felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day walk out. of the unite union are starting an eight day walk-out. of the unite union are starting an eight day walk-out. people are so an: now eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a company - eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a company who . eight day walk-out. people are so i angry now that a company who made £240 angry now that a company who made £2110 million profit over the last two years are unwilling to share that. well, when i say share it, in 2020, the same company paid out £99 million in dividends to its shareholders. million in dividends to its shareholders. ., ., million in dividends to its shareholders. y ., ., , shareholders. the offer on the table is a 7
the met police say they had contact with student nurse owami davies on the day she was reported missing by her family. siren blares. a car bomb in moscow kills the daughter of putin ally alexsandr dugin, a vocal supporter of the war in ukraine. the exam board, pearson, has apologised after some btec students didn t get their results on time, putting their university places in doubt. good evening. welcome to the programme. dock workers at felixstowe, britain s largest container port, have gone on strike, bringing operations to a halt. there are warnings it may cause serious disruption to supply chains providing everything from fresh food to household goods, clothing and parts for industry. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in eight days of action. their union, unite, has rejected a 7% pay offer, saying it is significantly below inflation . the port authority insists it s a fair deal. almost half of britain s container goods pass through the port in suffolk. here s our busi
Well hear from captain harry kane about their desire to go one further than recent tournaments and get their hands on a trophy. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. We are live in southern israel, less than a mile from the gaza strip, behind me about an hours drive from tel aviv. The us President Joe Biden is now in tel aviv for meetings with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet. Soon after the us president arrived he said he was Deeply Saddened And Outraged by the devastating explosion at a hospital in gaza city yesterday evening. He said responsibility lay with what he called the other team. In other words, israel didnt do it. The Israeli Military blames the attack on a misfired rocket from palestinian islamichhad group. Its the second biggest armed group in the gaza strip. Like hamas its backed by iran. It is usually seen as more extreme than hamas but both groups are designated as Terrorist Organisations by many western governments, includ
for getting the rwanda bill through parliament. he told bbc breakfast that as a former member of the right wing european research group, he is well placed to help allay their concerns. i was deputy chairman, in fact, of the erg for a number of years. so i know the concerns, the strong concerns that there are that marc and other colleagues have. but myjob is to listen respectfully, to understand their concerns, and then to explain how this bill is going to work. because, it will work. what this does is it addresses those very concerns that the supreme court set out last month. it will deem rwanda as safe, notjust because we say so, but on the basis of a legally binding international treaty with our respected international partners in rwanda. that s what the home secretary went across to rwanda to sign last week. the bill was then tabled last week, and that s what we re going to be debating this afternoon. opposition leader keir starmer told the bbc why labour mps will vote aga