we ll look at that claim and what it could mean for the conflict. also on the programme. the passengers and crew managed to escape from this. but five people were killed in the other plane involved in the crash injapan. in the uk. the government is claiming success on processing asylum claims. we ll have a look at the numbers. and a new discovery goes on display it s more than 100 million years old. a marine reptile nicknamed sea rex we will start with developing news out of the middle east. hamas says its deputy leader has been killed in an explosion in lebanon. saleh al arouri was deputy chairman of hamas s political bureau but is also known to have been deeply involved in its military affairs. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. this is the aftermath of the explosion thought to be hamas office in beirut. reports six people killed. local media have described as an israeli drone attack. bbc hasn t verified that. the israeli militar
hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we begin with a developing story hamas says its deputy head saleh al arouri has been killed in a blast in beirut, in lebanon. local media have described the explosion as an israeli drone attack on the hamas office in the south of the city. reports say five other people were killed in the blast. video footage shows a car in flames and damage to buildings in a busy residential area known as a hezbollah stronghold. the israeli military has told the bbc it will not comment the israeli military said whoever did this it was a surgical strike against hamas leadership. we did reach out to them after local media as you mentioned, attributed this blast to an israeli drone attack, we reached out to the idf who came back to the bbc and said they would not comment on reports from foreign media. we did get confirmation that saleh al?arouri, the deputy head, or deputy chairman of hamas political bureau has been killed in this blast, and
so we opened an investigation in both a war crime and possible case of genocide. the influential uk business group the cbi, wins a vote of confidence over its future after a series of scandals. and the us based pga tour has announced a shock merger with its saudi backed rival, liv golf, ending a bitter split in men s professional golf. hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start in central london. it has been a dramatic day at the high court, where prince harry has just left. the duke of sussex has given evidence in court, making him the first member of the royal family to appear in the witness box for over a century. the last time this happened was when queen victoria s otis khan served as a witness eldest son. he has been cross examined in his case over alleged unlawful press intrusion by mirror group newspapers. in a witness statement, he said the tabloids hacked his voice mail when he was a pupil
london, the high court because prince harry has concluded giving evidence in that legal case he s bringing against mirror group newspapers you see that wrangle of journalists and camera crews waiting to see the duke of sussex leave that building after two days of evidence, two days of cross examination not a complete day like yesterday we know the prince was after finishing his session state there in the courts to see other witnesses being cross examined, but effectively two days that this case has been going on, a hugely significant case with the prince in the dock giving evidence, the first time that has happened in over a century in terms of a member of the british royal family. he has been determined to bring this case against the tabloid press which he says has infringed on his rights right throughout his life. he made the witness statement producing that right at the start of proceedings yesterday detailing the impact it has had over the years on his mental health, deta
make. last night we kicked off our town hall series in terms of th election season and the all-important caucus state of iowa, we did it with former president donald j trump, now the president state after the show for a considerable period of time and took a lot of questions from townhome process depends. take a look. and want to talk about issue first because those of the issues that impact people s lives. i want to start with what matters. peace and prosperity in the future of elections in my opinion. we have a border that is out of control, why would they open up the border? do you think this is by design? by the end of this year, joe biden by estimates will of allowed him seven and a half illegal immigrants into this country with no background chec at all. i think there will be 15 million people and these are people coming from prisons, mental institutions, insane asylums, don t use that term place, but there from insane asylums freight i read somethin about three wee