# eastenders theme and there is a new couple in albert square, as the duke and duchess of cornwall star in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders. good morning. ithink good morning. i think many parts of the uk will see the sun at some stage today, particularly the further south and east you are, but will that sunshine sparked off some thundery showers for you this afternoon? more details on what is happening where coming up. it is sunday 22 may. our main story: the long awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has given people she intends to name in her report until 5:00pm today to respond. meanwhile, pressure is growing on the prime minister to explain what was discussed at a meeting between him and ms gray several weeks ago. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the long awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend an
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Welcome to todays verified live. This will be one of the central dividing lines at the next general election. Labours sir keir starmer has pledged to scrap the governments Rwanda Scheme straight away if his party wins the general poll. The Labour Leader says he would use money saved to hire specialist investigators to tackle small boats crossing the channel. Well have more on that in a moment. But this is happened as the bbc has tracks down one of europes most wanted people smugglers Barzan Majeed nicknamed the scorpion. Speaking from northern iraq, he defended arranging for thousands of people, to travel to the uk, in small boats and lorries, arguing migrants are begging him for help. Our reporter sue mitchell is part of the team that tracked him down. She says Barzan Majeeds phone number was found on the phones of migrants coming to britain in small boats. My partner in this investigation is rob lawrie. Hes former british army and he has a lot of contacts in the migrant camps in bo
Hits paris. Before that, the world is ready for the hits paris. Before that, the world is ready for the eurovision hits paris. Before that, the world is ready for the eurovision song i is ready for the Eurovision Song Contest in malmo because the pie will bring you the latest news and gossip on the bbc news channel. Lets turn to the us a school board in virginia has voted in favour of restoring the previously removed names of three Confederate Military leaders to two schools. The Motion Undid A Decision from 2020, which had removed the names of the men who had fought for the pro slavery Southern States during the civil war. Before making the decision, the school board heard arguments both in favour and against the proposal. Im a black student, and if the names are restored, i would have to represent a man that fought for my ancestors to be slaves. That makes me feel like im disrespecting my ancestors and going against what my family and i believe, which is that we should all be treated