during which ukraine will once again be front and center. we are stepping up to protect our shared democratic values including providing security and humanitarian assistance, a great, great deal as ukraine bravely defend themselves against russia s brutality. the un s nuclear watchdog says its inspectors need greater access to the russian occupied zaporizhzhia plant in ukraine. they want to make sure explosives have not been planted there. it follows a claim by ukraine s president that objects that looked like explosive devices had been placed on the site. our correspondent gordon corera has more from kyiv. the warnings over what could happen at the nuclear power plant has been becoming more intense. president zelensky and his last overnight address said his last overnight address said his military intelligence had seen what resembled explosives being placed on the roof of two of the buildings there. the bbc has looked at satellite imagery and we haven t been able to independ
alongside the queen and prince and princess of wales. the uk s national health service marks its 75th anniversary today we look at how that s being celebrated and the huge challenges it s facing. and the latest from wimbledon asjust stop oil protesters briefly disrupted a match by covering a corner of the court in orange confetti. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. thousands have joined funeral processions injenin in the west bank in the middle east for 12 palestinians killed during an intense 48 hour operation by the israeli military. massive crowds marched towards the cemetery these pictures giving you a sense of the scale of the turnout. huge numbers, huge anger after israeli forces launched a two day raid against what they described as terrorists launching attacks from jenin. eight of the dead were members of militant groups. as the bodies were carried through the debris str
a russian rocket hit an apartment building overnight in the western ukrainian city of lviv, causing casualties a local official said. in a post on telegram, the mayor of lviv has said the attack has left at least three people dead, another eight people were injured, including one seriously. there are fears that more people may be trapped under rubble. he added that about 60 apartments and 50 cars have been damaged. this is the aftermath of the attack. the lviv region is hundreds of kilometres from the front lines and has been largely peaceful. staying with ukraine, the united nations nuclear watchdog is calling for greater access to the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the south of the country. iaea inspectors want to make sure explosives have not been planted there. ukraine said devices resembling explosives had been placed on the roof. our analysis editor ros atkins explains why this plant is so significant. this week, ukraine had a warning. translation
live now to rupert wingfield hayes, bbc asia correspondent. what do you think that will look like in this visit? the expectations i keep quite low because relations between the two countries have low because relations between the two countries have been pretty bad, the worst for decades. we have seen secretary of state blinken go last month and nowjanet of state blinken go last month and now janet yellen of state blinken go last month and nowjanet yellen is of state blinken go last month and now janet yellen is going to beijing, these are trips that are designed to stabilise relations and reassure china. not admitting to a full decoupling and to restart a dialogue between these two extremely important economies in the world s two superpowers. i think it s really as basic as that. this is about sitting down, face to face in and talking, rebuilding some sort of trust, reassuring china that the us is committed to an engagement with china and all sorts of levels but more than tha
hello and welcome to the programme. we begin injenin in the occupied west bank, where thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians who were killed during israel s two day military operation. these are images taken by the bbc from inside a refugee camp injenin, where, as you can see, palestinians have been returning to widespread destruction in their homes. the city ofjenin lies in the west bank, which israeli forces captured and occupied back in 1967. previously, it was ruled byjordan. thousands of palestinians live in thejenin refugee camp which was set up after the first israeli palestinian conflict in 1948. our international editor jeremy bowen reports from inside the camp. and a warning you may find some images in his report distressing. with the israelis gone, the palestinians ofjenin were able to bury their dead. they processed out of the refugee camp and, on a finaljourney, passed the homes of the dead men and around their town. israel say