from a night out in nottingham have been named as barnaby webber and grace kumar. they were both 19. a man in his 50s was also stabbed to death and his van was then driven into another group of people, leaving one critically injured. a 31 year old man is being held on suspicion of murder. our reporterjo black is in nottingham. two teenagers killed with no real understanding as to why. barnaby webber and grace kumar were both students at nottingham university. they died in the attack along with a third man in his 50s. the city mourns together, unable to comprehend what s happened. i ve lived here all my life and i ve got a connection with the city and ijust. i kind of want to be, i don t know, here with other people my age. vigils have been held overnight for those killed. right now, our hearts, thoughts, prayers go out to those especially who have lost loved ones. in a statement, nottingham university said it was shocked and devastated and that its thoughts were with those af
this is bbc news, the headlines: more than 100 people in iran die in two explosions near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. the united nations peacekeeping mission in lebanon says it is deeply concerned about rising tensions following the killing of a senior hamas figure. aftershocks and heavy rain complicate rescue efforts injapan. at least 64 people now confirmed dead. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s tanya arnold. the sport of darts has never seen anything like it 16 year old luke littler, on his debut, is preparing for the world championsip final. he ll take on another luke, luke humphries, who himself became world number one after his victory in the semi finals. well, matt graveling is at alexandra palace for us, we ll talk about luke humphries in a moment, matt, but luke littler, in the space of three weeks, has taken the sport by storm. relative unknown to a fan fan favourite, that is for sure. the tension feels like i
ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379
this is bbc news. the headlines. more than 100 people die in iran in two explosions near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. warnings of higher prices and a delay on goods as commercial ships avoid the red sea because of rebel attacks. on verified today, we have been investigating one hospital under attack in gaza in a series of health facilities which have been affected by the war. and this history making teenager is on target for further glory. 16 year old luke littler could tonight become the youngest player to win the world darts championship. returning to events in the red sea. the governments of the uk, the us and ten other countries have released a joint statement warning yemen s houthi rebels that they will bear the responsibility of the consequences if they continue to attack ships travelling through the red sea. the governments warn that the attacks are a direct threat to the freedom of navigation that serves as the bedrock of global trade and
more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi earlier told me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical condit