from a night out in nottingham have been named as barnaby webber and grace kumar. they were both 19. a man in his 50s was also stabbed to death and his van was then driven into another group of people, leaving one critically injured. a 31 year old man is being held on suspicion of murder. our reporterjo black is in nottingham. two teenagers killed with no real understanding as to why. barnaby webber and grace kumar were both students at nottingham university. they died in the attack along with a third man in his 50s. the city mourns together, unable to comprehend what s happened. i ve lived here all my life and i ve got a connection with the city and ijust. i kind of want to be, i don t know, here with other people my age. vigils have been held overnight for those killed. right now, our hearts, thoughts, prayers go out to those especially who have lost loved ones. in a statement, nottingham university said it was shocked and devastated and that its thoughts were with those af
welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start in ukraine as we try to verify exactly what happended with the destruction of a major dam in southern ukraine. scientists have found evidence that there was a large explosion in the area of the kakhovka dam, close to the time when the dam was breached. a seismology team from norway found evidence of a blast by looking at seismic signals detected in romania. in a separate development, ukraine s security services have released a recording of what they say are two russian military figures discussing how the dam was sabotaged although the recordings can t be verified. ukraine has reported heavy fighting in the eastern region of donetsk on friday. officials said ukrainian forces had gained more ground near the city of bakhmut. there are also reports of heavy fighting in zaporizhzhia. military experts say the area will be the focus of ukraine s long awaited counter offe
hello. i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. i want to just return to the breaking news with uk politics first of all, because the news in the last few minutes that nadine dorries her so she is standing down as an mp with immediate effect, tweeting it has been an honour to serve her mid bedfordshire constituency. the backdrop to this story of course is that we wait for the former prime minister, borisjohnson s resignation honours list, and that has been much delayed around the controversies with some of the names that have been suggested over the months, and also of course the former prime minister s behaviour whilst he was in office and all of that being investigated, but this seems to fit the choreography, because if we wait for that list, she would end up being in the house of lords if she is on that resignation honours list, so nadine dorries saying she is standing down as an mp with immed
Conservative mps most likely to defect to labour labour, Natalie Elphicke wouldnt have been anywhere near it. Most would have placed on the right of the Conservative Party, but as of midday today she is in the labour party. That came as shocked conservative mps and labour mps as well. Sir keir starmer is absolutely jubilant nevertheless. Lets hear a bit from him now. Im delighted to welcome Natalie Elphicke to the labour party. Shes got a strong track record on issues such as housing, she is on the front line when it comes to the crisis of small boats, and the reason that she is given forjoining the labour party is very, very important, because i think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, its left the centre ground, but equally the labour party has changed. We are very clearly the party of the national interest, country first, party second, and i look forward to working with her on the mission to deliver the real change that this country despe
More now on developments in the middle east. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak will make a statement to the House Of Commons shortly. The statement will be about the iranian attack on israel and how rafjets helped to shoot down some of the drones that were launched against israel. Earlier, the foreign secretary lord David Cameron confirmed that the uk would absolutely consider further sanctions on iran in response to its attack on israel. We will return to the House Of Commons when rishi sunak begins his statement. We can cross live to westminster to speak to our Political Correspondent harry farley. I suppose we will get the details of the british involvement but i suppose the basic message to israel of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. I of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. Of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. I think thats exactly right. The next few minutes. I think thats exactly right. I the next few minutes. I think thats ex