you read books. you read books there was a great va, author of the book how the garcia girls left their accent. joining me tomorrow night six pm eastern for our special year end meeting of the velshi banned book club and we are going to feature some of my favorite conversations with authors and scholars from 2023. don t miss it. but i will speak with a man who was one of the first introduced the idea that donald trump could be disqualified as a 2024 presidential candidate because of section three of the 14th amendment. the federal judge joins me just a few moments if another hour of velshi begins right now. and good morning, it is saturday, december 23rd. i m ali velshi. the start of a crucial presidential election season is right around the corner, but a few key constitutional questions remain unresolved, which could directly up in the 2024 race. with the iowa caucuses just 23 days away, some of those issues are finally reaching the supreme court s purview, setting up
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
important issue, the government recently published anti social behaviour action plan. my right honourable friend the home secretary and her colleague are jointly chairing a task force to make sure action is taken. we are setting up hotspot patrols around the country to make sure the blight of anti social behaviour is heavily policed against and to make sure that where it occurs it is dealt with thoroughly and no one is left behind. . ~ with thoroughly and no one is left behind. ., ~ i. with thoroughly and no one is left behind. . ~ ,, ~ with thoroughly and no one is left behind. ., ~ ~ .~ behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary insists - behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary insists on - the home secretary insists on exacting private landlords from asylum seekers, this means that local councils and fire authorities will not be able to enforce basic safety and overcrowding standards. does not m
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. we start with what is a defining week for manchester city. they could be english premier league champions at the weekend but before that, they have the chance to reach the champions league final on wednesday. real madrid come to manchester with the tie all sqaure at 1 all from the first leg. it s the only major trophy manager pep guardiola s yet to win at city: my legacy is already exceptional already. we have been here many times already, we are not stupid to know how important it is to our games, edit one of the most important maybe one of the most important games, we cannot deny that. manchester city and real madrid will know their opponents in the final before they kick off because the first semi final second leg is later on tuesday between the two milan sides. trailing inter 2 0 from the first game ac milan are boosted by the return of rafael leao who is back in traning and expected to start in
i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it exceptional in its density. they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city s zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in which he was promised several billion dollars worth of military equipment by western allies, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and president macron of france. these are the pictures we have been receiving. a heavy artillery fire overnight in the capital, kyiv, with many being warned to move away from windows, to go to safety, go to bunkers as ukraine does try are as many missiles as possib