Verifying video after deadly Russian strike on Ukraine transport hub

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Date: 12:20 BST
Title: How many hostages are still in Gaza?
Content: The UN Security Council is due to meet later today to discuss the fate of the remaining hostages taken from Israel still held in Gaza.
The UN session was called after Palestinian armed groups put out videos showing two of the Israeli hostages, Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, looking severely emaciated.
At BBC Verify, through media reports and video, we've been keeping across the status of the hostages taken into Gaza during the 7 October 2023 armed attacks on Israel by Hamas. Our understanding is that:
Regarding hostages no longer in Gaza:
Verification work by Alex Murray, Emma Pengelly, and Jamie Ryan
Update:
Date: 11:39 BST
Title: Keeping track of small boats data
Content: Anthony ReubenBBC Verify senior journalist
The BBC Verify team keeps track of the data on people arriving in the UK on small boats so that we can show how the numbers are changing year-on-year.
The Home Office publishes the figures both for the last seven days, external and a time series going back to 2018, external.
Each day's figures come out the following day, so we'll get Monday's figures later on.
So far this year, 25,436 people have been detected crossing the English Channel in small boats which is almost 50% higher than at the same point last year.
Update:
Date: 10:58 BST
Title: Cooper calls for more robust data on nationality of criminals
Content: Robert CuffeBBC Verify head of statistics
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told BBC Radio 4 Today there should be 'more transparency' about the nationality and immigration status of people accused of crimes.
Her comments come after Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick told the same programme yesterday that 'in London, 40% last year of all of the sexual crimes were committed by foreign nationals, despite the fact that they only make up 25% of the population'.
Yesterday we described where the data comes from and why it can't tell us whether foreign nationals as a group are more likely to commit crimes than British nationals without taking into account the different ages of different populations.
These warnings apply particularly for small groups such as Eritrean or Afghan nationals. They are much rarer in both the Metropolitan Police data (10 and 16 of the 1,600 sexual offences charged or cautioned last year) and population statistics.
When you're dealing with small numbers, minor shifts or weaknesses in the data have an outsized effect: taking four offences from the Afghan total would be a 25% reduction.
Update:
Date: 10:13 BST
Title: Verified video shows damage at Ukraine railway station following Russian drone attack
Content: Paul Brown and Peter MwaiBBC Verify
We have verified video showing severe damage at a railway station in the Ukrainian city of Lozova in the northern Kharkiv region following reports of a major Russian drone attack overnight.
Local authorities say at least one person was killed and 10 injured.
The videos show the station's roof, wall and windows have been damaged and a train at the platform has a buckled carriage.
We have confirmed the footage was filmed at the city's main railway station by matching the unique facade of the building, benches and coloured paving blocks with imagery available on Google maps.
Both Ukraine and Russia have been attacking each other's transport infrastructure in an attempt to disrupt industry and movement of supplies.
We are also looking into reports that Tatsinskaya station in the Rostov region in Russia's south was hit overnight and will post here on the live page when we have verified material.
Update:
Date: 09:46 BST
Title: Tuesday on BBC Verify
Content: Rob CorpBBC Verify Live editor
Hello from the team.
We're getting on with verification work following an overnight Russian strike on the Ukrainian town of Lozova which officials say killed at least one person and injured 10 others.
Images we've seen so far suggest the attack caused significant damage to the town's railway station - Lozova is a key transport hub for the north-east of Ukraine.
Our fact-checkers have been listening to UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper who has been doing broadcast interviews this morning as the UK's "one in, one out" migrant returns deal with France comes into force.
And we'll also be looking for the latest verifiable information coming out of Gaza as it's reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing to expand military operations in the Strip.
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