amid growing tension with commanders over the war in ukraine. he had since relocated to belarus. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg on whether today s announcement draws a line under the prigozhin affair. this is the closest, perhaps, we ll get to an official confirmation that yevgeny prigozhin is dead. this is all coming from an official russian body, russia s investigative committee, which said that genetic testing of all the bodies recovered from the crash site has been completed and claims that the identities of all ten victims matches the names on the flight manifest. and of course, that list of passengers and crew on the embraer plane that crashed included the head of wagner, yevgeny prigozhin, and his right hand man, dmitry utkin. i don t think. there are people who believe in conspiracy theorists who believe that perhaps somehow mr prigozhin got away. today s news will not change their minds. as for the cause of the crash, we re none the wiser. lots of possible
welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start here in the uk, where rishi sunak has suffered two stunning set backs and a surprising hold in three by elections in england. there were massive swings away from the conservatives in the two defeats, and the main political parties have been taking stock of what the results mean. there were celebrations for labour in the north yorkshire seat of selby and ainsty the party overturning a majority of more than 20,000 votes. there was an even bigger percentage swing for the liberal democrats in the south west, taking somerton and froome, overturning a 19,000 majority. but the tories held on to borisjohnson s former constituency of uxbridge and south ruislip in west london winning by just a95 votes. let s go live to westminster and samantha simmonds. thank you. let s get more reaction now from all of those by election constituencies with our correspondents. we ve gotjona
retailers have been fair to customers amid accusations they profiteered from the rising cost of living. good morning from old trafford where england s cricketers have work to do and fast on day two of their must win ashes fourth test. whilst in new zealand, kick off is not far away now for the women s world cup can anyone stop defending champions the usa? can anyone stop defending many can anyone stop defending will get a dry day today there many will get a dry day today but there will be showers to dodge. i will have the forecast here. it s thursday the 20th ofjuly. in an hour, senior hospital doctors in england will go on strike for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. nhs bosses have warned of severe disruption, with thousands of appointments postponed. it s the first time consultants have taken part in industrial action in more than a decade. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. we locked ourselves away. we did everything we should have done in covid to protec
and ainsty. big swing to the lib dems in somerton and frome. with an interesting, friendly acknowledgement by the lib dem candidate and winner of tactical voting, big part of the story. and uxbridge and ruislip, dominated by ulez. we had an amazing phone in on ulez. we had an amazing phone in on ulez a couple of weeks ago. the tories hung on by theirfingertips. who really won the spoils here. a mixed picture, or is actually a very clear picture, there is a bit of blurring on the edge by a local issue, kicking for khan and a bruising for sunak. or is there, for the tories, just a scintilla of hope? contact michael on the phones, 85058 on the texts, get in touch. 08085 909693 on the phones. here is deena campbell with the news. the conservatives have suffered two heavy defeats in yesterday s by elections. labour overturned a majority of more than 20,000 votes in the north yorkshire seat of selby and ainsty. the lib dems took the somerset seat of somerton and frome, overturni