If i could ask you to stand there, please. Thank you very much. In that case, sir, when the crowd has gone, ill happily escort you out. Gideon falter told the bbc how shocked he was at what happened. I think its time for sir mark rowley to go. He has had long enough to get to grips with the situation, to get his police force under control, to tell his front line officers, dont worry, we are going to send enough police to back you up so that you can make the right decisions. And instead, he hasnt done that. And because of that, he has to go. The time has come. A little earlier our reporter Angus Crawford outlined the pressure now lying upon the met police commissioner. Well, its been very interesting. Here in london, since the 7th of October Attacks and israels response, if you like, the politics of The Middle East has been played out on the street every weekend with demonstration and counterdemonstration. The met police has come under huge pressure to get the balance right. What balanc
As a reminder, he was suspended from the Conservative Party over claims that he misused funds. The times reported that he is accused of Receiving Funds from tory donors which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off who he called bad people who had locked him in a flat. Alex mark menzies. Now, to ukraine. We start this hour with ukraine, which has welcomed the 61 Billion Dollar package of military aid, finally approved by us lawmakers last night. Russia says it shows that washington is wading deeper into a war that will end in humiliation. The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, maria zakharova, said the aid which includes ammunition and air defences, was evidence that the us wants ukraine to fight to the last ukrainian. The bill will see a 61 Billion Dollar package for ukraine, package for ukraine, including ammunition and air defences. President joe biden welcomed the deal, which he said would answer historys call. Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky described the american su
welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we are going to start here in the uk, and get the latest on that escaped terror suspect. the question being asked now is, was he helped from potentially people within the prison? that was one of the questions asked by the head of london s metropolitan police, sir mark rowleyjust london s metropolitan police, sir mark rowley just a few london s metropolitan police, sir mark rowleyjust a few hours ago. you will remember that the man managed to escape, it seemed, strapped to the underside of a van. we have pictures of the moment but police found the van, but not the man strapped underneath it. he is still at large. richmond park in london one of the latest search areas, and you can get all the latest developments from our reporter. 2500 acres. it is london s largest royal park and this morning police confirmed richmond park was a place of interest, on day three a manhunt. residents
those images you can see they re both in london s hyde park and at edinburgh castle, marking one year since the death of queen elizabeth ii. she died at the age of 96, the longest serving british monarch in history. she marked her platinum jubileejust history. she marked her platinum jubilee just months before history. she marked her platinum jubileejust months before her death, thatjubilee celebrated 70 years on the throne. today it is also a celebration marking their first anniversary of charles iii exceeding the throne. royal succession happens immediately after the death of the mnemonic and you may wonder why gun salutes are used in this occasion. they are a traditional ceremony, they date back to the 15th century. what we are seeing here in london s hyde park is a full gun salute. in edinburgh, a 20 one gun salute. the difference is that hyde park is a royal park and that hyde park is a royal park and that signifies the difference. 21 shots are fired because ships would
and on the first anniversary of the death of queen elizabeth, a previously unseen photo is released. gun sat lieutena nts gun sat lieutenants mark the first year of the king s reign. and coming up on bbc news. american teenager coco gauff is through to her first us open lutes good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the head of the metropolitan police says the force is exploring the possibility of whether staff at wandsworth prison helped daniel khalife escape the jail on wednesday morning. sir mark rowley said the escape was clearly pre planned and described it as extremely concerning . daniel khalife, who s a terrorism suspect, got out strapped to the underside of a delivery lorry. overnight, police searched richmond park, three miles from the prison in southeast london. matt graveling has the latest on the search which is into its third day with no confirmed sightings of the escaped prisoner. 2500 acre, it is london s largest royal park and this morning poli