devastating incident. the government says people will receive the £400 to help with rising energy bills in six monthly installments from october. will smith apologises to chris rock over his infamous oscars slap, in his first public statement in three months. alex yee wins gold for england in the men s triathlon on the first day of the commonwealth games in birmingham. and coming up later in the hour, does the true story of the rescue of 13 youngsters from a flooded thai cave work well as a feature film? find out what mark carmody thinks of 13 lives and the rest find out what mark kermode thinks of 13 lives and the rest of the week s mean releases in the film review at 5:45pm. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case which had become known as the wagatha christie trial at the high court. vardy had sued coleen rooney after the latter accused her of leaking private information about her to the tabloid press. both women have huge social media followings and business inte
and h totally get that. but in another blow to the prime minister, the conservative party chairman resigned straight after the by election results saying someone must take responsibilty. the labour leader sir keir starmer says the tories are imploding . with the prime minister out of the country in rwanda, we ll be asking if this is a moment of political peril for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: ukrainain troops ordered to retreat from the key eastern city of severodonetsk. figures just out show another big rise in the number of covid infections in the uk 1.7 million people had the virus last week. and welcome back to worthy farm after three years, it s the long awaited return of glastonbury. coming up on the bbc news channel can emma raducanu repeat her us open championship exploits at wimbledon? she ll face belgian alison van uytvanck in the first round. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will keep going as prime minister, despite the double blow of l
good morning, after the peak of the cross part of the world and central england. still hot and humid in the south, we could see thunderstorms in the evening. all of the details coming up on bbc breakfast. it s saturday, the 18th ofjune. our top story: some migrants who cross the channel in small boats are to be electronically tagged, in a 12 month pilot scheme run by the home office. ministers say it will help maintain contact with asylum claimants who reach the uk by what it calls dangerous routes. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel, more than 1000 migrants brought ashore after being picked up the sea. the government says it will seek to remove those who have passed through several safe countries before claiming asylum in the uk. and, as part of a year long pilot scheme, some of those awaiting deportation will be fitted with electronic tags. officials say
it is not to borisjohnson or to any tory prime minister. and in the us, 100 million people facing heat warnings with extreme fires in arizona, and torrential flooding at yellowstone national park tonight with the context, former senior adviser to george w bush ron christie and the former labour minister and member of parliament caroline flint. the uk government has confirmed that six asylum seekers will be leaving in just over an hour s time to rwanda originally over 100 had been due to fly but legal appeals have steadily brought that number down. the six men will be flown the 4000 miles or 6500 km to rwanda where they will have to make their asylum claims. they may be granted permanent refugee status to stay in rwanda. the government says it brought in the rwanda policy to tackle the trafficking gangs that are bringing ever larger numbers of people across the english channel. so far this year more than 10,000 people have made the dangerous crossing. last november 27 peo