Salvaged from the Titanic Which Go under the hammer this weekend hello, im geeta guru murthy, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The us top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. The Secretary Of State has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, during a trip to beijing. In an interview with the bbc, mr blinken said that hed made it clear to his chinese counterparts that they had to stop sending key components to russia or there would be consequences. sot thank you forjoining us. What were the biggest points of contention for you and your chinese counterparts . Whats really important is i was last here ten months ago and that really kicked off much greater engagement between our countries, diplomatic engagement with a number of my colleagues coming to china af
this is bbc news. the headlines: in his first major speech of the uk election campaign, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says his party will deliver security and stability. we will also provide the certainty that working people, businesses and communities need. a clear direction, not the endless spinning around that successive tory governments have subjected us all to. french president emmanuel macron is in germany as the first official state visit to the country in 2a years. he is expected to deliver a major speech on the continent s future. rescue crews in texas say they ve witnessed an unprecedented rate of drownings as more people are trying to make a deadly river crossing over the borderfrom mexico. south africa has seen much less electricity blackouts in the last few months, but some people say it could be an attempt to buy more votes for the upcoming general election. let s get more on the uk election campaign, now in its first full week. in his first major speech
Out scheme enters its first marker last week, should it be extended . Out scheme enters its first marker last week, should it be extended7m is needed to extend business for thousands of bars, pubs and restau ra nts. Bayern munich are champions of europe for a sixth time. Victory over paris st germain sees them become the first side to win the Champions League without losing a single game. Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft tells sally about her fears over whether disability sport will recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Showery rain moving west to east in wales and southern england which we re wales and southern england which were clear and then most will have a dry day with a few showers. Tonight and tomorrow we see a return to wet and tomorrow we see a return to wet and very windy conditions. Ill have all the details later in the programme. Its monday 24th august. Our top story. Borisjohnson has issued a direct appeal to parents to send their children back to school when they reo