hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. the british government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. where people come here illegally, when they break the law, it s important that we make that distinction. that s what we are doing with our rwanda policy, that s what we re doing with making sure that asylum seekers can tjust vanish into the rest of the country. the home secretary priti patel has described the ruling by the european court of human rights which grounded the first plane due to take asylum seekers to rwanda as scandalous . the flight had been due to take off on tuesday night before the court intervened. supermarkets and utility companies should be helping people struggling with soaring prices that s according to the uk government s new cost of living adviser. militants have attacked
decided it was permissible to fly would be asylum seekers to rwanda in east africa because, if the policy is subsequently ruled unlawful, the british government can be relied upon to bring them back again. it was a judge on the european court of human rights whose intervention prevented the flight taking off at all. a day later, lord geidt became the second independent ethics adviser in succession to the prime minister to resign. the government was considering paying subsidies to steel manufacturers in the uk in breach of the rules of the world trade organization. the code says ministers should not break the law. downing street was considering suspending it and asked for his advice. for lord geidt, this was the last straw. on friday, borisjohnson escaped these domestic distractions to spend the day in kyiv. these domestic distractions he is one of the allies of ukraine championing international law as a tool to bring to account rations for actions taken nations for actions ta
are travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday with strikes on the london underground going ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. i strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. ijust don t agree. | the government put in, what is it, £16 billion of our money to keep the railways are running during the pandemic? and now they are moaning because they are not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is havin: enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment - enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment in - enough pay increase. my sister is l having cancer treatment in london. that is having cancer treatment in london. that is affecting her treatment next week due that is affecting her treatment next week due to
it has been left completely devastated. and more than 30 people are killed in northern bangladesh as heavy monsoon storms trigger lightning and landslides. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, has told the bbc his country will only enter peace talks after the last russian soldier has left ukraine . some ukrainian officials have expressed concerns their country may be pushed towards a peace deal with russia, as the war continues to put pressure on food and energy supplies. borisjohnson has meanwhile warned of ukraine fatigue setting in after returning from his trip to kyiv on friday. our correspondent nick beake reports from kyiv. singing. the russians killed roman ratushny on the 9th ofjune. today, his father buried him, before returning to the front line. a funeral for a 24 year old who answered the call to defend his country. his grandmother, joined by hundreds who came to bid him farewell. with so many
a ceremonial dagger has been found guilty of murder. the founder of the wikileaks website can be sent to the us for trial following the home secretary s approval. he is 14 days to appeal. if the hottest day of the year so far in london. heat warnings are issued. coming up on the film review, come up coming up on the film review, come up with find out with mark kermode s take is on the week s big releases at 5:45 p:m.. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has arrived in kyiv on his second visit to demonstrate the uk s support for ukraine in the war against russia. he tweeted that it was good to be back in the ukrainian capital; back in the ukrainian capital. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky responded by calling the prime minister our country s great friend and saying that britain had proved that its support was firm and resolute . the ukrainian president has been speaking in the past hours between the talks. translation: we also took our work fur