president next year in the state. the ruling is based on a rarely used provision of the u.s. constitution that bars officials who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding office. it says hes in—eligible to appear on next years ballot because of his role in "instigating violence onjanuary 6 of 2021" — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. the ruling does not...

praised the antimissile defence systems which intercepted a berridge of russian rockets over kyiv overnight. let me show you the footage from the defence systems in action. ukraine says 18 missiles were shot down, including six of the hypersonic weapons that president putin had claimed are unstoppable. ukrainian officials have declined to comment on a claim moscow that one missile got through air defences to destroy a us—built the latest barrage came just hours after president zelens...

imran khan was arrested. he was detained by the military outsiden the high court where he was due to appear on charges of corruption, which he says are politically motivated. the chiefjustice of islamabad high court has termed mr khans arrest as legal. pakistan has faced months of political and economic turmoil, during which time imran khans relationship with the powerful military has deteriorated. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. this was the moment imran khan was a...

>> literally tilting at windmills. >> it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. >> keep getting deeper. >> it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no of...

a new agreement called the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc�*s seoul correspondent — jean mackenzie — explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south koreas event and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul ...

attorney general wants tech giants to flag you. "the lead" starts right now. attorney general merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today from classified documents to abortion rights, fentanyl to rising crime. the wide-ranging topics have put garland on the spot. and five close calls in 2023 and its only march 1st. the latest, a private plane came 565 feet from a jetblue flight loaded with passengers at boston logan. are these frightening encounters happening more often or just b...