To receive migrants who will be flown at of the country as a deterrent and this is very different way to eat into the numbers that are still waiting to be processed and we will get to that a little later. Let us focus because the head of the cia, william the head of the cia William Burns told the Senate Intel Committee last night that more losses are likely in ukraine unless congress can pass joe biden s ukraine aid package, which has been opposed by republicans. It is our assessment that with supplemental assistance, ukraine can hold its own on the front lines through 2024 and into 2025 and down another road without supplemental assistance, it seems to me that theres a much grimmer future. Ukraine is likely to lose ground and probably significant ground in 2024. There is a bi partisan majority in the house that would vote for the 60bn Dollars In Military Aid which the Senate Approved six weeks ago. But House Speaker mikejohnson is standing in the way. This afternoon the Senate Minorit
Surf is up. Hello and welcome to todays verified live. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors about the mp diane abbott. The guardian reports that during a Business Meeting in 2019, frank hester said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude. Mr hester has issued a statement saying that at the meeting in question, he said he abhorred racism. Diane abbott has also released a statement responding to his alleged comments. She said. Government ministers have faced questions from the media and they called his comments unacceptable but stopped short of calling them racist. Well, its clear that what he said was inappropriate. He has, as i understand it, apologised for those remarks. I think the Critical Point here is i dont think what he was saying was a gender based or a race based comment, b
Well get reaction to the way number ten has dealt with it. Also on the programme, a Ship Carrying Aid for palestinians has left cyprus, but how are they going to move that aid, when the american pontoon for gaza is still 30 days away . And are uk pet Owners Overpaying for vet bills. The Competition And Markets Authority says it has identified multiple concerns about drug pricing and the monopilisation of vetinary practices. Good evening. The british businessman frank hester has given the Conservative Party £10 million. Last night the Guardian Newspaper published minutes of a Company Meeting in 2019 in which he told colleagues that looking at diane abbott made you want to hate All Black Women and that the mp should be shot. His spokesman has said mr hester admits to being rude about diane abbott in a private meeting several years ago but says his criticsim had nothing to do with her gender nor the colour of her skin. The bbc has not heard a recording of the comments so we cannot verify
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Will get to our panel shortly, but first the latest bbc news. The Us State Department says it expects a Transitional Council in haiti to be appointed within the next 48 hours. Once established, it will nominate a new Prime Minister to succeed ariel henry, who quit on monday. Aid agencies say the situation in the capital, port au prince, is desperate, with the city under the control of armed gangs. The White House National security adviser has announced three hundred Million Dollars in aid for ukraine as a Stopgap Measure while a much larger package remains stalled in congress. The eus Foreign Policy chief has said starvation is being used as a weapon of war in gaza. Josep borrell described the lack of aid entering the territory as a manmade disaster. A Romanian Court has agreed to extradite the social Media Influencer andrew tate and his brother Tristan To Britain where theyre facing charges of sexual aggression. Theyre to be extradited after their trial in a separate case in romania.