of israel will do what it needs to defend itself. a russian missile kills 1a and wounds more than 60 in chernihiv in northern ukraine. bbc verify has been assessing the latest footage. on verified today we have been looking into the russian strike on the ukrainian city of chernihiv and reports of explosions on a russian airbase in annexed crimea. the actor hugh grant settles a long—running lawsuit against the publisher of the sun newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone. hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them.

the foreign secretary lord cameron has been injerusalem as the world waits to see how israel will respond to iran's drone and missile attacks last weekend. lord cameron has had talks with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. from jerusalem, our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched at israel from iran, an unprecedented attack that thrust an unprecedented attack that thrust an old war out of the shadows and into the open. the men and women around this table have decided to retaliate but it is not clear when or how. their allies are urging restraint. the message of lord cameron reinforced when he met his counterpart injerusalem, asking israel to think about the future of the region. germany's foreign minister also in town, urging israel

to act wisely. minister also in town, urging israel to act wisely-— to act wisely. israel is an independent _ to act wisely. israel is an independent sovereign i to act wisely. israel is an - independent sovereign country and gets to make these choices. we hope and continue to hope that as they do so, they do so in a way that is smart as well as tough but is also doing as little as possible to escalate this conflict.- doing as little as possible to escalate this conflict. lord cameron also said he — escalate this conflict. lord cameron also said he would _ escalate this conflict. lord cameron also said he would raise _ escalate this conflict. lord cameron also said he would raise the - also said he would raise the situation in gaza where the humanitarian crisis is still dire. he said he would be asking israel to do more to direct aid in. also to put pressure on hamas to release the israeli hostages. in iran a two day parade to celebrate the country and its stock of missiles. its president had a fresh warning against any retaliation by its israel. translation: if the zionist regime makes the slightest move to violate our territory and harm the national

interests of the islamic republic they must understand that they would face a severe and heavy response. israel has won new dramatic response in the wake of iran's attack and it wants to use that to put more international pressure on tehran, the west seems happy to do that. g7 ministers meeting today are expected to discuss new sanctions on iran. there is more that we can do. to show a there is more that we can do. trr show a united front that iran is behind so much of the line activity in this region, backing hamas, hezbollah, the houthis and they need to be given an unequivocal message by the g7. to be given an unequivocal message b the g7. ~ . ., , , to be given an unequivocal message b theg7. ~ . ., , ,., , by the g7. much now depends on this man, by the g7. much now depends on this man. prime — by the g7. much now depends on this man, prime minister— by the g7. much now depends on this man, prime minister benjamin - man, prime minister benjamin netanyahu lord cameron also met. he welcomed britain's military support in the face of the attack on the weekend but in this war he has not always listened to britain's advice.

let's speak to hisham mhanna, spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross. we have heard those further political appeal is to allow wateraid into gaza, thank you for your time today, let's talk about the situation on the ground as you see it, are you seeing any better flows, improve flows of aid into the area? . ~' ,. flows, improve flows of aid into the area? ., ~ i., ., flows, improve flows of aid into the area? ., ~ ., ., area? thank you for having me. recently we _ area? thank you for having me. recently we have _ area? thank you for having me. recently we have been - area? thank you for having me. recently we have been seeing l area? thank you for having me. j recently we have been seeing a dramatic increase in at the humanitarian aid that is allowed into the gaza strip, particularly in northern gaza, we witness more food items, more vegetables present in the streets, in gaza city. after several months of not being able to have, you know, enough quantities of food by people and they have been suffering a severe level of food

insecurity and so, yes, there is an increase but, however, it remains a drop in the ocean compared to the unmet needs. not only in terms of the food insecurity but also in terms of the health care services that are provided. clean water that is available for over 2 million people and many other humanitarian needs that are urgently needed. i want to talk about that wider infrastructure in just a want to talk about that wider infrastructure injust a decade but before that, obviously, there had been numerous warnings that gaza has been numerous warnings that gaza has been teetering on the brink of famine, how quickly if there is a sustained flow of aid, how quickly can people be pulled back from that, from being on the brink of famine? this will not be easy. the exact level of famine, we need to have

