four people are injured after horses bulled through central london. and gustav klimt s lost masterpiece is sold for an asking price of 30 million euros. hello, i m lucy grey, welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. president biden has said that the us will begin sending new military assistance to ukraine within hours, after he signed a long awaited bill passed by congress. speaking at a press conference at the white house, mr biden said the ai, worth $61 billion, would make america and the world safer. he said ukraine had the will and skill to win the war against russia. the package also includes billions of dollars in aid for israel and taiwan, as well as $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to gaza. it s a good day for america, a good day for europe, and a good day for world peace and freedom. this is consequential. ijust signed into law the national security package that was passed by house representatives this
through central london. hello, i m lucy grey, welcome to verified live. britain s national crime agency is questioning three people on suspicion of immigration offences, afterfive migrants died while trying to cross the channel to reach the uk yesterday. the dead included a seven year old girl. two of the three people arrested are from sudan, the other is south sudanese. they are aged between 19 and 22. craig turner, the deputy director of investigations at the national crime agency, gave this statement about the arrests. i can confirm that three men have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. the men, to sudanese nationals, aged 22 and 19, and a south sudanese national aged 22, were detained last night and this morning by the national crime agency and our partners in immigration enforcement and will be questioned by investigators at a police station in kent. additionally, another 55 people, also believed to be on that bo
welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from the past half hour and three men have been arrested after the deaths of five people including a seven year old girl who were attempting to cross the english channel from france on tuesday. they have been detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and illegal entry. you will remember yesterday we saw those dramatic pictures that were filmed by a bbc film crew in france of that boat leaving the coast full of that boat leaving the coast full of migrants, about 112 migrants on that board. it then got into trouble and people were in the water. boats were sent out to rescue them. around 50 people were rescued but sadly, five people lost their lives. three men, a woman and as you mention, a seven year girl. the boat did continue its journey to the united kingdom and there were around another 55 people believed to have been unable to made it to uk. within the last hour or so, the national crime agency says that
at last count, there were more than 135 million cars on the roads of america. well, today, the government announced that one out of four is being recalled because of potentially deadly airbags. that s nearly 34 million vehicles, the largest auto recall in u.s. history. the airbags are blamed for five deaths and more than 100 injuries were made by japan s takata corporation. here s jeff glor. up until now, takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. that changes today. reporter: after months of prodding, transportation secretary anthony foxx said takata finally gave in, agreeing to this record-setting recall. the national highway traffic safety administration believes that moisture from humidity leaks into the airbag s inflater, changing the properties of the chemical used to inflate the bags. when this happens, the explosive force can rupture the metal casing, sending shrapnel flying through the vehicle. why this is happening officially is still no