Against mpox by the end of next week. And king charles meets emergency service workers in southport in the north west of england where three young girls were fatally stabbed at a dance class last month. Hello, i m annita mcveigh. The israeli army has retrieved the bodies of six hostages from khan younis, in southern gaza. These are the six men they d been captured in southern israel during the hamas attacks on october 7. Five of their deaths had already been announced, but one was previously thought to have still been alive. In gaza, hamas officials say at least ten people have been killed in an israeli military attack on a school. Israel s military says the strike targeted hamas fighters using what they described as a hidden command centre in the school. The un says almost 500 school buildings have been directly hit or damaged during the current conflict. Meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has visited egypt where he s pushed for a ceasefire and hostage release
Israeli Prime Minister. Anthony blinken. And as the world prepares to catch sight of a rare blue supermoon, Skywatchers In Seoul are treated to a spectacular lunar event. Hello, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to verified live, three hours of checking out the days main stories and the facts behind them. One man has died and six others, including four british tourists, are missing, after a yacht sank in the early hours of this morning. In the last few minutes, the bbc has confirmed that the Technology Tycoon Mike Lynch is amongst those missing. Sources have also confirmed that his wife, angela, has been rescued. The incident took place in the mediterranean, off the coast of the italian island, sicily. One body has been recovered by the coastguard who rescued 15 other people. Captain Karsten Borner was on a nearby vessel and helped with the rescue of those 15 people. We saw a red player, so my first mate and die, we went to the position and we found this liferaft drifting. Position and we fou
Correspondent, simijolaoso. There has been a steady rise in cases in affected countries. 0n the african continent, 18,700 cases have been reported so far, with more than 540 deaths. Thats across 12 african countries, including liberia and nigeria. Here in West Africa, South Africa and southern africa, theres kenya, uganda, burundi. But a majority of the cases have been reported in the democratic republic of congo. And that accounts for 96 of cases and 97 of deaths reported so far. Several african countries have said they remain on high alert and are putting precautions in place to kerb the outbreak. That would include increasing surveillance across borders, ensuring that there is enough public awareness through public health campaigns, conducting Contact Tracing as well, and establishing isolation centres. Ngos working on the ground, like the Red Cross has said theres a critical shortage of Testing Kits and of vaccines. Vaccines are what are essential to kerbing this outbreak. Now, the
Hello, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to verify live. Checking out the Days main stories in the facts behind them. One man has died and six others, including four british tourists, are missing after a yacht capsized and sank in an early morning storm. The bbc has confimed that the british Technology Tycoon Mike Lynch is among those missing. The Investigation Branch. The Uk Marine Accident Investigation Branch is sending a team to sicily to the help local authorities. Mike lynch is among those missing. Sources have also confirmed that his wife, angela, has been rescued. The incident took place in the mediterranean, off the coast of the italian island, sicily. These are the updates we have so far. One body has been recovered by the italian coastguard. 15 people have been rescued including a one year old british girl. A wreck has been found at a depth of 50 metres. The captain of a nearby boat told reports the yacht was leaning over to the side before it sank. Told reporters. The managers of
We start in washington, where israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to address the joint houses of the us congress later, amid protests over his handling of the war against hamas In Gaza. On his first trip since the attack by hamas on October The 7th, Mr Netanyahu has said that hell be seeking to consolidate bipartisan support for israel in his address. But several us lawmakers have said they wont attend. In a statement, the number two ranking democrat in the senate, dick durbin, says i will stand by israel, but i will not stand and cheer its current Prime Minister. Protests against Mr Netanyahus visit started last night. Hundreds ofjewish demonstrators staged a Sit In at the capitol to protest against the war In Gaza and were later removed by police. Lets and were later removed by police. Go live to Capito Katrina lets go live to Capitol Hill and katrina perry, who is there for us. We will talk about that address to congress in a moment, but start by talking me throug