Rob Corp
BBC Live editor

This live page is closing shortly but the late team is keeping a close eye on the situation in Gaza after the latest fatal shooting today close to an aid distribution hub.

We'll be monitoring social media for potential new videos from the aid centres run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) following a series of deadly incidents sites in the last few days.

Our senior reporter Merlyn Thomas has been putting together everything we know so far and will be reporting on the BBC's News at Six and Ten on TV.

We'll also be keeping an eye on Russia and Ukraine after today's explosions at the Kerch Bridge in Russian-occupied Crimea - you can get the latest on the BBC News live page.

One of our main stories today has been the release of new UK government figures on small boats - notably looking at whether there is a link between good weather and increased crossings. You can read more on that in our recently published story here.

You can also go through the BBC back catalogue of investigations, videos and explainers by visiting our pages on the BBC website.

Peter Mwai and Kumar Malhotra
BBC senior journalists

We have been looking at video posted on social media said to show the aftermath of an attack on a humanitarian convoy that was headed for the besieged Sudanese city of al-Fasher where the armed forces are battling the paramilitary Rapid Forces (RSF).

Footage we’ve seen shows damaged lorries still burning with sacks labelled UN World Food Programme lying scattered on the ground. The video is apparently from a place called al-Koma. However it can be challenging trying to locate remote places in Sudan on online maps without any road signs, few landmarks, and in many areas no street view at all.

Searching on Google maps initially led us to a location with a similar sounding name, but we couldn’t find a match. But by using various spellings, we realised it was an entirely different location - a town labelled as Kuma which is located about 80km (50 miles) north-east of al-Fasher.

Eventually, we managed to match the buildings we see in the videos, as well as some large trees and a telecommunications mast to what was visible on Google Earth.

The RSF has accused the army of having attacked the convoy, but the UN has not said who was responsible.

You can read more about that story here.

Robert Cuffe
BBC head of statistics

Image source, PA Media

While we’ve been reporting on today’s small boats stats about the potential impact weather has on crossings we noticed the Home Office has revised its figures for 2022 and 2023.

Back in December 2024 it said there were around 160 “red days”, when small boat crossings were considered likely, in each of those years.

But the figures for those years have been revised today: down to 107 and 102 respectively.

We asked the Home Office why they made the revision.

It told us that its methods have improved: the old analysis only looked at how high the waves in the English Channel were.

Its new one looks at rainfall, wind speeds and surf at the beaches as well.

You can read all about today’s update on small boats and weather conditions here.

Paul Brown
BBC senior journalist

Image source, Planet

During our search to see the damage caused by Ukraine's audacious drone attack on Russian airfields on Sunday we spotted a wrecked aircraft at the Ivanovo air base.

But, having checked earlier images of the site, we found it was already there before Sunday’s raids. In fact it's been there for more than a year.

Looking back over available satellite imagery, the first clear picture of the wreckage is on 25 March 2024. It is not visible in a shot from 17 March, suggesting it appeared between those dates.

There is some speculation online that the wreckage is of an Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane which crashed on 12 March 2024 and was subsequently transported to the Ivanovo base.

While we can't confirm this from the imagery - we do know the crash occurred close to the base because we verified imagery of it at the time.

Ivanovo was one of five airfields said to have been targeted in Sunday's operation although we are yet to confirm any fresh damage to aircraft there.

BBC is dedicated to investigating claims and analysing sources.

We're keen to know if there's a story you think we should investigate. We're particularly interested in things being shared online via social media or messaging apps that could be fake, factually inaccurate or misleading.

It could be that something you've heard or seen doesn't feel right or you want to know if someone is using generative-AI to spread disinformation.

You can send your suggestions to the team here.

Paul Brown
BBC senior journalist

Image source, Ukraine SBU/Planet

We're currently investigating reports of one or two incidents at the Kerch Bridge that connects Russian-occupied Crimea with Russia.

Ukraine's security service, the SBU, said in a social media post “agents mined the s of this illegal facility. And today, without any civilian casualties, at 4:44 am the first explosive device was activated!".

The post was accompanied by a video showing an explosion near one of the bridge s and a still image showing damage to railings above.

The image and video both appear to be taken from CCTV footage, with the latter bearing a timestamp for today at 06:22 local time (04:22 BST).

The footage allowed us to geolocate the explosion to the eastern edge of the road bridge beneath an arched section.

According to one state-run Russian news agency the bridge was closed for three hours this morning.

We cannot yet the SBU's claim that it used 1.1 tonnes of explosives and the bridge was left "in a state of emergency".

We are now looking into reports of another incident at the bridge which forced it to close again.

The 10-mile Kerch Bridge was inaugurated in 2018, four years after Russia's annexation of the peninsula. It is considered a legitimate military target by Ukraine.

Tom Edgington
BBC senior journalist

We’ve been looking at new official figures on small boat crossings, external.