exact access to the gaza strip and to do screening for the level of famine there. people have been suffering for months trying to find food and bring it back to their children. first, the hostilities have to cease, there has to be the cessation of fire and aid has turn into a robust, unimpeded, safe flow of humanitarian aid into gaza and then we will witness a recovery, not only in this area but also in other areas. ~ . ., ., ., ., , only in this area but also in other areas. ~ . ., ., ., ., areas. what about other areas of need, for example, _ areas. what about other areas of need, for example, helping - areas. what about other areas of l need, for example, helping people not only with the physical injuries and their physical needs for food and their physical needs for food and clean water but dealing with their mental health trauma and basically building up the infrastructure again? well, the infrastructure _ infrastructure again? well, the infrastructure is _ infrastructure again? well, the infrastructure is completely - infrastructure is completely devastated. speaking of water, for example, what we have witnessed in a

rafah, where over 1.3 million people are internally displaced, an average person would have access to only three litres of water and two out of these three litres are unsuitable for human consumption. there is one bathroom for each 900 people and this is just a few examples of numbers on the scene here. wherever you turn your face, you will find a person who is in need, a child who needs proper clothing, clean water, a decent place to live. people have survived the winter and now they are facing an increase in the weather and it is pretty much a hot, to be honest, in a rafah. psychological distance is a population level. children have not been able to go to school, they have been either destroyed or they are inhabited by thousands of families who have been displaced. there was unease that have been unmet. there are thousands

of families whose hearts are torn apart because they don't know their whereabouts of their loved ones or have been detained. the same situation of many israeli families who want to know the fate of their beloved ones who have been taken hostage. there is a lot of need to be met and there is a shrinkage in the humanitarian space for humanitarian workers to respond to that. . ~ , ., humanitarian workers to respond to that. . ~' , ., , humanitarian workers to respond to that. . ~ y., , . humanitarian workers to respond to that. . ~ , . ., that. thank you very much for your u date, that. thank you very much for your update. hisham — that. thank you very much for your update, hisham mhanna _ that. thank you very much for your. update, hisham mhanna spokesman that. thank you very much for your - update, hisham mhanna spokesman for the international community of the red cross. another development to bring you. lebanon hezbollah said it attacks a israeli base on... damaging. —— injuring two people. one seriously. they have an increasing attacks on israel, triggering more in the gaza strip. wednesday's incident marked the third day in a row that hezbollah

strikes wounded people in israel with regional had intentions to let —— tension is high when iran launched a attack on israel in retaliation for israel's deadly strike on iran's consulate. in ukraine, a russian missile attack has killed at least 1a people in the city of chernihiv, according to officials there. dozens of other residents have been wounded, and the authorities have appealed urgently for blood donations. the missile strikes hit an eight—story building and others nearby. ukraine's president zelensky says it wouldn't have happened if western allies had supplied enough air defences. james waterhouse is in kyiv. bus passengers dive for cover after two missiles hit nearby. what follows is the haunting sound of a third. in chernihiv, air strikes happen with little notice. russia tried and failed to take this city. but with its border only 60 miles away, the skies

bring a constant threat. "i was walking my dog," says maxim. "i heard a hit, then the second and the third. "i thought it was air defense working." the explosions are followed by a familiar recovery routine, with the number of dead expected to rise. for ukrainians, there is no escaping russia's invasion and their leader keeps asking his allies for more air defenses. translation: with our partners, we work to get more real - help to achieve true equality in the defense against terror, for the same rules to apply to us here in ukraine. with western military aid continuing to deplete, ukraine is increasingly fighting this war on its own. james waterhouse reporting from kyiv. let's hearfrom bbc verify�*s olga robinson — she's been assessing the latest footage.

