false claims after moscow said uk forces helped with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol. there s major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24 hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 rmt members are on strike. coming up at 5.40pm, we ll bring you the latest technology news in click. i m maryam moshiri. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the govern
Ahead of the world cup semifinal with south africa. Freddie steward is in, as marcus smith misses out. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one from southern israel, where this war edges closer towards its second week with no sign of the crisis easing. The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, has arrived in israel and condemned what he called the horrific acts of terrorism by hamas which sparked this latest crisis, when more than 1,300 israelis were killed 12 days ago. His arrival comes amid some diplomatic success by us President Biden yesterday. He has reached a deal with israel and egypt to allow a first convoy of aid, 20 trucks, to enter gaza, possibly as early as this evening. I eat, food, water, medicine, but not fuel, will enter gaza through the Southern Rafah Crossing from egypt that aid. The Gazan Health Ministry has said that at least 3,000 gazans have been killed in retaliatory air strikes by israelis, and the un said the humanitarian access is urgently needed. It has urg
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
Lets Return Straightaway to that breaking news that has just come into us from the grid. News that they say they have received a number of allegations of Sexual Assault in london following news reports about the comedian Russell Brand. Metropolitan police. They have said they also received a number of allegations of Sexual Offences committed elsewhere in the country and will investigate these. The offences, they say, are all non recent. They say the officers will be Offering Specialist support to all of the women who have made the allegations. Just to repeat that breaking news. Metropolitan police saying they have received a number of allegations of Sexual Assault in london following news reports about comedian Russell Brand. Of course over recent days Russell Brand has strongly insisted his innocence in terms of the allegations made by the reports in the sunday times. The times in channel for s dispatch documentary. That is just coming into us in the last few minutes and we will have
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. Lord macdonald, the former director of Public Prosecutions in england and wales, told the bbc that the met police chief needs to provide more information, if he believes his officers are being unfairly dealt with. A lot of respect for mark, hes an excellent commissioner. But i think he needs to identify what there is a Glaring Unfairness is our. Evidence has been assembled by the police about police conduct. It has been referred to the cps, the evidence has been considered and the cps have made their decisio