and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. we talk to a journalist who saw one of her first concerts. hello and welcome. welcome to three hours of breaking life stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with net migration to the uk, which reached record levels last year. 606,000 people were added to the population, as more people moved to the uk than left the country. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. earlier, i asked our head of data, robert cuffe, to break it down for us. the main number is 600,000 people coming through, the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is people coming to the uk from outside the eu, migration within the eu is actually not that substantial, and i can show you that now. the
They also discussed chinas12 point plan to bring an end to the war in ukraine. In a Statement Issued after the meeting they said the russian side welcomes chinas willingness to play a positive role for the political and diplomatic settlement of the ukraine crisis, and welcomes the constructive proposals set forth in chinas position on the political settlement of the ukraine crisis. At the white house today, us officials took pains to point out what they think china could do to end the war. If china wants to play a constructive role here in this conflict, then they ought to press russia to pull its troops out of ukraine in ukrainian sovereign territory. They should urge President Putin to cease bombing cities, hospitals and schools, to Stop The War Crimes and the atrocities and end the war today. It could happen right now. Kirby also said that the us does not want a ceasefire in ukraine right now, because it would freeze the battle lines in their current state. As a reminder, that would
they also discussed china s12 point plan to bring an end to the war in ukraine. in a statement issued after the meeting they said: the russian side welcomes china s willingness to play a positive role for the political and diplomatic settlement of the ukraine crisis, and welcomes the constructive proposals set forth in china s position on the political settlement of the ukraine crisis. at the white house today, us officials took pains to point out what they think china could do to end the war. if china wants to play a constructive role here in this conflict, then they ought to press russia to pull its troops out of ukraine in ukrainian sovereign territory. they should urge president putin to cease bombing cities, hospitals and schools, to stop the war crimes and the atrocities and end the war today. it could happen right now. kirby also said that the us does not want a ceasefire in ukraine right now, because it would freeze the battle lines in their current state. as a remi
morning. we have a lot to get to, but we ll start you off with the five things you need to know for this tuesday, march 21st. the nypd on alert today in response of donald trump s call for protests ahead of a possible indictment. a source telling cnn that all officers are expected to be in uniform, ready to deploy. we re told no specific threat has been identified and there s still no word on a charging decision from the manhattan d.a. also today, a massive strike has shut down los angeles public schools. thousands of teachers and other workers are set to walk off the job for at least three days with negotiations in the district stalled, nearly half a million students will be out of school. also, we re tracking a high-stakes summit just two hours away in moscow. russia s president putin and chinese president xi jinping are set to hold more formal talks today. secretary of state antony blinken called xi s visit diplomatic cover for russian war crimes. new development on
what else are you learning about when this call could happen? reporter: well, it s going to be pretty soon according to the sources i have spoken to inside ukraine. but nothing concrete, i have been told, by senior officials have been scheduled. so it s still very much in the it could possibly happen stage. if it does happen, it would be the first time that president zelenskyy of ukraine has spoken with xi jinping and that contrasts starkly with the amount of contact there has been between the chinese and russian presidents. it s been more than 40 occasions that they have had face-to-face meetings. the latest occasion is scheduled to take place anytime now within the next few minutes they are expected to meet inside the kremlin for formal negotiations how to bring these two increasingly autocratic countries even closer together. remember, russia is an important resource for china s economy. it s got massive reserves of oil and gas and a forestry of minerals that is supply