Salvaged from the Titanic Which Go under the hammer this weekend hello, im geeta guru murthy, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The us top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. The Secretary Of State has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, during a trip to beijing. In an interview with the bbc, mr blinken said that hed made it clear to his chinese counterparts that they had to stop sending key components to russia or there would be consequences. sot thank you forjoining us. What were the biggest points of contention for you and your chinese counterparts . Whats really important is i was last here ten months ago and that really kicked off much greater engagement between our countries, diplomatic engagement with a number of my colleagues coming to china af
Correspondent. Whats happening . Are here at bute house which is the First Ministers Official Residence where an unscheduled Cabinet Meeting is taking place. We had word early this morning they would be meeting early today. Lorna slater and Patrick Harvie, co leaders of the scottish greens, left bute house this morning before that Cabinet Meeting got under way and we have now had confirmation that that meeting was bringing an end to the Power Sharing Agreement that had beenin Power Sharing Agreement that had been in place in scotland since the 2021 election. A Power Sharing Agreement between the snp after they fell short of winning a majority in that election involving the scottish greens helping them in government with two green ministers in place. Weve just had reaction from the scottish greens to the end of that agreement. The Scottish Greens Co leader lorna slater today accusing the snp of selling out future generations by walking away from the Bute House Agreement. She said it was
On bbc london, withjust a week to go until londoners vote coming up on bbc news, after a Merseyside Derby defeat, Virgil Van Dijk questions his sites willingness to win the title. Our livable out of the race . Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. Shes been described as the post Office Executive who knew more about the horizon it scandal than anyone else. This morning, Angela Van De Bogerd told the Public Inquiry that she was truly, truly sorry for the devastation caused to Sub Postmasters and their families. She personally oversaw many of the complaints about problems with the computer system, and in 2019 was heavily criticised by a judge for giving misleading evidence during a high court class action which alan bates and fellow subpostmasters won. Zoe conway reports from the inquiry. Its the biggest day of the inquiry so far for subpostmasters. Angela van den bogerd, the woman they blame for causing so much of their suffering, is taking the stand. Its a very big moment. Like, i w
As powerful and as far reaching as Harvey Weinstein, is actuallyjust described, you could not get him into a courtroom, and we need to acknowledge that. We also need to understand the legal system has never served survivors. In this country. Cautious solutions once a bus and we need to understand that. Rape and Sexual Assault have the lowest arrest and conviction rates for a reason. We are clear that moments like this why the movements are necessary, and we have a movement. This is why the work has to keep happening and why we keep going. Almost seven years ago, because these brave women, in this case, broke their silence, because these brave women, in this case, broke theirsilence, millions and millions and millions of others found the strength to come forward and do the same. That would always be the victory. This doesnt change that. And the people who abuse their power and privilege to violate and harm others would always be the villains. This doesnt change that. We have spent decad
Are on Manchester City as the Title Race Heats up. Will they take three points from brighton or slip like liverpool . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The future of scotlands government looks in doubt tonight as the First Minister, humza yousaf faces a vote of no confidence. It comes after the snps Power Sharing Agreement with the greens collapsed today. Thered been growing tensions between the two parties, which intensified last week when the Scottish Government abandoned one of its key Climate Change targets. The greens have accused mr yousaf of cowardice, weakness and betrayal. Our Scotland Editorjames Cook joins us now from edinburgh. It isa it is a beautiful evening at holyrood, but the clouds are gathering over humza yousaf s administration. The greens have been speaking to the immediate in the past half an hour and confirmed they will vote against humza yousaf in a no Confidence Vote. That came at the end of a dramatic day. It ended where it began, two green leav