Rushing towards us over the hill, and basically, every minute it was probably another kilometre closer. Eventually, it just hit probably another kilometre closer. Eventually, itjust hit our fence and we were there at the house. The government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist cobham by an American Company. A man who confronted the fishermongers hall attacker with a narwal tusk describes his deep hurt that he couldnt save the two people who died. Prince philip spends the night in hospital in london, to be treated for whats being described as a pre existing condition. And coming up in half an hour, lucy hedges rounds up some of the travel shows best adventures from 2019. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Emergency services in austrialia have described conditions as catastrophic as hundreds of fires burn across the country, threatening every major city. Firefighters in New South Wales issued the highest possible warning, telling some people its now too late
Biggests mysteries. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out with the un warning that gaza faces famine and that children are dying from hunger, efforts are ramping up to get more aid into the besieged strip, but alongside that, tragic reports coming in that five people have been killed by an air drop of aid after the parachute failed to open. And in the past few hours, a potential breakthrough, the uk says it will join potential breakthrough, the uk says it willjoin the us and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential its a gaza. A joint statement from the uk and the us and the eu and cyprus and the uae said this it went on to say. The plan as we know it is to establish a Shipping Route which would get aid from cyprus to gaza by c, working with the un to facilitate and co ordinate and monitor and verify the flow of aid. Initial shipments would arrive via cyprus, where is really Securities Inspectio
And brett bruen, former us diplomat and professor of Crisis Communication at georgetown university. First, the latest headlines. Donald trump has posted a bond of almost 92 million as he appeals against the verdict of a Defamation Case against him in new york. Mr trump wants to reverse an order to pay the writer, ejean carroll, more than 83 million. A United Nations Fact Finding Mission has concluded that iran was responsible for the violence that led to the death of mahsa amini a kurdish woman accused of breaching islamic dress rules. A report said the government also used Unnecessary Lethal Force to suppress demonstrations that followed. A report on the british armys top undercover agent in the ira during the troubles in Northern Ireland has found that his actions probably cost more lives than he saved. The agent, codenamed stakeknife, worked inside an ira unit responsible for rooting out informers. Officials in australia say the Great Barrier reef is undergoing another mass bleachin
Chief Ursula Von Der Leyen. It comes a day after President Biden said the us planned to build a Temporary Port In Gaza. Well have the latest reaction from washington And Jerusalem. Also on the programme. Joe biden delivers a fiery State Of The Union speech, setting out the key issues likely to feature in his re Election Campaign and takes a swipe at his president ial rival donald trump. But has he done enough to stop the doubters. The Great Barrier reef is showing signs of strain after record high sea temperatures, undergoing another mass bleaching event. The un has been warning that gaza faces famine and that children there are dying from hunger. It says there have beenoverwhelming obstacles when it comes to getting aid into the territory. But on friday a potential breakthrough the uk says it willjoin the us and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential aid directly to gaza. Ajoint statement from the uk, us, eu, cyprus and the United Arab Emirates said. The plan