and next door is the airfield and, because of that, manston has been welcoming new arrivals for years. in the 20s the students arrive for pilot training, in the 50s it was used as a base to carry out drills. now as an airfield it is hosting new arrivals again. thousands are coming across the channel by small boat. many are taking to this facility. you have an asylum system completely gridlocked. and as more people arrived, the government has condemned an invasion. the system is broken. illegal migration is out of control. and so the small village in kent finds itself as part of a story that raises fundamental questions about how that uk responds to those who arrive on our shores. hello, welcome. now, this is the plan this week. we will talk about migration in a moment. i will also look at whyjoe biden thinks republicans relationship with the truth risks the path to chaos. and these are workers in china fleeing their factory, we will explore the reasons why they ve done this
details in the programme. it s saturday the fifth of november. our main story: passengers are being warned to expect significant disruption on the railways today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled, as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. our business correspondent, marc ashdown reports. today s strike action may have been called off but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but says services which had been cancelled can t be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finished by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union of 1a real companies and network rail are involved in the lo
now, this is the plan this week. we will talk about migration in a moment. i will also look at whyjoe biden thinks republicans relationship with the truth risks the path to chaos. and these are workers in china fleeing their factory, we will explore the reasons why they ve done this and how they connect to all of us. and the war in ukraine of course goes on but establishing what is happening there remains hard. they try to control what we do add ourjob is to not be controlled, they try to get their message over and we try to get the truth over. we will hear from jeremy bowen in a moment but this is where we are going to start. the asylum system is in crisis. don t call it an invasion, but hey, it is a 40,000 people this year. that is a lot of people. this country, we cannot afford them. a few thousand people can be accommodated humanely