meanwhile, ukraine has denied responsibility. this was vladimir putin in the last little while. translation: as a response, as you know, the kyiv regime l chose a different path, frightening citizens of russia and hitting residential buildings. this is a clear sign of terrorist activity. the air defence system of moscow worked normally, satisfactorily, although there are things to work on. we ll talk to our correspondent on those comments in a moment but let s first focus on those drones attacking moscow. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg who sent this report from moscow. explosion. russian tv says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. from early morning, people in and around the russian capital reported hearing explosions. idid, too. at home, my window shook from the force of the blast. russia s defence ministry says that ukraine had targeted moscow with drones. the russian military claimed it had brought them all down. look at that, a man says in this
there are potentially thousands that end up in the hands of kids every year and he wants to crack down on that. most kids buy them from a corner shop and he wants to stop shops illegally selling vapes to under 185 because under uk law that is not allowed. he is planning greaterfines for shops that do that, so trading standards can on the spot find these retailers, which means they will stop getting these vapes into the hands of young children. what does the evidence look like, the data that has been collected so far about young people experimenting with vapes? numbers of children, especially teens, vaping have been going up year on year. at the moment around 11% seem to have tried vaping, that is up from 7% last year. and around 8% of 11 17 year olds
young people using vapes as a gateway into tobacco. the australians are only talking today that three times the risk amongst youngsters using vapes of then ultimately moving onto tobacco. that is right, in the uk there doesn t seem to be the evidence that young people who use vapes i moving on to smoking are moving on to smoking yet, but the more research that is done on what is contained in vapes, a lot of them are illegal themselves, they come in from outside the uk, from china and other countries, contain much higher levels of nicotine that are allowed in the uk regulations. i want to show you some footage of a bear rescue mission in the united states. this was the moment the bear was able to scramble out of the back seat of a parked car in northern nevada. police officers were called
the prime minister said debate should be encouraged, not stifled, at universities. you re live with bbc news. the british government is taking steps to reduce vaping among teenagers in england. ministers have pledged to close a loophole which allows retailers to give free samples to children. a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 185 is also being considered. the prime minister rishi sunak says the crackdown on vape marketing would prevent the unacceptable targeting of children and teens. earlier we spoke to our health reporter philippa roxby more in detail about the government s plans to crackdown vaping rishi sunak said today he was deeply concerned about the fact that children were being targeted by vape manufacturers, particularly disposable vapes, which are very colourful and come in lots of different flavours. he has decided to stop companies giving out free vape samples.
the head of china s disease control agency says it is possible that covid could have leaked from a laboratory in wuhan. and the uk government is to crack down on legal loopholes which it says encourages children to start vaping. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin in russia where in the past half an hour vladimir putin has accused ukraine, of trying to provoke russia with this morning s drone attack on moscow and claiming that the drones were aimed at civilian targets. there are no reported deaths from this morning s incident but several buildings were damaged. russia s foreign ministry said, that country has the right to take the harshest measures in response.