The Prime Minister says the first flight carrying Asylum Seekers to rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks time come what may. He says an airfield is on standby and charter planes are booked. Rishi sunak had originally promised the first flight would take off this spring, but his timetable now suggests a delay until the summer. He says peers and mps will have to sit through the night tonight if necessary to pass the governments controversial rwanda legislation. Our political correspondent, helen catt is in westminster. Helen. New statistics out this morning show one of the reasons why rishi sunak might be so keen to get those flights off soon, last Year Parliament passed a law that said that some asylum cases could only be dealt with by being removed from the uk. But they cant go to rwanda because the Supreme Court ruled it was unsafe and there are now nearly 52,000 Asylum Seekers whose claims simply cant be dealt with here. So what the government did to try and get around this last year
Scenes back injanuary, when a Tv Station in ecuador was taken over by masked gunmen during a live broadcast. At the same time, powerful Drug Cartels set off explosions in several cities and there was widespread rioting inside ecuador s prisons. Well now, in a referendum, Ecuadoreans Have voted in favour of letting troops patrol the streets to bolster security after a surge in gang violence. Our South America Correspondent Ione Wells sent this report from the capital, quito. Ecuador s capital, quito, is bursting with life. But among the songs and smiles, clues that this is now the continents most violent country. The bloodshed at this Youth Centre is just a sport. But on the streets, many young people are losing their lives at the hands of violent Drug Cartels. Carmens brother was killed by a Gang Member who wanted money when he wasjust 19. Translation the gang threatened us i at our House Throwing Stones at us