they go on to say they are incredibly proud of who he was, and what he achieved. so, that you can read that on our bbc news live page and we will bring you more here on bbc news throughout the day. we will turn to one of our other top stories in taiwan. more now on taiwan which has been hit by it s biggest earthquake in 25 years. the government says at least nine people have died and more than 700 others have been injured after an offshore earthquake struck the east coast of the island. earlier i spoke to william yang, a journalist in tapei who told us about his experience of the earthquake. the morning at about 8.00am i i was woken up but this very lasting earthquake shake, it was shaking left and right and then up and down and i heard thing falling off my shelves and immediately realising that this is an earthquake that a scale we haven t experienced for many year, so i hid under the table and my first instinct as a journalist is to check the information and see where the e
more, it s a war against humanity itself. you cannot destroy every building, you cannot destroy every hospital, you cannot be targeting humanitarian aid workers. you cannot target children. the basis of what humanity stands for. in target children. the basis of what humanity stands for. humanity stands for. in the past hour, the humanity stands for. in the past hour. the us humanity stands for. in the past hour, the us state humanity stands for. in the past hour, the us state departmentl humanity stands for. in the past. hour, the us state department has had the killing of the aid workers by the israeli defence forces is unacceptable. by the israeli defence forces is unacceptable. they have had the confliction measures, unacceptable. they have had the confliction measures, they ve . unacceptable. they have had the| confliction measures, they ve had coordination measures to try to prevent coordination measures to try to prevent tragedies like this from happening and t
here at the nato meetings for the next two days. it s absolutely vital that britain and other countries in this alliance get the weapons, get the ammunition and get the support to ukraine that they need. it is vital for us that ukraine wins and putin loses. it s notjust an investment in their defence and their security, it s an investment in our defence and our security. we will be safer in britain if we ensure the right outcome to this conflict, and it s vital that we talk about that over the two coming days. it s also important that we commemorate the 75th anniversary of this alliance, the most successful defensive alliance in history, and nato is strong and is getting stronger. today we ll be having the first time a swedish foreign minister has attended this meeting as a full member of nato. and with sweden and finland joining, nato s has become stronger. the most important thing we can do to make sure this alliance continues to grow and continues to strengthen is to ensur
welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel is facing growing pressure to explain exactly how seven people working for an aid charity were killed in an air strike in gaza. three britons were among those who died in the attack on a world central kitchen convoy. who died in the attack rishi sunak paid trbute tojohn chapman, james henderson and james kirby, describing the deaths as an awful awful tragedy . more of that interview in a moment, but first james kirby s family described him today as a hero. have a listen. he was completely selfless, which explains why he went to gaza. his experiences in the british army when he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he knew the dangers, he was no fool. and people were telling him, this could be very dangerous for you. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard and hejust wanted to help people. the group had been travelling in a clearly marked aid convoy at the t
bradley cooper wasn t there, of course, because of the actors strike. so, how long do i have to do this for? we need to build up a very strong connection. maestro follows one of the 20th century s greatest musical figures but it puts his work in the background and focuses instead on the conductor s tempestuous relationship with his wife, felicia, played by carey mulligan. the film is a love story but it doesn t shy away from bernstein s extramarital daliances with men. are you itching to move? no, i m not. actually, at all. it s a profoundly personal story full of sensitive material but the bernstein family felt certain that cooper was the right artist to tell it. the commitment, the focus that he has, thejoy in his work, the research that he did was just incredible. and he wanted to know from us, you know, as much as he could learn and so he s a teacher, a learner, all those many things. and a people person. the warmth of him, he really loves to listen to what you have to sa