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
we ll hear from an expert about the remarkable discovery. first, though, a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine, four times higher than the figure acknowledged by moscow. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training. significant numbers have been 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 re 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 verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the
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
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
welcome to the programme. russia strikes kyiv again, just as a delegation of african leaders visit the ukrainian capital to discuss peace solutions. also tonight: a two year investigation into the minneapolis police department in the wake of the killing of george floyd has found that officers routinely used excessive force and discriminated against black people for years. we ll have an update from kalamata, in greece, where officials have denied a series of reports that suggest the migrant boat which capsized 50 miles off the south coast did so because a rope was attached to it by coastguards. and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology has led to a lot of fear and concern, but also a lot of new and exciting solutions. we ll look at one example from devon, where ai is being used to predict pollution in waterways before it happens. but first let s focus in on ukraine, where the capital, kyiv, has come under missile attack at the same time that a delegation of af