mi5 suspected a muslim preacher who was close to the manchester arena bomber of being a radicaliser a bbc investigation reveals. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk prime minister rishi sunak is in belfast, where he has called for mps to back his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the agreement between the uk and eu, called the windsor framework, is aimed at significantly reducing the number of checks on goods moving between great britain and northern ireland. the agreement between the uk and eu, called the windsor framework, is aimed at significantly reducing the number of checks on goods moving between great britain and northern ireland. it also creates new powers for stormont, that s the northern ireland assembly, to reject changes to eu regulations. and this new agreement will replace the northern ireland protocol. that was introduced after the uk left the eu , and meant additional checks were required
Theres been resignations and finally there have been some policy announcements as well. We do a lot of it. After your. News. Good evening. Im ray addison in the gb newsroom , rishi sunak in the gb newsroom, rishi sunak has been greeted by a group of pro Palestine Protesters as he visited a college in the West Midlands this afternoon. The situation was described as tense as the Prime Minister arrived at south Staffordshire College in cannock. Thats the last stop on his uk tour. Police officers his uk tour. Police officers formed a guard for mr sunak as his entry to the college was delayed and he was quickly ushered into the building as the crowd surged around him. Whilst inside , activists with banners inside, activists with banners and flags chanted free palestine and flags chanted free palestine ilabour and flags chanted free palestine i labour has ruled out any deals with the snp after the election, evenin with the snp after the election, even in the event of a hung parliament. Sir k
Days of influence in the labour party are over. It comes after mr corbyn confirmed that hell stand as an independent candidate in the general election, being expelled from the party as a result. He was suspended in 2020 after claiming that complaints of antisemitism had been dramatically overstated. Labour had been dramatically overstated. Labour leader the labour leader said hes not worried about corbyns popularity in islington north, which hes represented since 1983. Gb news can reveal that more than 10,000 channel migrants have crossed illegally to the United Kingdom so far this year. The milestone figure was reached today after another 154 arrived in dover , another 154 arrived in dover, having crossed in three small boats this morning. Its being seen as a blow to rishi sunak on his second full day of Election Campaigning. Of course, hed promised that his government would stop the boats. The former boss of the post office has been accused of living in la la land over her role in th
Our thoughts are with them and their families , and id like and their families, and id like to pay tribute to figen murray, who joins us in the gallery for her courage and her bravery of her courage and her bravery of her campaigning in her son martins memory. And i look forward to meeting her later today , too. Mr speaker, can today, too. Mr speaker, can i also add my personal welcome back to parliament to my friend and colleague, the honourable member for south thanet. No one who watched his interview last night could have failed to have beenin night could have failed to have been in awe of his incredible resilience. Mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this house. I shall have further such meetings later today, jenkinson thank you, mr speaken i speaken i too welcome the honourable member for south thanet back to his to the house and wish him well in his duties. Can i also associate my remarks with the Prime Minis
British Passenger Ship titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the north atlantic. More than 1500 passengers and crew died. The deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time. After inquiries in the u. S. And the u. K. , major changes in Maritime Safety were made. In the next hour, well learn about the american congresss response. Our guest, elise bean. Shes the director of the d. C. Office of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Rms been how quickly did the u. S. Congress take up the sinking of the titanic in 1912 . Well, its really, really pretty remarkable. They took it up in four days. The ship itself went down on a monday night. 1500 people died, as you mentioned. Over 700 were rescued and transported to new york city harbor. By tuesday, word was out. The media in new york reported on the tragedy. By wednesday, the u. S. Senate decided that they wanted to investigate. They had even though the ship was british owned and it had gone down in international waters, they decided