To be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1,800 injuly last year to more than 50,000 a week ago. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, reports. As everybody expected, they entering the tower, accepting that the elected House Of Commons will its way and the governments safety of rwanda bill will now get royal assent and become law undertakes the government a huge step closer to seeing planes take off for rwanda at some point in the next 10 12 weeks and the first Asylum Seekers will be sent to the east african country and it is a very big moment for rishi sunak. Two years ago the government first came up with the idea of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda and its been completely bogged down and railed with legal challenges, the Supreme Court deciding it was unlawful, massive opposition from opposition parties, from peers from across the House Of Lords in the last few weeks, but the governments bill becomes law and flights will take off, that doesnt mean they wont be other legal challen
and late yesterday, the chancellor announced the minimum wage is to go up by more than a pound, to £11.44 per hour, from april next year. and jeremy hunt decided the rate would also apply to 21 and 22 year olds for the first time. here s our econmics corrrespondent, andy verity. ona cold, on a cold, damp day at the south london market, ask what they want the government to do something about and you will hear two big concerns that haven t gone away. energy and food. , ., , ., , food. used to get six or seven oran . es food. used to get six or seven oranges for food. used to get six or seven oranges for a food. used to get six or seven oranges for a pound, - food. used to get six or seven oranges for a pound, now - food. used to get six or seven oranges for a pound, now it i food. used to get six or seven i oranges for a pound, now it has five. lemons, ten for a pound, now 87 for a pound. it is hard for the customer, it is hard for the customer, it is hard for us as well.
for the firm. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the latest. what began as the firing of openai as ceo and co founder sam altman on friday is now a stand off between hundreds of openai employees and the company s board. nearly all of openai s workers are threatening to quit if the ball doesn t resign and reinstate the former leadership. board members fired altman on friday, saying in a statement that he was not consistently candid in his communications with them. the company also announced that greg brockman the president and co founder of openai would be stepping down as chairman of the board, but he quit. the company has named emmett cher, the co founder of the live streaming platform twitch as openai s interim ceo. two broken prominent openai heads have signed onto the letter. on monday morning, the chief scientist tweeted he deeply regrets his participation in the board because my actions. openai has been the dominant force in al development with
And as part of our 50 state Capital Cities tou, we host good morning, its thursday, october 26. At the white house this afternoon, President Trump is scheduled to give a speech on the growing opiod epidemic and the federal response. Well talk about it today on the washington journal. We begin with a story from the 2016 campaign thats back in the news. New reporting this week tied the socalled dossier to President Trumps connections to russia to the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National committee. The president and his allies prove the dossier is a purely partisan document while some of the president s critics view it as standard Opposition Research that raised real red flags. We want to hear what you think this morning on the washington journal. Phones are open in our first halfhour, republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 20 7488000. Independents, 2027488002. Datch up catch up with us on twitter or facebook. And a very good thursday morning to you. The story well be talking
Cyber monday is the biggest in history. Data collected by adobe says just over three billion dollars in online orders were made monday. Smashing a record set this past black friday. Ibm says customers spent an average of 124 dollars on cyber monday toys and electronics were said to be big cyber monday sellers. Jessica rae and if y order something this past cyber monday, youll probably soon be expecting a package on your dodostep. Each y yr a spike in m ml theft occurs around e holidays, but here are some tips for you to protect your parcels first avoid sending cash by mail, use a check or money order for a safe alternative. Also dont leave mail unattended, especially overnight. Its never a bad idea to use tracking on your packages and always report any suspicious activity jessica rae thanksgiving 2015 is one the cortez family of sioux city wont ever forget. And for all the wrong reasons. An extxtsion cord in their home sparked, causing their entire home to go up in flames. Reporter eli