are trapped beneath rubble after monday s powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n terrified today, has the government creo the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coast guard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passenger jet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic tv pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, before the plane was completely engulfed in flam
continues to rain terror from the skies in the form of missiles, rockets, airstrikes and drones. both near the battlefield in the east of the country and far from the front lines. in places like tel aviv and right here in the capital city of kyiv. when something that is evident. the aerate siren to become a part of everyday life here. there been multiple air raid sirens each day. one of them about two hours ago. well most ukrainians have come to live with them, hearing them, acknowledging them and a largely continuing on with their day. from my team and me, in a fury sarah does go off during the show, we will need to immediately leave this location and relocate to a more secure place. if that does happen, my friend and colleague jonathan capehart is standing by in new york to pick up our coverage until i m safe and said to rejoin. tomorrow, president joe biden is heading to poland were on tuesday, he will deliver remarks commemorating the anniversary of the invasion. since fe
children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance directed at russia president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts particularly serevodonetsk as indescribably difficult for the ukrainian army. it s the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that s taking more lives every day. with all this firepower
continues in the region. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the usjustice department will investigate the police response to the school shooting in texas which killed 19 children and two teachers. the announcement comes as president biden has made a visit to uvalde to meet the survivors and the families devastated by the attack. our correspondentjane o brien is in uvalde. he has deliberately taken a long time. he is not rushing off any time soon, is he? time. he is not rushing off any time soon. is he? soon, is he? no, he s spending all da here soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this is soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this is an soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this is an unusually l day here and this is an unusually long visit but it shows just how deeply this tragedy has rocked america as w
in a moment, huw edwards will be here to bring you more on all those headlines when we re joined by viewers on bbc one. but before that, we ll start with ukraine. and president zelensky has visited troops on the front line in eastern ukraine. he went to the kharkiv region an area once again under attack from president putin s forces. this evening, the european union failed to reach agreement on an embargo of russian oil, on the eve of a summit of eu leaders in brussels. the ban on oil imports is part of the eu s sixth sanctions package on russia over its invasion of ukraine, which the commission has been struggling to finalise. the package is being held up by hungary, which says an oil embargo would be a body blow to its economy, because it can t easily import oil from elsewhere. earlier, i spoke to kira rudyk, ukrainian mp and current leader of the political party voice. she told me the effort of building international support for ukraine is ongoing and that she has not