as you've just seen, this was the moment a russian missile hit the city of kyiv earlier today. —— the city of chernihiv earlier today. and you can see people here looking at smoke in the distant distance and then there is an explosion and we've checked this and this video is new. we also know it was filmed in chernihiv because details in it like this bus over here and the building in the distance do match the area. and so far, ukrainian officials have said 1a people were killed and more than 60 were wounded. as you can see from this picture that was posted by president volodymyr zelensky, several floors of a building that was directly hit were badly damaged. now, just to remind you, chernihiv is quite close to the russian border. it's only 100 kilometres away. that's about 60 miles. and at the start of the full scale invasion of ukraine in 2022, the city was under siege for more than a month.

now, the attack on chernihiv happened just hours after reports of a ukrainian attack on a russian airfield here in the annexed crimea. here's the recent satellite imagery from the airfield that you can see helicopters and that are stationed there as well as other aircraft. we also know that this airfield is in heavy use because it's been described by independent media as russia's main logistics hub for its operations in southern ukraine. now, local telegram channel channels have posted this video earlier today claiming to show explosions at that airfield, which is located in the city ofjiankui. now, the video is very dark, as you can see, but there are just about enough details like the trees and lamp posts and some of the pavement that we can match it to a location, to a nearby location in the residential area. now, nasa satellite has also picked up signs of active fires around the airfield overnight. and you can see them here in red on this heat map.

now, some social media channels have also posted this image, claiming to show the aftermath of the strike. and we know the picture is new because we've checked, but we are still trying to verify the location. so we haven't been able to independently verify this picture. and we haven't seen any official statements from russia on this yet either. now, russian military infrastructure in crimea has been a regular target of ukrainian attacks since the full scale invasion began. and as ukraine is expecting a large russian offensive for late spring or early summer, we're likely to see more images like this emerge online. olga robinson from bbc verify. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

georgia's parliament has approved the first stage of a bill on "foreign agents", which had sparked mass protests. western allies have repeatedly urged the governing georgian dream

party to drop the bill. overnight police used tear gas to break up gatherings in the capital tblisi against the plans. these images were filmed late on tuesday near the parliament building — reports say several arrests were made. several local media outlets said police had attacked theirjournalists. the new law would require any independent ngo or media organisation which gets more than 20 percent of funding from abroad, to register as an "organisation pursuing the interests of a foreign power." critics says it mirrors a russian law on "foreign agents" — which they say has been used to silence media outlets critical of the kremlin. georgia's president has been speaking to the bbc. well, it's a major concern because it is exactly a copy of putin's law that was adopted in 2012 and then gradually increased and developed.

it's a law against the ngos activities. media activity, and it's a law against all the international organisation of our partner countries, european countries, great britain or united states that have been supporting georgia's independence, the building of state institutions, the development of our economy for the last 30 years and more. and so it's a very big concern. that's why last year this same law was rejected by massive demonstrations and it couldn't be adopted. and this time, a repeat of this law is a direct provocation. let's speak to our correspondent, rayhan demytrie, she's at a protest in tbilisi. rayhan, what is the atmosphere like there? ~ , ., , rayhan, what is the atmosphere like

there? ~ , ., ., there? well people are gathering as of now, there? well people are gathering as of now. there _ there? well people are gathering as of now, there are _ there? well people are gathering as of now, there are already _ there? well people are gathering as of now, there are already lots - there? well people are gathering as of now, there are already lots of - of now, there are already lots of people around me and you can see that building is the georgian parliament. the focal point of all the protests and this is where the proteas have been happening for the last three nights. so, a lot of young people around me draped in eu flags, georgian flags, young people around me draped in eu flags, georgianflags, given young people around me draped in eu flags, georgian flags, given that today that the georgian parliament, the governing body, georgian dream, passed the law in the first reading, there are two more readings to go through. it is expected that tonight's protest will be large. there is a tension between the governing party and the president so how might a band to play out, just tell us a little bit more about... we have alluded to it in the introduction about why this law is so controversial. i introduction about why this law is so controversial.— so controversial. i will try to exlain so controversial. i will try to explain briefly. _ so controversial. i will try to explain briefly. because -

