there s major breakthroughs in the south. the land mine situation was incredible. i could not be more proud of how they ve used the military equipment provided by our countries. they re putting pressure, they ve broken through the first defensive line. i think they ll split the russian forces in crimea in the next couple of weeks, months. so i am exceedingly proud of the ukrainian military. well, that is extraordinarily upbeat, if i may say so, compared with what we see in leaks from classified pentagon documents suggesting, and i m quoting here from a leak in the washington post, that kyiv won t fulfil its principal objective of severing that land bridge to crimea in this year s counter offensive. i think they re wrong. those same people told us kyiv would fall in four days, that the whole country would be in russian hands in two weeks. i go there enough to know what s real and what s not. it s been extremely tough sledding because of all the mines, but when they get contact
breaking news situations unfolding. on capitol hill the house republican conference is meeting right now and we are told this meeting could last all day with the intense pressure on them to elect a speaker of the house after kevin mccarthy lost the speakership in a recent vote. and without that top member of the u.s. house of representatives in place, congress remains at a stand still and is unable to act on a brutal war that we ve been covering thousands of miles away. we re watching the latest developments from israel as they hit the embodiment of evil. hamas terrorists. that s where we ll start. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. five days of horror. israel families missing, tortured, killed. the closer they were to the border with palestinianian territory on gaza, the closer that they were to hamas serial killers killing them. loved ones taken hostage are now begging for help. secretary of state antony blinken is set to be in israel today. this was n
gun salutes across the uk commemorate the first anniversary of king charles accession. a special service to honour the late queen elizabeth ii takes place in scotland. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we have just received an update, the first confirmed sighting up by a member of the public about a mile from the prison in london, wandsworth prison, coming out from under the lorry. this was on wednesday morning. a second development, the met police are offering a £20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. let s get straight to the very latest. we spoke to the head of the counter. ., , .., latest. we spoke to the head of the counter. ., , , ., , counter. two significant updates toda . counter. two significant updates today. i m pleased counter. two significant updates today. i m pleased to counter. two significant updates today. i m pleased to say - counter. two sig
senator lindsey graham an ally of donald trump. is the seemingly never ending trump soap opera about to plunge the us into turmoil? senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. senator, you are one of the strongest republican supporters of ukraine and of us military assistance to ukraine. right. would you acknowledge that, right now, the war isn t going the way you wanted it to, or indeed the way you expected it to just a few months ago? not at all. i think it s going exceedingly well. i just got back from ukraine last wednesday. there s major breakthroughs in the south. the land mine situation was incredible. i could not be more proud of how they ve used the military equipment provided by our countries. they re putting pressure, they ve broken through the first defensive line. i think they ll split the russian forces in crimea in the next couple of weeks, months. so i am exceedingly proud of the ukrainian military. well, that is extraordinarily upbeat, if i may
plunge the us into turmoil? senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. senator, you are one of the strongest republican supporters of ukraine and of us military assistance to ukraine. right. would you acknowledge that, right now, the war isn t going the way you wanted it to, or indeed the way you expected it to just a few months ago? not at all. i think it s going exceedingly well. i just got back from ukraine last wednesday. there s major breakthroughs in the south. the land mine situation was incredible. i could not be more proud of how they ve used the military equipment provided by our countries. they re putting pressure, they ve broken through the first defensive line. i think they ll split the russian forces in crimea in the next couple of weeks, months. so i am exceedingly proud of the ukrainian military. well, that is extraordinarily upbeat, if i may say so, compared with what we see in leaks from classified pentagon documents suggesting and i m quoting