and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. we talk to a journalist who saw one of her first concerts. hello and welcome. welcome to three hours of breaking life stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with net migration to the uk, which reached record levels last year. 606,000 people were added to the population, as more people moved to the uk than left the country. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. earlier, i asked our head of data, robert cuffe, to break it down for us. the main number is 600,000 people coming through, the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is people coming to the uk from outside the eu, migration within the eu is actually not that substantial, and i can show you that now. the
donald trump in the early polls, we ll break down the numbers with veteran american pollster, frank lu ntz. # i m your private dancer, i ll do what you want me to do. and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. net migration to the uk reached record levels last year with 606,000 people added to the population. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. in a moment we ll get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake but first let s speak to our head of data robert cuffe. and robert is in the newsroom. the main number is 600,000 people coming through and the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is p
hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
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