so controversial. i will try to explain briefly. because it i so controversial. i will try to - explain briefly. because it targets georgia's vibrant civil society, and media. most of these organisations do get theirfunding media. most of these organisations do get their funding from abroad and they are saying, look, ourfunding and our donors, is already public information, you can go to the website of these organisations and it lists who supports them. they are saying that this law is the copy of the russian law, it is about stigmatisation, it is about unnecessary labelling and ultimately, shrinking this space for free speech, for all of the work that the ngo' do. regarding the question about the president and the government, yes, they have been at loggerheads for a long time. the president is seen as being as pro—western but she does not have executive powers. the government, the georgian dream government has

said also some things about the president and does not support what she says. because she is not backing them, obviously.— them, obviously. rayhan, thank you very much- — heavy rain has battered the gulf states, causing flash flooding — with some places recording a year's worth of rain in a single day. dubai airport was forced to divert incoming flights for around two hours. officials say there is still significant disruption to flights. cars were washed away in the streets, and several buildings were flooded — following the heaviest rainfall for 75 years. authorities in neighbouring oman said 19 people had been killed by the extreme weather since the weekend. our reporter, aruna iyengar, has more. dubai international — the world's busiest airport, but a wash—out yesterday with flights diverted. below the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, roads submerged around the city's financial centre and shopping malls.

navigating the roads in this residential area was proving tricky. but these men were viewing it as an interesting challenge. parts of dubai saw more than a year's worth of rain in a day. the gulf states are usually known for hot, dry weather, but heavy rains are coming round more often. in oman, police airlifted people caught up in flash floods. across the country, 18 people died — among them, schoolchildren swept away in a bus. bahrain was also hard hit by lightning strikes and flooding. across the united arab emirates, schools were shut, people were advised to work from home. the region is bracing itself for more bad weather — further storms are expected today. aruna iyengar, bbc news.

the actor hugh grant has settled his privacy case against the publisher of the sun newspaper. according to court documents, mr grant claimed the sun used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. the terms of the settlement have not been made public, but hugh grant says he's been offered quote �*an enormous sum of money'. a spokesman for news group newspapers says the sun does not accept liability or make any admissions to the allegations. we can hear more 110w we can hear more now from our reporter sarah campbell. it had been expected that in january of next year, he would have his time in court. in this case against a news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun. and he is one of several individuals, including, as you say, prince harry, suing this group for unlawful information gathering. so mr grant's case, that means tapping of landlines, he alleges, bugging his house, bugging his car, using nagging methods to access medical information. and he had been very vocal about this, and so it was somewhat of a surprise when at a court

hearing this morning it emerged that mr grant had in fact settled his case. and a short while later he released a long thread on x, formerly known as twitter, explaining why. he said the publisher was offering him an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court. he went on that he did not want to accept it or settle, as he wanted to see those allegations tested in court, but that his lawyers had advised him that if he went to court and if he won, if the damages he was offered were even just a penny less than the settlement, he would have to pay the legal costs of both sides. and he said that would amount to something like £10 million. news group newspapers have previously rejected allegations of any wrongdoing by staff at the sun, and they have settled more than 1000 cases without making any admission of liability. that is exactly what has happened here. they have released a statement in relation to mr grant's case saying we have reached an agreement to settle the case, this has been

done without an admission of liability, it is in both party's financial interests not to progress to a costly trial, and just the same, mr grant says he will use that settlement money to boost groups like hacked off, which campaigns against what it sees as wrongdoing by the press. donald trump was in a courtroom tuesday watching the jury selection for his hush money trial his rival joe biden spent the day going back to his roots. he visited scranton in pennsylvania and took a tour around the house he grew up in. a state thatis the house he grew up in. a state that is seen as a key battleground in the race for the white house and mr biden is planning to spend three days there this week campaigning for votes. as cbs reporter told us earlier why pennsylvania is not an easy state to win for biden. the only one in pennsylvania by a little

