Marianna Spring
Disinformation and social media correspondent

I began to investigate the death of Paloma Shemirani over the summer, when her brothers told me they believe their mother’s anti-medicine conspiracy theories were responsible for her death at the age of 23.

Paloma was diagnosed with blood cancer Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in December 2023 and having rejected chemotherapy she died months later.

Her mother is Kate Shemirani - who rose to prominence during the Covid pandemic and was struck off as a nurse.

The inquest into her death has felt like a clash between a world punctuated by conspiracy theories and the reality of how systems like coroners’ courts work.

Kate Shemirani and medical doctors have been talking about different realities - the latter based on evidence, the former on unproven theories.

The atmosphere has been fractious, with the coroner repeatedly having to warn everyone - particularly Paloma's parents - about interruptions and misleading questions.

I’m at court in Maidstone where the coroner's conclusion is due to be delivered today.

Kate Shemirani did not want to do an interview for the original investigation but did claim to have evidence that "Paloma died as a result of medical interventions given without confirmed diagnosis or lawful consent". I have still seen nothing to substantiate this.

She is adamant that she did not influence her daughter’s decisions about treatment and blames the NHS for her death. She did not respond to my latest interview request.

Listen to the Marianna in Conspiracyland II Podcast series on BBC Sounds.

The BBC Panorama documentary on Paloma Shemirani is availible on iPlayer here.

Tom Edgington
BBC Verify senior journalist

Setting out government plans to reform settlement rules for refugees, migration and citizenship minister Mike Tapp told BBC Breakfast: “We have removed and deported 35,000 people already.”

The claim is false. Here’s why:

The 35,000 figure covers all “return” categories as defined by the Home Office - including people who left the UK independently without notifying officials.

A “deportation” is a specific type of “enforced return” used for criminals or people whose removal would be in the public interest. The broader “enforced return” category, which applies to people with no legal right to remain in the UK, may involve an immigration officer escorting someone onto a plane to ensure their removal.

Between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025, only 9,115 of the total 35,052 returns were “enforced”. , external

The majority were recorded by the Home Office as "voluntary". While some voluntary returns involve government help (including financial assistance), past data shows many leave without officials knowing.

The government has repeatedly made variations of this false and misleading claim, as BBC Verify has previously demonstrated.

Matt Murphy
BBC Verify senior journalist

Police say this morning's attack took place at the Heaton Park synagogue in the Crumpsall area of Manchester. The synagogue was opened in 1967.

Officers were called to the scene at 09:31 BST, Greater Manchester Police said in a statement.

Matt Murphy
BBC Verify senior journalist

As we've been reporting, BBC Verify has authenticated footage circulating online which appears to show the moment police opened fire on a suspect at the Manchester Synagogue.

In the clip - which appears to have been taken by a passerby - two armed officers can be seen standing pointing their weapons at a figure lying prone on the ground.

As the camera pans, a different person is seen lying at the gate to the synagogue surrounded by a pool of blood and a black car stopped immediately to his right.

One of the officers then approaches the fence, where a small group of people had gathered, and shouts: "Everybody else, he has a bomb. Go away."

Seconds later the figure being watched by police attempts to stand up. Sharp cracks ring out and the man falls to the ground.

Kayleen Devlin
BBC Verify senior journalist

BBC Verify has been looking at footage linked to the attack at a synagogue in Manchester.

The video shows armed police officers outside a synagogue on Middleton Road standing in front of a person lying on the ground. Another person outside the synagogue is also lying on the ground surrounded by blood.

We matched images from the footage with what we could see on Google Maps to verify the location.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad and Shayan Sardarizadeh
BBC Verify

We have been verifying videos being posted online after another night of protests across Morocco.

The youth-led protests, which began on 27 September, are thought to have been triggered by anger at the state of public services such as schools and hospitals in the country.

One video, posted to Facebook last night, shows a fire inside a building in the south-western city of Taroudant. A car is also seen burning nearby before a number of protesters run away from the scene.

Image source, Facebook

We have matched the building in the video with Google imagery of the Taroudant Prefecture’s administrative headquarters in the north-east of the city.

Another video, posted on Instagram, shows a large group of demonstrators marching down a road in the north-western city of Tangier.

Image source, Instagram

By matching the logo of a restaurant and a pharmacy on the same road we were able to locate the video to a boulevard near the city’s port.

BBC Verify is continuing to assess more videos from last night’s protests.

Olga Robinson
BBC Verify assistant editor

Image source, Reuters

For more than a year my team and colleagues from BBC News Russian have been tracking reported Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries across Russia and the impact they’re having.

The number of attacks – some deep inside Russian territory – have surged since August leading to shortages and higher prices at petrol pumps in parts of the country and occupied Ukraine.

To see what has been struck we’ve collated media reports and official statements from Russia and Ukraine as well as footage we’ve verified ourselves alongside satellite imagery and heat source-tracking.

You can read our analysis in full here - and I’ll be posting on BBC Verify Live later about how we put this story together as well as some of the challenges in getting insights from inside Russia.

Rob Corp
BBC Verify Live editor

Good morning.

If you haven’t read her piece yet, BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson - along with Matt Murphy and BBC Russian - has been investigating the impact of recent Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil facilities. As well as analysing which sites have been hit her piece shows how the disruption is feeding through to Russian motorists now having to queue for fuel in places.

Olga’s going to go into more depth here on BBC Verify Live about how she worked on the investigation - including getting insights from inside Russia. You can read the full story here.

As for today’s other news - we’re looking to verify material from Morocco as youth-led protests continue across the country. State media say two people were killed yesterday when police officers opened fire in the western town of Lqliaa. We’re checking social media posts to get more detail about where the protests have been taking place.

And we’re working to find out where the Global Sumud Flotilla is now after the first of the vessels attempting to reach Gaza were intercepted by the Israeli military.

You can get in touch with BBC Verify by following this link.