Inside BBC Verify: Analysing strikes in Russia, Gaza aid and latest crime numbers
Date: 09:55 BST
Title: Thursday's BBC Verify Live
Content: Tom EdgingtonBBC Verify live editor
Good morning and welcome to
Thursday's edition of BBC Verify Live.
It's already a busy start for
our open source and data journalists who are digging into several developing
stories.
In Gaza, we're continuing our
work to understand how much aid is actually reaching the Strip.
In Russia, a drone strike hit
the city of Sochi overnight, reportedly killing one person. The strike also
caused a huge blaze at an oil depot, which our team has already confirmed.
Elsewhere, at least 12 Thai civilians have been killed in crossfire, as
Thai and Cambodian troops clash. We'll explain how we verified the footage.
Closer to home, the latest
crime statistics for England and Wales have just been released. Our head of
statistics is analysing what the data tells us.
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