when they put me in prison, i heard they were recruiting. serve six months and they pardon you, he tells me. so he signed up with storm z, a unit made up of convicts attached to the russian defense ministry. after only two weeks of basic training, he was shipped off to the frontlines near bakhmut. [ gunfire ] after days of intense shelling, with only rainwater and no food, he heard ukrainian troops outside his foxhole. he assumed they would execute him. i thought that was the end, he recalls. i switched my rifle to single shot mode and thought, i ll shoot myself, but i couldn t. this video, shot by soldiers of ukraine s assault brigade, shows the intense moments when he and his comrade surrendered. the ukrainian troops told them, unlike russians, we don t kill prisoners. we spoke to him and another soldier in a jail in eastern grain, concealing their faces and not using their real names. the third assault brigade granted us access to the p.o.w.s, and two of their soldie
hello, i m matthew amroliwala welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with two big political stories on the move today in the uk, the first regarding the current home secretary, the second concerning borisjohnson. the british prime minister rishi sunak says he believes suella braverman did not breach the ministerial code. the home secretary, one of mr sunak s senior ministers, was accused of asking civil servants to help her avoid taking part in a group speed awareness course after she was caught speeding. mr sunak says he has consulted with the independent adviser on ministerial interests and was advised that on this occasion, further investigation is not necessary. as for borisjohnson, he s ditched government appointed lawyers for his submission to the covid inquiry. it follows the news yesterday that the former prime minister faces a new police probe for potential breaches over covid lockdown restric
hello, i m matthew amroliwala welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. two big political stories in the uk today first regarding the current home secretary, the second concerning borisjohnson. the british prime minister, rishi sunak says he believes suella braverman did not breach the ministerial code. the home secretary one of mr sunak s senior ministers was accused of asking civil servants to help her avoid taking part in a group speed awareness course after she was caught speeding. mr sunak says, he has consulted with the independent advisor on ministerial interests and was advised that on this occasion, further investigation is not necessary. as for boris johnson, he s ditched government appointed lawyers for his submission to the covid inquiry. it follows the news yesterday, that the former prime minister faces a new police probe for potential breaches, over covid lockdown restrictions. separately, the
the uk has struck a deal to join a trans pacific trade pact consisting of 11 countries. together australia, brunei, canada, chile, japan, malaysia, mexico, new zealand, peru, singapore and vietnam account for 13% of global gdp. the pact called the comprehensive progressive agreement for trans pacific partnership aims to cut or reduce 95% of import charges or tariffs. but some will be retained to protect sensitive domestic areas. the initial gains for britain will only be marginal, as it already has free trade deals with 9 of the 11 countries involved, and the government s own estimates show being in the bloc will only add 0.08% to the size of the uk s economy. joining me now is marco forgione, dg of the institute of export and international trade. how big a win is this for britain? victoria, this is a huge achievement to the uk. there are three areas we need to look at whenjudging are three areas we need to look at when judging what s been approved. the first is the e
oscar pistorius, the former paralympic sprinterjailed for murdering his girlfriend, has been denied an early release from a prison in south africa. the parole board said he hadn t completed his minimum detention period. at 10pm, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, click. plenty on the menu this week. yeah, paul s with the robots that help blind people to pack and stack. and ai helps jamie oliver cook up some spanish. spanish dubbing. meanwhile, would you let lara cook you dinner? oh, the stench! that is absolutely overwhelming! it s leftovers again. i think i ll go for takeout. it seems that the whole world has been talking about artificial intelligence recently. it s chatgpt this and ai art that. you can have conversations with it, you can be creative with it and the recent release of gpt ll seems to be displaying levels of understanding of questions and images that are astounding the experts. this is the uk s national centre for