EPA By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News Despite the “landmark” passage of the Rwanda bill, illegal small boat crossings will not stop until regular deportation flights to Rwanda begin, the illegal migration minster has said. Parliament approved plans to send some asylum seekers to the African country late on Monday night. Michael Tomlinson said
Getty Images Government borrowing was higher than forecast in the last financial year, according to official figures. Borrowing – the difference between spending and tax income – reached £120.7bn in the year to March, the Office for National Statistics said. While it is lower than the previous year, it was £6.6bn more than the government’s
By Esme Stallard & Owen Pinnell BBC News A father has started legal action against UK oil giant BP over the death of his 21-year-old son. Hussein Julood alleges the burning off of gas at a BP-run oil field in Iraq – a practise known as flaring – caused his son Ali’s leukaemia. A BBC
EPA By Jennifer McKiernan Political reporter Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill is set to become law after five months of Westminster wrangling. It designates Rwanda a safe country and is a key part of the government’s plans to send some asylum seekers there. The bill has been fiercely criticised by opposition parties but after several
Reuters By Dominic Casciani Home and legal correspondent @BBCDomC The government’s Rwanda bill – to send UK asylum seekers to be processed in Africa – has finally been approved by Parliament, after two years of legal battles and political wrangling. So how soon is a plane bound for Kigali likely to take off? Let’s just
By Madeline Halpert & Phil McCausland BBC News, New York When Donald Trump sits at the defence table in the wood-panelled Manhattan courtroom over the next several weeks, he will be joined by a cast of characters who could feature in a Hollywood blockbuster. Opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former US
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Francis & Jennifer McKiernan Political reporters, BBC News The first flights deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks Rishi Sunak has announced – missing his original spring target. A
By Francesca Gillett & Ruth Comerford BBC News A UK parliamentary researcher and another man have been charged with spying for China after allegedly providing information which could be “useful to an enemy”. Christopher Cash, 29, the researcher, and Christopher Berry, 32, were charged under the Official Secrets Act. They are accused of giving “articles,
By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Presenter Huw Edwards has resigned from the BBC on “medical advice”, the corporation has said. The broadcaster has been off air since last July following newspaper reports claiming he paid a young person for sexually explicit images. He was the BBC’s most high-profile news anchor, often chosen to
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani says, if he was with the district attorney’s team on this case, he would likely not have started with David Pecker as the first witness. “You need to start out strong in a case like this,” he told the BBC after proceedings finished today. “I understand the need to always
BBCCopyright: BBC Sitting outside a makeshift tent in a wood near Calais, a group of young Sudanese men peered at map of Africa on a mobile phone. “Rwanda? No,” said one of the men, firmly. In recent days, several would-be migrants from Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and Vietnam – gathering near the French coast – have
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Daniel De Simone Home Affairs Correspondent The Met Police has apologised to Stephen Lawrence’s mother for breaking a promise to answer questions raised by a BBC investigation into his murder. Baroness Doreen Lawrence was promised an
Getty Images By Jacqueline Howard BBC News The White House has condemned “blatantly antisemitic” statements during ongoing student protests against the war in Gaza. As protests at Columbia University entered a fifth day, deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said students had the right to peaceful protest. But he denounced “calls for violence and physical intimidation
By William McLennan, Colin Campbell and Abby Newbery BBC England Investigations Thousands of posts offering deadly drugs known as nitazenes have been found on X and the music platform SoundCloud by a BBC investigation. Nitazenes – more deadly then heroin – have recently been linked to nearly three deaths a week on average. After we
Getty Images By Steve Swann BBC home affairs reporter Serious violence fell substantially in England and Wales last year, a study has shown. Despite increases in the two previous years, the overall trend is for a long-term decline in serious violence, Cardiff University researchers found. The fall was driven by reductions among 18 to 30-year-olds,
AFP via Getty Images By Tom Bateman BBC News, Washington Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to fight any sanctions on the country’s military following reports that the US is planning to cut aid to one unit. “I will fight it with all my strength,” he said on Sunday. Earlier, the Axios news site said
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