One striking trend is the rise in what the Home Office’s calls “severely overcrowded” small boats making the journey across the English Channel.

In the year to April 2025, 33 boats were recorded with 80 or more people on board.

In 2023-24 the number was 11 boats with 80 or more people on and in the year to April 2023 just one such boat was recorded.

While the number of people per boat has increased the government said the total number of vessels crossing had fallen – from more than 1,100 in 2021–22 to 738 last year.

Emma Pengelly
BBC journalist

Here’s what followed after reports emerged on Sunday of a mass casualty incident near an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza:

Sunday 1 June

• SDS1 remained the only open site, according to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)
• On Sunday witnesses told the BBC they were shot at while waiting for aid. The ICRC said its hospitals, external received 179 casualties - including 21 dead
• Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said 31 were killed and many more wounded
• The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denied firing at civilians near or within the aid site. A military source later said warning shots were fired approximately 1km away from the site “to prevent suspects from approaching the troops”
• GHF denied any issues with distribution

Monday 2 June

• Reports of three Palestinians killed near SDS1 early morning
• The IDF said warning shots were fired approximately 1km from the Rafah site outside of its operating hours
• GHF reported calm operations at SDS1 with “no security incidents”

Tuesday 3 June

• Gaza’s Nasser Hospital director said 24 people were killed “as a result of Israeli forces opening fire on crowds of civilians” waiting for aid in Rafah
• The IDF said it fired warning shots when “several suspects” moved towards them approximately half a kilometre from the aid distribution site. The suspects “failed to retreat” and additional shots were “ directed near a few individual suspects”
• The IDF said it's looking into reports of casualties
• GHF posted at 04:05 local time that SDS1 would open at 05:00 then reversed it at 04:55. Later it said 21 lorries of aid were delivered. BBC has asked GHF for further clarification of the site’s opening times

Emma Pengelly
BBC journalist

This morning's fatal incident near an aid distribution centre in Gaza is the latest such case since the sites began operating last week.

I’ve been looking at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) operations over this past week.

Currently GHF runs four aid centres across Gaza. Depending on their location, they’re called SDS1, SDS2, SDS3, SDS4 – which stands for “Safe Distribution Site”.

Tuesday 27 May

• Crowds overran SDS1. Footage showed people trampling toppled barriers and flinching at gunfire
• GHF said its team ”fell back to allow a small number of Gazans to take aid safely and dissipate”. It added it was in line with GHF protocol to avoid casualties
• The Israeli military said it fired warning shots outside the compound

Wednesday 28 May:

• SDS1 remained active, SDS3 opened for the first time
• Video appeared showing people arriving at SDS3 with empty containers and leaving with sacks and boxes

Thursday 29 May:

• SDS1, SDS3 and a new site SDS4 were operational
• Footage showed Palestinians leaving SDS3 with GHF-labelled boxes. Another video from SDS4 showed people running after security threw a projectile that exploded with a loud bang, a flash and smoke
• GHF said it used “non-lethal deterrents” after facing a “tense and potentially dangerous crowd that refused to disperse"

Friday 30 May

• SDS1 was the only operational site, the GHF said
• Footage, which we’ve been unable to geolocate, featured a loudspeaker on a quadcopter saying “no aid distribution today” in Arabic

Saturday 31 May

• SDS1 was the only site open, according to GHF

Benedict Garman
BBC senior journalist

Yesterday evening the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued its latest evacuation notice in Arabic, external urging people living in a densely-populated area in the heart of Gaza's Khan Younis to "evacuate immediately".

Though the IDF says it specifically excludes al-Amal Hospital, which sits within the evacuation area, complying with the notice would make access to the hospital effectively impossible. It would also limit access to Nasser Hospital, which lies just south of the evacuation zone.

Early in the war, the IDF divided Gaza into numbered blocks,, external which it sometimes uses to warn people about areas it is planning to target.

It issues evacuation notices via social media and with leaflets but not all of the strikes fall within these evacuation areas and people who have been instructed to leave are very rarely advised when it is safe to return.

We've been mapping each of these warnings as they're issued - about 40 of them since the ceasefire ended in March - and approximately 78% of Gaza’s total landmass has been covered by evacuation notices or militarised buffer zones, including the entirety of North Gaza governorate.

Rob England
BBC senior journalist

There were more “red days” – when weather conditions are favourable for small boat crossings – in 2024–25 than in any year since records began in 2021, according to new Home Office figures.

In the 12 months to April 2025, there were 190 red days - an 80% increase on the previous year.

In that same period, 40,323 people crossed the English Channel on a small boat - up by almost a third on the previous year.

But what is a “red day” and why is the government keen to tell us about them?

These are days on which the Met Office has assessed the probability of small boat crossings is “likely” or “highly likely”.

They assess this by looking at wave height and other environmental factors such as rainfall.

