hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with some breaking news from scotland, where the prison service has announced an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is complete. it follows the outcry of the case of isla bryson, a trans woman convicted of raping two women before changing gender. isla bryson was initially remanded to cornton vale women s prison before being moved to a male wing at hmp edinburgh. the scottish prison service says that we have commenced an urgent review of all trans gender cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst cases currently manage in our establishment. our first concern cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst concern is always and remains the health, safety and well being of all the people in our care and that of our staff. we have very robust risk assessment processes and a track record of keeping people safe in ofte
today secretary mayorkas during a budget request hearing reaffirms the border is control contrary to raúl ortiz has said. do you disagree with the head border patrol agent when he said the border is not secured. congressman i have testified to that issue. so you disagree with your chief of border patrol? i respectfully do in that regard. mayorkas wants an increase in the dhs budget $800 million for new technology and hiring 1400 more people to help secure the border but here s how republicans responded to that proposal. we could give you money to hire a thousand new board earth agents. nobody wants to work are. mr. secretary this budgeted proposal is an insult to americans. you failed in your jobs. those calls are nothing new for mayorkas. he s faced calls to be impeached. mayorkas had said by their standards then no administration has ever had operational control. ranking member and democrat benny thompson came to his defense. under this definition again
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm the former chancellor, rishi sunak, enters the race to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. durham police clear sir keir starmer of breaking lockdown rules. he d pledged to resign if fined. the labour leader says his party is now ready for an election. if there was a general election, this government will fall. and we ve got a plan for the country, we want that fresh start. britain s former counter terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new head of the metropolitan police in the wake of a string of failings which have compromised public trust. tributes pour in from around the world forjapan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, who has been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. six men have been found guilty for taking part in a string of robberies and burglaries, including the theft of a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. it is all overfor it is all over f