department sought to distance the government from reed s actions. mr reed was not engaged in any activities on behalf of the us government and as i indicated we have been incredibly clear, warning american citizens and nationals not to travel to ukraine, let alone participate in fighting there. meanwhile, the us announced a new aid package for ukraine totalling $400 million. the us department of defense said the aid including air defense missiles, armoured vehicles and small drones. this marks the 43rd security assistance package approved by the united states for ukraine. since russia s invasion in 2022, the us has provided more than $15 billion in military aid to ukraine. this news comes as lawmakers in russia raise the maximum conscription age for men from 27 to 30. last week, the maximum age at which reservists can be called up was raised as well, meaning some men will now be considered available for military service until they are 55. a federaljudge vacated former army se
here in downing street this week the government has yet to respond to that recommendation which could cost billions. so today the prime minister has been summoned to the inquiry to explain why. that s richard with his sister. bruce noseworthy s son richard was another infected with hiv as a child. he bore it better than we did, really, because we were watching him sort of go downhill, so to speak. that must have been very hard for you as a family. yeah. and his mother, particularly. she was a nurse, and so she knew the consequences of these things. richard died, aged just 2a, before treatments for hiv were available. how important would that compensation be for you? i thinkjust acceptance that they cocked up, you know, and really produced a series of events for a lot of people resulting in their deaths. so it would be like a compensation for his absence, really. and that s what it amounts to, isn t it? well, this is richard. the government says it has accepted the moral case
dame alison rosenquist. a serious dame alison rose quit. in a statement the group chairman of natwest said. last died on his show on gigabits news nigel farage said her position had become untenable. her position had become untenable. . , . ., ., untenable. perfectly clear to me that dame untenable. perfectly clear to me that dame alison - untenable. perfectly clear to me that dame alison rose l untenable. perfectly clear to | me that dame alison rose is unfit to be the ceo of a big group, and, that howard davies who was supposed to be in charge of governance, has failed as well. given that we have a 39% stake in this, we, the great british public, i think at that investor statement on friday morning, the government ought to say we don t have any competence in this management. frankly, i think they should all go. last think they should all go. last week mr farres think they should all go. last week mr farres presented evidence that his account at coutts had been close
those are the live pictures from rhodes. it is another day of searing and potentially deadly heat for many people across southern europe. wildfires are burning in at least nine countries around the mediterranean. amongst the hardest hit is greece, which we ve been watching. plumes can be seen approaching this village on the island of rhodes. the greek armed forces are observing three days of mourning after two pilots died battling the flames. their aircraft crashed on tuesday. this is the italian island of sicily, where fires raged near the ancient sanctuary of tindari a popular tourist attraction. palermo airport also had to close for several hours. but the worst affected areas are the islands of rhodes and evia where the fires have been burning for days. the bbc s azadeh moshiri is in rhodes. the fire service thinks this could be the most dangerous situation experienced yet. the wind is not. this fire behind me isjust spreading all over the place. there is a big flare up
welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. ajury in london has found the hollywood actor kevin spacey not guilty of all nine sex offences he was facing. the allegations, which covered more than a decade up to 2013, were made by four men. mr spacey wept as the verdicts were read out. speaking afterwards outside the court, he thanked the jury, saying he was humbled. i imagine that many of you can understand that there is a lot for me to process after what has just happened today. but i would like to say that i am enormously grateful to the jury for having taken the time to examine all of the evidence and all of the facts carefully before they reached their decision. and i am humbled by the outcome today. i also want to thank the staff inside this courthouse the security and all of those who took care of us every single day my legal team for being here every day. and that s all i have to say for the moment. thank you very