it will be mild. all the details later. it s thursday the 25th of january. our main story. the families of the victims of the nottingham attacks will find out today what sentence the killer will receive. valdo calocane stabbed university students grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, both 19, before attacking 65 year old school caretaker ian coates. his guilty plea to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted by the court earlier this week. our reporter navtej johal has spoken exclusively to ian s family ahead of today s sentencing. stubborn. yeah. taught me to fish, but said i was absolutely rubbish. same. fishing, football, family. the things that ian coates loved most. he wasn t the one to constantly say i love you. but we felt that love in the family household. on the 13th ofjune last year, ian, a 65 year old caretaker, was taken from his family in a morning of horror in nottingham that left three people dead. they can t forget the moment th
in this trial. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start with that major development in ukraine where thousands of people have been told to evacuate their homes after kyiv accused russian forces of blowing up a major dam, threatening a catastrophic flood. this video tweeted by ukraine s president zelensky shows the breached kakhovka hydro electric dam. he has accused russia of blowing up the dam to slow its offensive by making it harder to cross the dnipro river. russia says ukraine is to blame. this dam is over the dnieper river, between areas controlled by russian and ukrainian armies in the south of ukraine and there are fears for the cooling capacity at the nearby zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant the biggest one in europe. regardless of who or what caused the breach it has potentially deadly consequences for towns and villages in the path of the water. bbc verify has established there was already s
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ramping up pressure on israel to define the next phase of the war with hamas. this as the idf claims it s discovered the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza and describing it as an underground terror city. hong kong pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lai i on trial at this hour, facing his most consequential legal challenge to date. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. hours from now, the u.s. defense secretary will arrive in israel, his second trip to the country since the october 7 attack by hamas. and u.s. officials said lloyd austin will meet with israeli officials for updates on the war, but he s also expected to press them to define specific operational milestones and work to drill down on efforts to boost humanitarian aid to gaza. his visit comes as the israel defense forces says it s uncovered the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza, wide enough to drive a large vehicle through. that tunnel, which the idf says was secured a few weeks ago, was made publ
prepandemic levels, it could overwhelm the health care system. cnn this morning continues right now. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poison abouting mental institutions and prisons a all over the world, not just in south america or three or four countries we re thinking, but awe oil the world they re pouring into our country. well, good morning, everyone. former president donald trump is escalated his longtime anti-rhetoric as he hits the campaign level. the white house is calling fascist. speaking of the white house, the white house and the senate, their negotiators are racing to try to reach a deal on immigration and southern border policy with aid for ukraine and israel hanging in the balance. and right now defense secretary lloyd austin is in israel as they scale back to protect civilians. cnn this morning starts right now. and here s where we begin this hour with defense secretary lloyd austin in israel as the