more on all of those stories coming up more on all of those stories coming up in a moment or two but let s headfirst to the bbc sport centre. thank you, matthew. we start this hour with the second round of the us open. rory mcilroy has just teed off, he is a three shots off the lead. world number one is five off the lead on three under. masters winnerjohn rama is a further two strokes behind. the lead currently shared between two players who shot the lowest score in us open history in round one stop it was a great day. in round one stop it was a great da . ,., in round one stop it was a great da . , ., ., ., in round one stop it was a great da. ., ., . in round one stop it was a great da. . ,., in round one stop it was a great da. . ., day. got off to a nice start and then just. day. got off to a nice start and then just. i day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, never- day. got off to a nice start and| the
a bbc investigation finds the number of russian soldiers killed in the war with ukraine is far higher than moscow s officialfigures. predicting spillages in our waterways we see the pilot scheme using al to try to get early warnings about pollution. and the first ashes test is under way england face australia and they are off to a good start and coming up on bbc news, manchester united have confirmed england s striker alessia russo will leave when her contract expires this summer, with wsl rivals arsenal the heavy favourites to sign her. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police in greece have arrested nine people in connection with the sinking of a migrant boat off the country s southern coast on tuesday. at least 79 people are known to have died but hundreds are still missing. even though 104 people were rescued, there are suggestions that 750 were on board. the greek authorities are facing questions about what actions they took before the incident. so
popular over the past couple of years, but clearly there is any human impacts to it. the coastguard is maintaining that when they offered help to the migrants, that help was rejected but lots of people are saying if you can see a boat is so overcrowded and in such deep waters, there is a moral obligation to intervene. relatives of the hundreds lost at sea rushed to this port city fearing the worst. we found aftab from wolverhampton searching for news about his cousins from pakistan. my relatives were on board the boat that capsized. how do you know that? we ve had confirmation. we ve found one of the relatives he s in there, but the rest of them we haven t got hold of yet. how many relatives? four of them. the victims of greece s worst ever migrant ship wreck had set off from libya. many syrians were on board, kazim abu zeeb told me, including his wife. translation: how would i feel? i have lost my wife now. i don t know where she is. it s my wife. 21 year old izra had been
was how did people feel about the regime, because ultimately, this is the sort of thing that will determine the future of north korea. have a look at what we found out. this is the world s most tyrannical state, its supreme leader rules by terror, but kim jong un is tightening his grip. pushing his people to their limits. translation: every day it gets harder to live. - one wrong move and you are facing execution. this is chan ho, one of three north koreans who have risked their lives to tell us what has been happening since the country cut itself off from the world. we have changed their names and illustrated their words using actors and animations. translation: if | live - according to the rules i feel like i will starve to death. butjust trying to survive i could be arrested by the state security, branded as a traitor and killed. one way to survive north korea is to escape across the border to china, butjong un has become walling his people in, installing fences and survei
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