so the first thing is we ve got to drop the onerous visa requirements, because as well as being very, very difficult for people who are applying for family reunion, who are trying to come here through the family visa, who still have to upload a whole series of documents that often they don t have, proving family connection, proving their own identities and so on, it s more complicated when you get to the community sponsorship scheme, because they have to go through that process before they can even start the next stage of the process, which is being matched with a sponsor. but, lisa, right now, are you suggesting dropping anything, give any evidence apart from very basic security checks or identity checks? is that what you re saying? yeah, i mean, we ve said we think that they should drop some of the bureaucracy, and people should be required to provide biometric data,
very, very difficult for people who are applying for family reunion, who are trying to come here through the family visa, who still have to upload a whole series of documents that often they don t have, proving family connection, proving their own identities and so on, it s more complicated when you get to the community sponsorship scheme, because they have to go through that process before they can even start the next stage of the process, which is being matched with a sponsor. but, lisa, right now, are you suggesting dropping all of the requirements, so people don t have to show anything, give any evidence apart from very basic security checks or identity checks? is that what you re saying? yeah, i mean, we ve said we think that they should drop some of the bureaucracy, and people should be required to provide biometric data, which the armed forces have said they would stand ready and willing to help to try and process that very, very quickly. basic identity checks. we appreciate tha
allow for peaceful demonstrations, keeping the peace and ensuring public safety. josh campbell, cnn. it s now up to a jury to decide whether or not actor jussie smollett s staged fake hate crime against himself and then lied about it to police. the second day of deliberations will begin in a few hours. smollett faces six felony counts punishable by up to three years in prison. the empire star insists it was no hoax and that he really was the victim of an anti-gay and racist attack back in 2019. french authorities have released a saudi man they initially suspected of taking part in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. he was detained at the airport in paris on tuesday after his name appeared to match a man wanted in the killing. but french prosecutors say further identity checks showed they were holding the wrong man. a hit squad murdered and dismembered khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. a u.s. intelligence report
on suspicion of involvement in the killing of the saudi arabian journalist, jamal khashog ji, has been released. the paris prosecutor s office said that identity checks had established that an arrest warrant issued by turkey did not apply to the man. prosecutors in ghislaine maxwell s trial have presented previously unseen photos they say link the socialite to paedophile jeffrey epstein. ms maxwell is accused of grooming underage girls for abuse between 1994 and 200a. she has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and seven other charges. president biden will host what he s calling a summit for democracy on friday as part of an effort to confront what he sees as authoritarian forces led by china and russia. those countries of course, are not on the guest list. but taiwan which beijing considers its own territory
people safe online. a saudi man arrested at paris airport on tuesday on suspicion of involvement in the killing of the saudi arabian journalist, jamal khashog ji, has been released. the paris prosecutor s office said that identity checks had established that an arrest warrant issued by turkey did not apply to the man. underwater now, where scientists who eavesdropped on a restored coral reef in indonesia say their recordings of fish whooping, croaking and growling are the reef coming back to life. take a listen to this. over a decade, the reef has been re seeded with new corals. the researchers used underwater microphones to record.