he went on. a few days later, oceangate s stockton rush replied. he told rob mccullum. the next day, rob mccallum replied in the starkest terms. oceangate s lawyers then contacted rob maccullum and threatened legal action. today, we ve contacted them again and they say they have no additional information. rob mccallum maintains that no one should have gone in this submersible. our science correspondent jonathan amos has been tracking this story since the sub was first reported missing. this is a stark exchange your? it s a this is a stark exchange your? it s a fascinating exchange, actually. it is polite ish, but it s also very testy indeed. we should perhaps explain who rob mccullum is, he s got a storied career in deep submersibles. he led the five deeps expedition so this was the american adventure of the first person ever to reach the deepest points and all the world s oceans. so he certainly knows what he s talking about. and his criticism of stockton rush here, the c
metropolitan police officer matt ratana, who was shot in the chest inside a south london police station. louis de zoysa used an antique revolver, which he d smuggled into a holding cell at croydon custody centre, to shoot sergeant ratana in 2020. he was handcuffed at the time. the case was heard at northampton crown court. we can cross live there now to our correspondent frances read. as you said, in the last half hour, we have had it that guilty verdict. it took the jury some approximately five hours to deliberate that verdict. as we said, back in september 2020 that 25 year old, now 25 year old louis de zoysa was stopped as part of a routine search before he was taken to a police station, and it is there that he was able to discharge the shots from this antique revolver. let s have a little look back on the case now with daniel sandford. you re walking down the road with a duffel bag, right? which i believe may have staff equipped to do a burglary. may have staff equipped t
have agreed to offer great flexibility to mortgage holders were potentially facing huge increases in the monthly payments due to another rate rise. the indian prime minister continues to state visit with presidentjoe biden, calling the partnership with india among the most consequential in the world. a man has been found guilty of murdering a police sergeant but how did he manage to smuggle a gun into a custody centre. at the tenant has been pitched, the sun is been signed and now 200,000 people spend weekends spending to connect enjoying the worlds greatest music stores. on the depth of five people aboard the submersible that went missing in the atlantic on sunday. the bbc has seen messages showing that warnings over the safety of ocean gate titan sub were dismissed by the ceo of the company. the messages were exchanged with deep sea exploration specialists. the worry is what the crafts unusual design. it is non spherical shape. and the fact that it also not been through any
hello and welcome. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with a major story in ukraine with the authorities they are saying more than 40,000 people are at risk from flooding after that major dam in the south of the country was attacked and collapsed yesterday. we can bring you the latest on the story because in the last few minutes president putin has been discussing what has been happening in a call to the turkish president, calling the dam burst a barbaric act, kyiv s barbaric act. he has gone on to say it is a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe. he made those comments while talking to president erdogan. those comments being relayed from the kremlin. and of course it is pretty much the usual tactics from russia s president with any major situation like this, constant denial. those are the latest comments from president putin. let s get more on what we have found out and what is happening on the