a way of transforming songs. - tribute to the music legend. she had a way of transforming songs. so - tribute to the music legend. she hadi a way of transforming songs. so that she owns them, they were hers. she was worshipped. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now. we start here in the uk where new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022, despite the government s promise to reduce it. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine, because of the war, and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. i asked peter walsh from the oxford university migration 0bservatory his reaction to the net migration numbers. it is doubl
of including her and being kind to her and years down the line, you know, she s neverforgotten how laura was with her and i would never have known that. and that was such a lovely thing to read. but my first instinct was to run upstairs to tell laura about it. gracie, you vejust finished your university degree. laura finished hers a year ago. but she completed that start to finish whilst going through treatment. i mean, you must be in awe of that. she just makes everyone look bad, honestly. it was really incredible. but she was really determined. and she wanted to walk down her graduation hall and pick up that certificate. and that was an amazing day, wasn t it? it was the best day. she s just a force of nature. a force of nature. but to make a difference even continues now. she s no longer here, just explain what she s doing. laura knew that without research, we weren t ever going to improve things and people like us would be in the same position five and ten years down the
we start with the israel gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were mistakenly identified as a threat. the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here s our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in th
hello, i m sally bundock welcome to the programme. the world of music has been paying tribute to the pop legend tina turner, who s died at the age of 83. she rose to fame with her then husband ike turner in the 1960s, with songs such as river deep, mountain high and nutbush city limits before launching a solo career, with hits including private dancer, what s love got to do with it. tina turner sold more than 180 million albums worldwide and won eight grammy awards over her long career. she ll be remembered for the boundless energy she brought to her performances and that unmistakable voice as our entertainment correspondent, david sillito reports. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. # 1966 river deep, mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate pop perfection. # and do i love you # my, oh, my # river deep, mountain high.# however, in america, the song was a flop. it would be another 17 years