hello, welcome to the programme. number 10 say britain needs a deterrent against illegal migration, the draught bill clearing its final hurdles in the commons this evening. we will discuss what s in it. did the british government get it right in sudan? uk nationals urged to make their own way to an airstrip north of khartoum, through countless checkpoints and under their own steam . eight flights left today. but still several thousand to evacuate. also tonight. reports ukraine is getting ready for the next major assault against russian forces. we will look at the current situation on the ground, and assess just how well equipped they are to do that. and where is the government s strategy on semi conductors? the uk is losing ground to rival countries in a crucially important sector. we will speak to the director of one start up who is threatening to relocate his operations to the united states. but first, to westminster, where mps have been voting this evening on the illegal
the tenth us state to ban them. but there is already a legal challenge. the republicans accuse the governor of putting politics above their second ammendment rights. we will get to all that through the course of the next hour. but we start with that evacuation effort in sudan. the ceasefire is holding, just, but the un weighing in today as sporadic fighting broke out around khartoum. so no guarantees it holds until tomorrow. and worrying news today the airstrip that is being used to evacuate british nationals, just outside khartoum is beginning to break up. it s the heavy aircraft, the sheer number taking off and landing, that is damaging a dusty old surface. nonetheless eight planes will have landed by the end of today at larnaka airport in cyprus. where my colleague lewis vaughan jones has been watching. this has been the hub of the uk evacuation rescue effort. they haven t been flying people directly from sudan back to the uk. instead, they ve come via here,