Sebastian Vandermeersch and Yi Ma
BBC Verify

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We’ve been looking into reports of Russian strikes across Ukraine this morning. So far we have verified footage showing a large logistics hub on fire after a Russian strike about 30km south-west of the capital Kyiv this morning.

Epicenter - a major retail chain in Ukraine - says the facility covers 138,000 square metres, processes more than 3,000 tonnes of cargo daily and can support collections by more than 300 vehicles per day.

According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, the site was reportedly hit with a Shahed drone. No casualties were reported, but officials say Russian forces struck again as rescuers tried to extinguish the blaze, damaging two firefighting vehicles.

Videos circulating online showed a huge plume of smoke and flames engulfing the site. We confirmed the location by matching the layout of the complex to satellite imagery, and cross-checked it with promotional drone footage posted on Youtube by Epicenter, the company that owns the hub.

Anthony Reuben
BBC Verify senior journalist

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Under the triple lock rules, it’s likely that people drawing the new UK state pension will see an increase of 4.7%, which is more than £500 a year, from April.

The triple lock guarantees that the state pension rises each year by whichever is highest: inflation, average earnings growth, or 2.5%. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced this morning that average earnings grew 4.7% between April and July and that will probably be the figure used.

But there has been growing concern over the triple lock, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank recently , externalcriticising it , externalfor increasing pensions “in an unpredictable way”. The organisation said spending on the state pension could be expected to be anywhere from £5bn to £40bn higher per year in 2050.

In July, the government's official forecaster the Office for Budget Responsibility said the cost of the triple lock was set to be three times higher by the end of the decade than was originally anticipated when the Conservative government introduced it in 2011.

The government is expected to spend, external £145.6bn on the state pension this year, which is about 11% of total government spending.

New satellite images of Gaza City appear to provide the clearest evidence yet that Israel is launching its widely reported ground offensive into Gaza City.

Imagery captured on Monday morning showed a significant troops presence in the north of the strip’s largest city, next to the central Sheikh Radwan Pool area.

The satellite photo, taken just after 08:30 local time (06:30 BST), reveals about 40 armoured vehicles parked among the ruins of dozens of buildings destroyed in recent days. Smoke could also be seen rising from a building and a road nearby.

A convoy of nine vehicles could also be seen to the south of the city on Salah al Din road near the Netzarim Corridor, where there were a large number of military vehicles parked in staging areas surrounded by berms - makeshift fortifications made of sand or earth.

These vehicles were not visible at this location in other recent satellite images, though it should be noted that while this image was captured in the morning, previous images were captured in the early afternoon.

The imagery also showed a dense line of traffic running 3.3 km (2 miles) out of Gaza City along the coastal road, Al Rashid. People have been evacuating along this route for days now trying to escape Israel’s attacks.

Paul Brown
BBC Verify senior journalist

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This morning we're looking into reports of a series of overnight strikes across Gaza City amid claims that the planned Israeli ground operation on the city has begun.

Palestinian social media channels have reported strikes in multiple locations, alongside footage of dead and injured people in hospitals. As yet there are very few clips from the scene of strikes themselves, but we are working through what is available to try to build a picture of what has happened.

Some images taken from Israel have captured major explosions in the Strip's largest city this morning.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has today said "Gaza is on fire" and we've already seen an exodus of people from the city along routes designated by the IDF for evacuation.

We'll continue to bring updates on our page, and via the BBC News Channel.

Matt Murphy
BBC Verify senior journalist

Good morning,

We're working to verify footage emerging from Ukraine this morning, where images appear to show fresh strikes on the capital Kyiv and in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Our verification team are also looking at lots of footage and satellite images emerging from Gaza over the past 24 hours, which appear to show Israeli armoured vehicles entering Gaza City and huge numbers of people fleeing the Strip's largest city.

And Donald Trump says the US has carried out another strike off the coast of Venezuela on a boat he claimed was carrying drugs bound for America. We will be looking into the legality of such attacks.

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