health issues for two british royals. issues king charles is to be treated for an enlarged prostate. catherine has had abdominal surgery. and china s population is shrinking for a second year in a row. we ll take a look at why that s concerning beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it comes hours after the houthi said, they targeted another cargo ship in the red sea. and thatis cargo ship in the red sea. and that is a spokesperson says the us owned ball carrier was struck by a bomb cowering drone in a direct hit. this map appears to show the vessel changing course and a past few minutes, the houthi s have said they will carry on attacking ships in the red sea in protest against israel s bombardment of gaza. that s despite a us decision to return them to the list of global terrorist organisations. tom bateman explains what the resignation rather means. well, what
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
in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britain s next prime minister the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britain s cameron norrie will play the six time champion novak djokovic for a place in the men s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former fifa president sepp blatter expresses his relief as he and former uefa boss michel platini are both found not guilty of fraud following a trial in switzerland. good afternoon. world leaders have been expressing their shock and grief after the assassination of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot while making a speech in the city of nara, and later died in hospital.