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
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world it was meant to cement a newly warm franco british relationship but the planned three day visit by king charles and the queen consort camilla to france this weekend has been suspended at the request of president macron, because of escalating protests and some violence over the french government s proposals for pension reform. more than a50 people were arrested on thursday and am members of the security forces were injured during the most violent day of protests since the start of the year, according to the french interior ministry. more than 1 million people took to the streets that day to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. from paris, here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. tear gas. riot police. this is paris at the moment. there are piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets and angry demonstrators on the streets. furious with president macron ove
it was meant to cement a newly warm anglo french relationship but the planned three day visit by king charles and the queen consort camilla to france this weekend has been suspended at the request of president macron, because of escalating protests and some violence over the french government s proposals for pension reform. more than a50 people were arrested on thursday, and am members of the security forces were injured during the most violent day of protests since the start of the year, according to the french interior ministry. more than one million people took to the streets that day to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 64. from paris, here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. tear gas. riot police. this is paris at the moment. there are piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets and angry demonstrators on the streets. furious with president macron over his plans to raise the state pension age to 64. matters appear to be deteriorating and
in the uk for the first time since records began. but high inflation means people s wages are falling in real terms. the wagatha christie court case wayne rooney says the england manager told him that rebekah vardy s media activities were causing distractions during euro 2016. and the queen makes a surprise visit to see london s new elizabeth line for herself. good evening. for 82 days, the ukrainian fighters who clung to their last foothold in the besieged city of mariupol came to symbolise their country s defiance against the onslaught of russian forces. last night, more than 260 of them were told to leave the asovstal steel plant and were taken to russian controlled territory. the southern port city has been key to moscow s military campaign giving russia full control of more than 80% of ukraine s black sea coastline. russian troops encircled mariupol in early march, damaging or destroying over 90% of the city. but ukrainian forces held out at the huge steelworks in