Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The former ceo of Global Fashion brand Abercrombie Fitch and his british partnerface allegations of exploitation from men recruited for sex events they hosted Around The World. A bbc investigation found a highly organised operation running the events, with a Middleman Finding Young Adult men for mikejeffries and his partner matthew smith. Jeffries is regarded as the modern day founder of abercrombie and fitch, which also owns the Hollister Brand. Eight men told the bbc they attended these events, some of whom alleged they were exploited or abused. Two former us prosecutors who independently reviewed evidence uncovered by the bbc have called for an investigation to determine whether charges for Sex Trafficking could be brought. Mrjeffries and mr smith did not respond to requests for comment. In the early to thousands, sexualised imagery and provocative billboards turned the teen retailer,
This time, it is a civilfraud trial. Hes accused of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms. Before entering court, mr trump berated the us Justice System and the new York Attorney general who is bringing the case. He described Letitia James as racist and a horrow show. And he dismissed the case as a sham and a scam. He also denied the claims against him. We have a great company. I built a great company. Its got tremendous value. Its got some of the greatest real estate assets in the world. And now i have to go before a roguejudge, as a continuation of russia, russia, russia, as a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time, and i dont think the people of this country are going to stand for it. If i werent leading in all the polls, or if i werent running, i wouldnt have any of these cases, i wouldnt be seeing you this morning. But ill be seeing a lot of you, because this is a horrible thing thats happening to our co
Least 50 tory mps are going to vote against rishi sunaks flagship plans to try to ban smoking when it comes before the commons this afternoon. But do you support the ban on cigarettes for born after 2009 . Gb news presenter nigel farage is at the National Conservatism conference in brussels this morning. Were going to be dipping into his speech takes the speech when he takes to the stage. It was a very sad car crash, just a few days ago at a shop near a Shopping Centre in east in london, three young boys all killed. Theres a move now. Our young teenagers responsible enough as drivers to have a car full of passengers. Were going to be talking to a mum. Thats right. If you remember, there was awful remember, there was that awful crash november of last year crash in november of last year in snowdonia and a really beautiful location in the car went off a bridge, and there were young men in that car were four young men in that car who died. Were be who died. Were going to be having here in
Thank you for watching the headlines here at r. T. International broadcasting live from moscow im Kate Partridge protesters have come out in the austrian capital vienna after a far right party joined the new Coalition Government while the new government was being sworn in that viennas historic hofburg palace on t. V. And other left wing activists protested outside a heavy Police Presence stopped demonstrators from entering the building where protesters had been marching through the streets carrying placards saying dont let nazis govern a major concern for them is that key state positions are being given to the Freedom Party it will take on the foreign interior and defense ministries as well as the vice chancellor ship. Theres been widespread condemnation of this agreement across many european Media Outlets lots of fears that this will lead to the the far right side of that coalition having more and more say over politics in austria but we can look at what the well the coalition of put
Body image. Also this hour another Royal Wedding in windsor. Buckingham palace announces the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank theyll get married this autumn. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In a rare public intervention, the head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets extra money. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter will point to russias growing battlefield capabilities, including the threat posed by its long range missiles and cyber warfare skills. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike on syria. But the rockets come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, more than 900 miles away. The head of the army says russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been simulating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercise