hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let me start with that breaking news. london s metropolitan police says they have arrested a man during a major incident at a hospital in west london. armed officers have been deployed to the central middlesex hospital following been deployed to the central middlesex hospitalfollowing reports of a stabbing. social media posts say staff and patients were advised to stay locked in their rooms. there has been a statement from london ambulance service, but i want to show you live pictures from the hospital first. show you live pictures from the hospitalfirst. this is the show you live pictures from the hospital first. this is the scene, with staff and patients outside the doors as the hospital was locked down for a while. the ambulance service say they have treated two people so far at the scene and that the number of injuries is expected to rise. that
of tinrine be necessary. that is another factor of timing. and then a rescue salvage operation of timing. and then a rescue salvage operation would take a certain number operation would take a certain number of hours before the submersible could be lifted to the surface submersible could be lifted to the surface. so there are a lot of limiting surface. so there are a lot of limiting factors in this process. how limiting factors in this process. how hopeful are you that this rescue mission is going to end successfully? to mission is going to end successfully? mission is going to end successfull ? ., , ., , ., successfully? to be honest, i don t like the question successfully? to be honest, i don t like the question of successfully? to be honest, i don t like the question of looking - successfully? to be honest, i don t like the question of looking at - like the question of looking at probabilities. there is a chance, and we probabilities. there is a chance, and we have
of finding the submersible. we heard about this from the previous speaker. we have a presumed position for the submersible, but we have no exact information and a search may be necessary. that is another factor of timing. and then a rescue salvage operation would take a certain number of hours before the submersible could be lifted to the surface. so there are a lot of limiting and uncertainly factors in this process. to be honest, i don t like the question of looking at probabilities. there is a chance, and we have to take the chance, and that s it. that was some of the latest information about the french equipment heading to the scene.
in the very town centre itself has collapsed and also we have been monitoring this rescue salvage operation here throughout the day on this bypass, a dual carriageway leading up to the town itself which had up until a few hours ago been completely flooded. the waters have been slowly receding throughout the day and the army along with fire services and rescue emergency personnel removing vehicles. earlier on, we had the grim operation of a rescue team searching for the possibility of remains. thankfully that wasn t found here but there are other places across this region where people simply didn t escape their cars in time as the huge surges of powerful water gushed through, moving cars as if they were simply toys. when it comes to erftstadt itself, the president of the country has been here expressing his condolences and also expressing his condolences and also expressing his support for this area, for this region. translation: this is a time - of distress and our country stands