good afternoon. net migration to the uk hit a record level last year almost three quarters of a million more people coming to live here than leaving. the figure stood at 745,000 last year, according to the office for national statistics, higher than previously thought. but the indications are that net migration is now slowing. in 2010, the then prime minister david cameron promised to bring it down to the tens of thousands. our home editor mark easton is here with more details. mark. the figure i think most people will be looking at and the one that will raise eyebrows is the right advised net migration figure for 2022. 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, helping push the population of england and wales up at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early 1960s. now, the latest net migration figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000. down a bit from what we now think happened last year and it looks like net migration is maybe on a downward trajectory. who
israel and hamas agree to pause the fighting at seven in the morning, local time. and a giant win for conservation blue whales return to the waters where they were once wiped out by hunting. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan pathak. good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are into good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are into a good afternoon. let us go to maga where we are into a doubles - good afternoon. let us go to magal where we are into a doubles decider in the davis cup quarterfinal between netherlands and italy. the netherlands are trying to reach their first semifinal since 2001. they grabbed the advantage in the first match. this match took an hour to win in straight sets means it comes down to the doubles. where sincere is back on the court. sinner is. the first set has gone to the italians 6 3. the winner will play the winner of the final tire. serbia take on gre
i want to start at the beginning, because it s important to establish what we re talking about. can you explain the difference between legal and illegal migration? legal migration the government has a lot of power and influence or affect, doesn t it? doesn t it? legal migration is essentially doesn t it? legal migration is essentially government - doesn t it? legal migration is| essentially government knows doesn t it? legal migration is - essentially government knows that that person is in the country, either because they have it with valid visa, or because of some agreement with that country, for example when the uk was in the eu, people from the eu could come to the uk without a visa, this is different to illegal migration where the government doesn t know that that person is in the country, but an important decision to be made is thatjust because somebody enters a country illegally, like crossing the channel on a small boat, it does not mean they are and illegal migrant
mean more to people. in september, henderson did say that he d been really hurt by the criticism he has received, insisting his intention had always been to help causes and communities and that he had not changed as a person the bbc has approached henderson for comment. manchester united and england defender harry maguire has accepted an apology from a ghanaian mp who mocked him. mp isaac adongo had been debating the country s budget last year when he compared the government s economic management to maguire s performances on the pitch. this week he said he wanted to correct the record and called maguire a transformational footballer . in the women s champions league, holders barcelona have made it 2 wins from 2 in the group stages but not without a scare. they had to come from behind to beat eintracht frankfurt who led through laura freigang. but barcelona responded in the second half with three goals salma paralluelo scoring twice. the win extends barcelona
Also coming up almost one hundred dead in indonesias second earthquake in a week and the death toll is expected to rise but the islands of long in bali worst affected plus. A ball of fire on an italian highway a tanker truck explodes ripping a hole through an eight lane overpass the least two people were killed dozens injured. All. Golf its good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has signed an Executive Order re imposing sanctions on iran those sanctions scheduled to take effect in just a few hours from now the move comes three months after the u. S. Pulled out of the twenty Fifteen International nuclear deal with iran and irans president has. Rouhani today saying that the u. S. Challenges from Anti Western Hardliners in tehran i mean how serious are these really imposed sanctions for his leadership. I mean look if you if you look if you think about what president rouhani was aiming at he wanted to normalize trade with iran and basically enter the era without any sanction