The Prime Minister says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks time come what may. He says an airfield is on standby and charter planes are booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. He says peers and mps will have to sit through the night tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Our political correspondent, helen catt is in westminster. Helen. New statistics out this morning show one of the reasons why rishi sunak might be so keen to get those flights off soon, last Year Parliament passed a law that said that some asylum cases could only be dealt with by being removed from the uk. But they cant go to rwanda because the Supreme Court ruled it was unsafe and there are now nearly 52,000 Asylum Seekers whose claims simply cant be dealt with here. So what the government did to try and get around this last year
The game, and i dont think given the game, and i dont think given the lateness of the call on friday and given how many officials they have two slot into games, im not sure that request even if it had come, could have been accommodated. The Football Association is investigating Nottingham Forests comments, i can tell you that Nottingham Forest have submitted a formal request to release into the Public Domain the Audio Recordings between officials during that match. We will keep you across this developing story. In a salon we have been told. In the last hour. Barcelona say they could consider legal action and request their la liga match against real madrid to be replayed if its confirmed their disallowed goal in sundays defeat should have stood. Theyve asked the Technical Refereeing Committee at the Spanish Football Federation to investigate. Jude bellingham scored a stoppage time winner as real twice came from behind to Win El Classico 3 2 and go 11 points clear at the top of the table
Under the policy, anyone entering the uk illegally, could be sent to rwanda, with no limit on numbers. The government hopes the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous crossing on small boats. The plan has been strongly criticised by human rights groups, and the Uk Supreme Court ruled the policy was unlawful. Here is mr sunak setting out a timeline for his plan. The first flight will leave in 10 12 weeks. Now, of course that is later than we wanted, but we have always been clear that processing will take time and if labour peers had not spent weeks holding up the bill in the House Of Lords to try to block these flights altogether, we would have begun this process weeks ago. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent in westminster, peter saull. Peter, its been months of this being blocked, how different is this evening going to be . Being blocked, how different is this evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on tonight evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on
With flooding and landslides. Four people have died, 11 others are missing, and thousands have left their homes. Theres a warning that River Levels could hit a once in a century peak. 0ur China Correspondent Laura Bicker reports. Some almost managed to sleep through their rescue, cradled from the worst of the rising floodwaters. But others cried for help as their streets were submerged. Rescuers had to navigate their boats through a flooded urban landscape. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the province. Delivery drivers found themselves stranded. Their chosen Route Disappearing in the deluge. Roads became dangerous, fast flowing rivers. And bridges couldnt withstand the force of the water. Huang filmed as the floods crept closer to his home
Their chosen Route Disappearing in the deluge. Roads became dangerous, fast flowing rivers. And bridges couldnt withstand the force of the water. Huang filmed as the floods crept closer to his home. It was scary, he said. This is how high the water came, he told the bbc in a video call. Several provinces stayed on alert as Water Levels rose over the weekend, drowning dozens of rice paddies. Guangdong is used to summer floods, but unusually powerful storms also brought hail and heavy rain, turning rivers into raging torrents. The rainfall s started getting heavier in the last two years, he said. In the past, the floods rarely rose beyond this point