it s friday the 8th of december. the home office has told mps that the uk has given rwanda a further £100 million as part of the government s plan to relocate some asylum seekers there. the funding is in addition to the £140 million paid to kigali last year. legal challenges have so far prevented any asylum seekers from being sent to rwanda. our political correspondent peter saulljoins us now. we will have more on this story laterfrom our we will have more on this story later from our political correspondent to see exactly how the money has been spent so far, what we have been told so far by the prime minister when it comes to spending on the silent deal with rwanda. let s talk to peter saull in westminster. good morning. that s it, the explanation needed in terms of what we have been told. we thought £140 million had been told. yesterday we had from the prime minister, ain t no money has been spent on this deal, talking about the amendments now being proposed to the
1 0 to tottenham. reports from italy say anti doping prosecutors there have requested a maximum four year ban forjuventus midfielder paul pogba after he tested positive for testosterone. that length of ban is standard, but can be reduced to two years if an athlete can prove their doping was not intentional or if they provide substantial assistance to help investigators. pogba, who s now 30, has been provisionally suspended since he tested positive after a game in august. it s one of the most iconic clubs in world football, and with eight league titles to its name, one of brazil s most succesful as well. add to that they re seen as the team with the most goals in football history. over 500 of them scored by its most famous son pele. i can t forget their three copa libertadores titles as well. however, the good times at santos are over for now. on wednesday, for the first time in their iii year history, santos were relegated from brazil s serie a. here s our south american fo
good evening. in a video call with g7 leaders last night, president volodymyr zelensky warned that moscow was counting on a collapse of western support for ukraine. russia believes america and europe will show weakness , he said, and will not maintain their support at the proper level. he has legitimate cause for concern. last night, the us senate blocked a bill that included financial aid for ukraine, increasing the likelihood that congress will fail to approve more funding before the year end. the bill would provide about $50 billion in new security assistance, but it will not pass, say republicans, unless it comes with substantial immigration reform. here s our analysis editor ros atkins. commitments of aid to ukraine are at their lowest since the war began. ukraine has been relying on western support since russia invaded in february 2022, and new data shows an 87% fall in new commitments this graph shows us the total aid that s been promised each month. it peaked last de
taken by the military. israel has not said who the men are, but it has confirmed that its forces are making arrests in gaza. the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon off palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geo located the video there too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and th
bangladesh wore masks and took precautions. doctors keep a close eye on players. some players did not turn up a practice because they are asthmatic. so they stayed indoors. even for practice, we are very conscious, we train what we have to train and they go back into the dressing room. the international cricket council, who organised the tournament, said the ground has been passed as safe by independent experts. many things were used to improve conditions. so play began and sri lanka began hazily. wickets fell. this was the fourth and brought to the crease angelo mathews. but apparently too slowly. he had an issue with his helmet but the clock had been ticking. bangladesh were watching. when two minutes passed with mathews not ready to bat, they appealed, timed out. no one has ever been dismissed that way in international cricket until now. mathews into history, very reluctantly. while others check the dusty parts of the rulebook, asalanka got a move on, he made a century whi