Hello. Tonight were in monmouthshire in wales to talk to the people of this proud area about what their lives are like and what they want to hearfrom politicians in this election year. Does it feel like the economy has turned a corner as the Prime Minister claimed today . Good evening and welcome to abergavenny. Applause. According to the sunday times yesterday, this is the best place to live in the whole of wales. Were here for one of our outside broadcasts where we gauge the mood of people who live and work here in the run up to an election later this year. Were broadcasting live tonight from a brand new constituency of monmouthshire in South East Wales. Its the successor to the seat of monmouth which has voted conservative since 2005. And we are in the stunning st marys priory which has served the people of abergavenny and the surrounding area for a thousand years. Weve invited people from all walks of life, all political colours, broadly representative of how people voted at the la
anti jewish in american history. let s take a look now at the human cost of russia s invasion of ukraine. moscow, like kyiv, has been very secretive when it comes to casualties from the fighting, but a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have died. that s four times higher than the figure acknowledged by the kremlin. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training, with significant numbers recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they are filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners, recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verif
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. to some breaking news now, and nottinghamshire police have announced murder charges against a 31 year old man after tuesday s events in which three people died in nottingham. they were stabbed to death. valdo calocane who is 31, has also been charged with the attempted murder after three people were hit with a van and injured. live now to simon jones in nottingham. valdo calocane will appear in front of magistrates tomorrow morning here in nottingham. the three back charges of murder relate to two students who were studying here in the city. they were found stabbed to death at about four o clock on tuesday morning. the third charge of murder relates to a school caretaker, 65 year old ian coates. he too was found stabbed to death. it is then alleged that the suspect used his van to plough into three other people, who are out on the streets. that is
which found he lied to mps about downing street parties during the pandemic. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in ukraine lots to update you on because the capital kyiv, has come under missile attack, at the same time as a delegation of african leaders arrived in the country, to discuss ways to end the war with russia. ukraine s foreign minister said, the message to africa was clear russia wants more war, not peace. we ll have more on that visit, in a moment, but first let me show you some of the damage caused by that attack. ukraine s air force says it shot down a dozen rockets, including hypersonic missiles. at least two explosions were heard in the capital. live now to yalda hakim who s in a village on the outskirts of kyiv where they re dealing with the aftermath of those attacks. welcome to the programme. just take us for it. i think i m right in saying a litt
Is held for daniel anjorin, the 14 Year Old School Boy who died in a sword attack near his home in east london two weeks ago. Good evening. After Russian Troops crossed the border into North Eastern ukraine last week, President Putin has said there are no plans to capture the countrys second city kharkiv at least for now. The area around kharkiv has been under frequent attack since russias incursion. Mr putin, on a visit to china, said his forces were advancing to protect the russian border region. Here is the latest Battlefield Situation from uk military intelligence. The red areas are russian occupied, with the arrows showing several likely points of russian attack. The recent focus of attention is here, in the north east, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place. The yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this Special Report from the front line. Near the village of lipsi, the russians are closing in. The fire f