for truth, the duke has been repeatedly exposed in recent years as someone who wouldn t know the truth if it slapped him around his california tanned face. also tonight the israeli military expresses deep remorse after it mistakenly shoots dead three hostages being held in gaza. in the us, rudy giuliani donald trump s former lawyer is ordered to pay over £100 million for false claims of vote tampering in the 2020 election. the british boy alex batty found this week after six years french officials give details of what happened to him. and on the eve of the strictly final we hear from the three couples giving it their all in the hope of dance floor glory. on newsnight at10:30. i ve never hacked a phone or told anyone else to hack a phone and nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that i did. that wasn t the ruling delivered by high courtjudge today. good evening. earlier this year prince harry became the first senior royal of modern times to give extensi
media correspondent david sillito reports. this has been a landmark case, prince harry said his life had been blighted by illegal press intrusion and today the judge, mr justice frankel, ruled that yes, his phone had been repeatedly hacked by mirror group newspapers. 0utside court, a statement was read out on the half of the duke. today s ruling is vindicating and affirming. i ve been told slaying dragons will get you burnt, but in light of today s victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press, it is a worthwhile price to pay. the mission continues. thank you very much. 33 mirror group articles had been presented to court. 15, thejudge said, had been sourced by illegal activity. hacking, he said, had been widespread and habitual 1996 and 2011, habitual between 1996 and 2011, and he concluded that a former editor of the mirror, tv presenter piers morgan, had known about the practice. piers morgan has repeatedly denied involvement. referring to
report focusing on what s at stake for ordinary turks. a passenger opens the door of a commercial plane in mid air. hello, i m matthew, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in ukraine, where a russian missile attack on a health clinic in the city of dnipro has killed at least three people and injured 25. this video, posted on social media by the regional governor and verified by the bbc, shows severe damage at the clinic, with firefighters battling to put out a blaze engulfing the three storey building. the local governor says, two children are among those injured. writing on telegram in response to the attack on a medical facility. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says russian terrorists once again confirm their status of fighters against everything humane and honest. the strike on dnipro came during another night of russian missile and drone attacks. ukraine says most were shot down. an oil depo
we start in china where earlier today we got to see more evidence of its economic difficulties. new home prices fell for the fifth straight month in november while property investment dropped 9.4% over the year so far. retail sales growth missed forecasts but on the plus side, industrial output, what those factories churn out, expanded in november at its fastest pace since the start of last year. the world bank is forecasting that china s economy will slow next year, with annual growth falling from 5.2% to 4.5%. duncan wrigley is chief china economist at pantheon macroeconomics. he told us more about the economic data we ve seen come out today from china. the general picture is pretty soft, soggy. one standout piece of data, actually, is the accelerated decline in existing home prices. now, property market, as i m sure everyone knows, is very weak in china. but part of the process is going to be clearing some of the excess overhang. there s a lot of investment properties boug
we start with the israel gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were mistakenly identified as a threat. the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here s our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in th