over 1% four years ago and, you're right, the polls show him dead even with donald trumpjust right, the polls show him dead even with donald trump just now. that is why president biden is spending so much time in this state. he is going to be here in pennsylvania three days this week starting out today in scranton, he's heading out to pittsburgh, he will be in pennsylvania in philadelphia tomorrow. his campaign is pouring money into the state as well, they have opened 1a campaign offices and they have hired two dozen staffers since february. the reason is very simple, it's very difficult to construct a path for victory for president biden that does not go through pennsylvania, it is the largest battleground state, 19 electoral votes up for grabs, if he is not doing well, it's likely he's not doing well in other industrial states in the midwest, like wisconsin. so this is a very important state for the biden campaign. that was our reporter from

cbs bring us up to date on the latest for campaigning for the us presidency. do stay with us here on bbc news, there is lots more to bring you in the next 1.5 hours, all of the key stories of the day and the truth behind them. good evening. sunshine for some but not for all, that has been the story today and when the shower clouds came they were pretty threatening. quite a dramatic weather watcher picture here sent in from north wales. most of the showers have been out to the west first thing this morning with these frontal system seeking a way steadily sell. through this evening we have a clutch of

showers just clinging on to east anglia, south—east england, they fade away and skies clear and temperatures are likely to away. gardeners and growers', take note because you could see a light frost with a low single figures. further north and west we keep around four or 5 degrees and that is because we have cloud and rain spilling in from another system which will bring in wet weather as we go through the day. into the afternoon, perhaps the best of the sunshine, east anglia, the midlands, and southern england will stop clouding over three north midlands app and north england, is closer to the scottish borders, they'll be outbreaks of rain. the rain not too bad in northern ireland but will stay fairly persistent throughout north—west scotland throughout north—west scotland throughout the afternoon. the rain obviously having little impact on the feel of the weather once again, highs of eight to 12 degrees but we might see 15 celsius in the south—east in the best of the sunshine. there will be some rain for all us in sunday —— thursday

night and into friday morning the high pressure trying to influence its story. however, because of a picture of the high we still pick up this northerly wind so we'll be chasing cloud around, will be a breezy day on friday and that will have an impact on the feel of the weather once again. temperatures just below par for the time of year. into the start of the weekend, the high pressure will continue to nudge its way into north and east, this weather front could enhance some showery rain for a time across eastern scotland and north—east england, it also again depends on the direction of the winds because the direction of the winds because the position of the high, we are continuing to drag in the wind from the north—east from scandinavia. a cooler source. at times there temperatures struggling and there will be some scattered showers. west is best for not only sunshine but also warmth for this weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines: yuko is foreign secretary rod cameron has urged israel to do as little as possible to ease tensions in the middle east. but benjamin netanyahu said israel will decide on its own steps. we

netanyahu said israel will decide on its own stem-— its own steps. we have anything israel does _ its own steps. we have anything israel does is _ its own steps. we have anything israel does is as _ its own steps. we have anything israel does is as limited - its own steps. we have anything israel does is as limited and - its own steps. we have anything israel does is as limited and are | israel does is as limited and are smart and targeted as possible. it is in no one public interest that we see escalation further. translation: we will make — see escalation further. translation: we will make all— see escalation further. translation: we will make all our— see escalation further. translation: we will make all our decisions - see escalation further. translation: we will make all our decisions on - we will make all our decisions on our own— we will make all our decisions on our own and the state of israel will do what _ our own and the state of israel will do what it— our own and the state of israel will do what it needs to do it to defend itself _ do what it needs to do it to defend itself. ., ., ., ., itself. the death toll of the war in ukraine has _ itself. the death toll of the war in ukraine has now _ itself. the death toll of the war in ukraine has now far _ itself. the death toll of the war in ukraine has now far an _ itself. the death toll of the war in ukraine has now far an past - itself. the death toll of the war in . ukraine has now far an past 50,000. we have more inner a bbc investigation the projections for working age people in the uk off working age people in the uk off work due to long—term sickness is set to increase by 700,000 people in the coming years, new research suggests. let's look at the big day business news now. annita mcveigh, thank you very much. we're starting with inflation — the rate at which prices have been rising is something that continues to trouble millions

of people around the world. here in the uk, there's been another fall in the inflation rate,