hello, welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, made a statement at a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart in tel aviv. he met that is really prime minister, lloyd austin said the us commitment to israel was unquestionable. he also met his counterpart in the past hour the pair held a news conference in which amongst other matters he confirmed they discussed the past or future for gaza. israelis and palestinians both deserve a horizon of hope. so the united states continues to believe, as we have under administrations of both parties, that it is in the interest of both israelis and palestinians to move forward toward two states, living side by side in mutual security. here s the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, who also made a statement following talks with his us counterpart. in northern gaza, our troops have eliminated thousands of terrorist, destroyed mil
world championship match. hello, i m mark lobel. here in the uk the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield is to step down from the programme this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, thatis that is according to the broadcaster. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. this is the statement mr schofield has posted on his instagram a short time ago: his long time co host, holly willoughby, posted a statement on instagram, saying: with more on this, we canjoin robin brant in the newsroom. give us a contact for what has happened here. give us a contact for what has ha ened here. ~ . , . ., happened
as an excuse to build new coal mines. he was speaking at a un climate change summit where delegates are seeking ways of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. much of the world is now transitioning from locking down to living with covid 19, and that means that, in cities like london, cultural life is returning, performers are back on stage, audiences can gather to enjoy them. my guest today is the world renowned hungarian conductor and composer, ivan fischer, known for his innovative style. it has been a tough couple of years, so how easy is it to find the magic in music making? ivan fischer, welcome to hardtalk. lovely to be here. it s great to have you here in london. let me ask you how different has it been making music in the time of covid? covid had positive and negative effects on our life. the problem was that there is no audience and actually we make music for people. this is actually easy for musi
world renowned hungarian conductor and composer ivan fischer, known for his innovative style. it has been a tough couple of years, so how easy is it to find the magic in music making? ivan fischer, welcome to hardtalk. lovely to be here. it s great to have you here in london. let me ask you, how different has it been making music in the time of covid? covid had positive and negative effects on our life. the problem was that there is no audience and actually we make music for people. this is actually easy for musicians to forget. some musicians make music to impress other musicians, and we always, i remind them, we play for the audiences, we play for the listeners. and this is what we didn t have. that was terrible. now the good thing is that, actually, it made us realise how badly we need the audiences. i think there is a streaming tiredness in the world now. because for many months after covid hit hungary, hit europe, hit the world, you created a new way of performing in y
This thick white smoke indicates what ukraine says is a successful strike on the headquarters of russias black sea navy in crimea. Russia illegally annexed the Southern Ukrainian Peninsula of crimea in 2014. This month, ukraine has carried out several attacks on the region, destroying a Russian Air Defence system and damaging a ship and a submarine in a dry dock. Kyiv is also trying to cut off russian supply lines as it continues with its Counter Offensive further north. 0ur Senior International correspondent 0rla guerin is in kyiv. Kyiv could hardly have picked a more high profile target than the headquarters of russias Black Sea Fleet in crimea and a source in the Ukrainian Air force told the bbc that the type of missile used was a storm shadow Cruise Missile and those are supplied by the uk and france. We have seen footage showing a massive impact on the building and tonight they have been claims in the past half an hour on social media that the commander of the Black Sea Fleet was