By presenting these figures the government, which is under pressure over the crossings, is keen to highlight that an increase in the number of "red days" coincides with an increase in the number of overall arrivals.

However Dr Peter Walsh from the Oxford Migration Observatory says while weather is a factor, other issues such as the number of people wanting to reach the UK and the organisation of smuggling gangs, are likely to be more important.

So far this year, 14,812 people have crossed the Channel, up by about 40% compared to last year.

Lucy Gilder
BBC journalist

BBC 's Merlyn Thomas has been looking into today's allegations of Palestinians being killed on their way to an aid distribution centre.

This is similar to an incident reported early on Sunday when witnesses described Palestinians being fired at by Israeli forces while accessing a site in southern Gaza.

Doctors at local hospitals have described treating gunshot wounds on both Sunday morning and today.

The Israeli army has said it fired warning shots on suspects who they say deviated from the agreed route to the site.

We asked the Israel Defense Forces for further details about today's incident but since this live hit they've told us they have no further comment.

We're still waiting to hear back from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Anthony Reuben
BBC senior journalist

Defence Secretary John Healey was questioned this morning about the government's Strategic Defence Review which he announced yesterday.

On BBC Breakfast, he was pressed on how the government will pay for its “ambition” to spend 3% of GDP (a measure of the size of the economy) on defence during the next parliament, which could run up to 2034.

The UK government has committed to increasing defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% in 2027 – which will cost about £5bn extra a year. Getting to 3% would cost about £20bn extra a year.

Healey explained that the move to 2.5% is being funded by a reduction in spending on overseas development aid.

He said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was “100% confident” that 3% would be achieved.

Asked again how it would be paid for he said “everything depends on economic growth”. Growth means the government makes more money through taxation.

Paul Brown
BBC senior journalist

We talked earlier ing satellite imagery to help us assess the damage caused by Operation Spider Web - Sunday's Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian airfields.

We relied on conventional satellite imagery for some areas, but this method has one major weakness: cloud cover.

In those moments, that’s when Synthetic Aperture Radar – known as SAR – is hugely helpful.

This technology uses radar to create high-resolution images of the ground and, crucially, it can penetrate cloud. That makes it especially useful when you’re trying to examine a remote air base in Siberia.

We obtained SAR images of Belaya air base from two companies, Umbra Space and Capella Space, and the results are striking.

Broken lines and scattered debris around some aircraft are clear signs of damage.

We'll report back on our findings here on the live page.

Lucy Gilder
BBC journalist

Image source, PA

Yvette Cooper will be questioned by a committee of MPs, external about her work as home secretary and our fact-check team will be monitoring the session which starts at about 14:30 BST.

As head of the Home Office she has a large brief – covering immigration, crime, policing and counter-terrorism.

Here are some of the key issues we expect her to be asked about:

1. Net migration and the government’s plan to reduce the numbers of people arriving legally
2. Tackling illegal immigration and the record numbers of people arriving in small boats - the government has made several promises about this, which we've been tracking
3. The government’s progress on its pledge to recruit 13,000 more neighbourhood police officers by 2029

Bianca Britton
BBC senior editor

Here’s a quick behind-the-scenes moment from the BBC team.

Our senior reporter Merlyn Thomas will be live on the News Channel shortly, talking through the latest on how we’re ing what happened overnight in Gaza - and the steps the team is taking to piece it all together.

Here’s a snapshot as the team sets up on our set at London’s Broadcasting House.

Lucy Gilder
BBC journalist

More than 100 Ukrainian drones targeting nuclear-capable long-range bombers struck air bases deep inside Russia on Sunday.

The operation, known as “Spider Web”, resulted in explosions reported across several time zones all over Russia - as far north as Murmansk above the Arctic Circle, and as far east as the Amur region, more than 8,000km (5,000 miles) from Ukraine.

BBC helped to investigate the aftermath of the attack, ing online footage of drones and damaged aircraft at Russian air bases.

The team also looked at radar satellite imagery which revealed at least four badly damaged or destroyed Russian long-range bombers at Belaya airbase.

You can read the full article here.

Rob Corp
BBC Live editor

Good morning.

Welcome to our live page where we showcase the work of the BBC's experts in fact-checking, open-source intelligence gathering and investigating disinformation.

I've just come out of the morning meeting where BBC 's team leaders discuss the priorities for the day and how we can enhance and inform the BBC's reporting using forensic techniques to dig into the stories behind the headlines.

Here’s what we’re looking at today:

• Whether there is footage or images of a shooting incident near the aid distribution centre close to Rafah in southern Gaza. A local hospital director says 24 people were killed
• We’ve seen material showing people arriving at hospital - our verification of that is under way
• The team is also looking to map the locations of aid centres in Gaza and where these incidents have taken place
• Our fact-checking team will be across Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s appearance before the UK House of Commons' Home Affairs Select Committee
• And we’ll be analysing new data on how good weather in the English Channel affects small boat crossings

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