Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The british army has been stood down from supporting the metropolitan police after hundreds of officers stepped back from firearms duties. The Prime Minister has said armed officers need clarity about their legal powers. Rishi sunak was backing a home office review, after a metropolitan Police Officer was charged with murdering a 24 year old man, chris kaba, in south london last year. Earlier, the bbc was told up to 300 officers had turned in permits allowing them to Carry Weapons over the weekend. Heres our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. This morning, routine Police Patrols around westminster remained noticeably armed. The metropolitan police says it has enough officers willing to carry out routine firearms duties. But carrying a gun for the police is a voluntaryjob and sources say up to 300 met officers have handed in their ticket. Scotland yard w
The top two sides in the World Go Head to head in paris. Ireland have named their squad to face reigning champions south africa at the stade de france in paris. Head coach andy farrell has made one change to the starting 15 that Beat Tonga Last saturday. Scrum halfjamison Gibson Park Returns in place of conor murray. Plenty at stake, with the winner of the match likely to top the group and avoid hosts france, with a probable quarter final against new zealand. Liverpool begin their Europa League campaign in a few minutes in austria, as they take on lask. Thats a 5. 45pm kick off. Ryan gravenberch makes his full liverpool debut following his summer move from bayern munich, while teenager ben doak earns his first start. The last time they were in this competition was eight seasons ago, losing in the final to sevilla injurgen klopp s first season in charge. It was a different squad, we were actually not ready but we somehow came through. But i wouldnt compare it, its a different time, diff
Im stephen sackur. Getting to the top in showbusiness is hard, but staying there is much, much harder; few stars can match the sustained success in music, film and theatre that clark has enjoyed. Petula clark went on to have a host of hits in the uk, france, the us and pretty much everywhere else. She has worked with legendary names from fred astaire to serge gainsbourg, and continues to sing and tour. So what makes her tick . Petula clark, welcomed the hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. I have to begin by talking about the voice because you do have one of those wonderfully distinctive, Clear Singing Voices and wonder when you reflect on your long career if you feel the voice is the same now as it ever was . Pretty much. Today i am a bit husky, i have a good old english cold. My i have a good old english cold. My voice is perhaps a little bit stronger than it used to be and probably a bit more base in it. Do you think voices mature with age and experience . Of course, they do. Eventually th
Im looking at the most unusual things weve been asked inJob Interviews. What was the weirdest thing about me . You could be a vegetable, what vegetable would you be . And in sport, there are goals galore in the Champions League, with a thriller at Manchester City as they beat monaco 5 3 in the first leg of their last 16 knockout tie. And carol is checking out some famous royal finery. She is out and about today. She is at Kensington Palace. First, our main story. An extra £200 million in emergency humanitarian aid has been promised by the government to tackle a famine in south sudan and somalia. The International Development secretary, priti patel, said the additional funds would provide food, water and Emergency Health care for more than two Million People. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. In parts of war torn southern sudan, people are now dying of starvation and famine has been officially declared. The un charity says somalia, human and nigeria are facing similar