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
Killing at least 12 people accoding to the ukrainian interior minister. Four men are being sentenced following protests in leeds as uk prime Minister Sir Keir starmer says police should remain on High Alert after a week of rioting across england and northern ireland. A councillor in dartford, in kent, has been charged with one count of encouraging violent disorder after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a London Demonstration on wednesday. Rickyjones, who is 57, has been suspended by labour in relation to the video. Another teenager has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in vienna. And Lee Carsley has been announced as Interim Manager of the england Mens Football Team he says its an honour to step up and lead the squad. Hello, im ben brown. Now with all the latest sport heres hugh. The first Gold Medal of Day M at the Paris Olympics was also the final one to be won in the river seine. The Water Quality has been a constant source of conce
The son of the bangladesh Prime Minister has said his mother does intend to return to the country. The son of the bangladesh former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has told indian media that his mother plans to return to the country when fresh elections are called. Ms Hasina Quit and fled to neighbouring india on monday, following weeks of deadly protests against her government, sparked by anger about civil servicejob quotas. A Caretaker Government led by the nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus was sworn in on thursday and will be tasked with holding elections. Our South Asia correspondent, samira hussain, spoke to the locals in dhaka. Weve already heard from this Caretaker Administration and Muhammad Yunus, in which they have divided a lot of the Government Ministries to the panel of advisers that they have assembled as part of this interim government until they get a more stable government in place. So theyve really divvied up all the different departments amongst these different
After Rishi Sunak led the conservatives to their worst performance at a general election, who will succeed him as Tory Leader . The race officially began at 7pm tonight. Plus, shoplifting has hit a record high, with 50 offences recorded by police every hour in england and wales an increase of 30 in one year. Why is shoplifting as widespread and how do we stop it . Good evening, welCome to newsnight, live each weeknight, bringing you interviews and insight. Your Panel Tonight former Conservative Deputy to theresa may, Damian Green. Defeated at the election, hes now backing Tom Tugendhat. Theo bertram, former number 10 adviser to prime Ministers Blair and brown, now director at the social Market Foundation think tank. And kevin foster, former tory mp who was Migration Minister between 2019 and 2022 and wants his old Boss Priti Patel to stand for Tory Leader. Two conservatives are sitting on our sofa, we had to labour members last night. It evens Out over the series. And just before we ge
Japan smashed their way to an 8 1 win but for the organisers, simply getting these games under way will be the biggest relief. Andy swiss, Bbc News. Time for a look at the weather, heres ben rich. The spell of hot weather goes on and the very hottest weather is shifting west. The eastern coasts at the moment it is a little cooler at 19 degrees. London courier than this time yesterday and the highest temperatures across parts of Northern Ireland and the south west of england. Close to 30 degrees at the moment at exeter airport. And in these areas we still have extreme Heat Warnings with the potential of a risk to Health And Transport infrastructure. Lots of sunshine to go with that he does well. You can see all this low cloud plaguing some coasts in north east england, particularly north east scotland. For the afternoon a lot of sunshine, some thunderstorms down to the South East. 0ne some thunderstorms down to the South East. One or two elsewhere and the highest temperatures across wes