Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. More details are emerging of an explosion at a Un Relief Agency warehouse in rafah in southern gaza. At least five people were killed, with more wounded. This includes unrwa staff member. These pictures have been verified by the bbc filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. Israel has not yet commented on the incident. The us and others continue to urge israel not to launch a full scale assault on rafah, where more than a million palestinians have taken shelter in recent weeks. Let me show you pictures of the warehouse itself that were talking about, these taken in the immediate aftermath. This, the scene inside. Some of the images are too graphic to broadcast. Unrwas Director Of Communications isjuliette touma. She told me the location of the warehouse had been shared with israeli authorities. Its yet another very sad day for unrwa. What we do
From the last few minutes. The government has said it will bring forward a change in the law to prevent the ownership of uk newspapers and magazines by foreign states. The move follows concern about the potential takeover of the Daily Telegraph and spectator by a group backed by the united arab emirates. Minister say they will try to amend the digital markets, competition and consumers bill currently going through parliament. Labour has indicated it is likely to back the move. So, that developmentjust coming into the last little while. More on that in the six oclock news here in the next little while. Now, though, as promised, lets round up all the sport of the day. Gavin is in the bbc sport centre. Yes, mathew, good evening to you. Lets start at cheltenham, where trainer Willie Mullins is still waiting for his 100th winner, which could come in the weatherby s champion bumper, the final race of the day. It is now under way. El fabiolo was the favourite for the champions chase earlier,
As is their motive. Mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny s chief of staff until the Opposition Leader died suddenly in prison in the Russian Arctic last month. Speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. Thats why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. Matthew sussex is Senior Fellow of Central European studies at the Australian National university, he gave his take on the situation. Regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up Leonid Volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. And that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as Leonid Volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it is possible for you to end u