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ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine's air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims — with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? we've been looking at the numbers and it's a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan — welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the tru...

a review of london's metropolitan police is expected to heavily criticise the force for racist, sexist and homophobic behaviour. uk passport office staff are to strike for five weeks, which could have a major impact on holidaymakers booking summer holidays. and making waves — a former professional surfer breaks the world record for the longest surf session in australia. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for president vladimir putin — and the head of the russian children's commission — for alleged war crimes in ukraine. they are accused of forcibly de...

a copy of the koran. the move has led to a diplomatic row as turkey threatens sweden's efforts to join the nato alliance. british regional airline — flybe — ceases trading for a second time, cancelling all flights to and from the uk after going into administration. a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new zealand's largest city, auckland, after three people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, we will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. hello and welcome to bbc news. israeli police say that tw...

the government has held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has already been declared after the met office issued a red extreme heat warning for the very first time, meaning there's a risk to life. an amber warning has been announced for tomorrow, affecting parts of england and wales, and that extends to scotland on monday. then the red warning will come into effect across a large part of england. our correspondentjon donnison has the very latest. it is without doubt weather fo...

this is bbc news. the headlines at 7.00 — record—breaking temperatures are set to hit the uk next week. transport services could face "significant disruption" ministers are taking steps to ensure hospitals and ambulances are prepared, while schools are given guidance to help them remain open. the long—term forecast is showing the possibility of quite a warm summer, and there is also the possibility that this kind of short episode can occur. and we'll be speaking to a public health specialist on the challenges of helping the most vulnerable cope with extreme weather emergencies....