sweden and finland seek nato membership in response to russia s invasion of ukraine . this would be a historic moment their membership in a to would increase our shared security. and vote counting is underway in lebanon s 1st general election since it s economic collapse in 2019 ah 74 years after the creation of israel palestinians in the occupied territory. i ve been mocking what they call the knock bomb or catastrophe. ah. and it says 74 seconds, one for every year. since israel was founded, when hundreds of thousands of palestinians were driven from their homes, events had taken them even more importance. this year, after the killing of al jazeera journalist schuman, i will actually buy the forces some say done, takes a look back at the history of the neck and how it affected entire generations. she had a whole, please. now, living in poland, dear refugee camp, was forced to flee a border june 1948 when he was 80 years old. but he still holds on to what s left, the keys to
Than 50 people were hurt, seven of them critically. After sustaining head injuries. Singapore airlines confirmed there were 18 crew and 211 passengers on board, 47 of which were from the United Kingdom. Were from the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister has addressed the issue of illegal migration dunng the issue of illegal migration during a visit to austria. Rishi sunak says eu countries are starting to recognise places like rwanda are essential in tackling the problem, with 15 states calling on the European Commission to tighten migration policy. Speaking exclusively to gb news, the Prime Minister says the numbers prove progress is being made in stopping small boats and thousands of Illegal Migrants are being returned to other countries. The numbers are down by around a third. They were down by around a third last calendar year as well. So we are making progress. And just this year, in progress. And just this year, in fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. Thats
States to manage migration, and the g7 summit being hosted in italy this summer. Italy, a growing partner of the United Kingdom, one of those countries thats also looking to do deals like rwanda. Its very interesting, isnt it . Its its very interesting, isnt it. 7 its almost like were leading the way when it comes to this issue. I mean, we were reporting over the last couple of months how ursula von der euanne of months how ursula von der elianne herself is moving towards these things. You had president macron in france saying that these type of schemes are beyond the pale. They do not match with our European Values and the like. I wont do a french accent. You do a very. I started and ended quickly. I dont want i dont want to offend anyone. But yes, it seems like the mood music is changing a little and actually people are realising you cant have returns agreements or with every single country around the world and that actually doing a deal with a third country maybe is the only way to
Welcome to the show. Always a delight to have your company. Theres also fantastic news of a new clampdown on grooming gangs nationwide. Charlie peters, our reporter, will bring us all the latest on that, a topic very, very close to his heart. He did a course of documentary grooming gangs britains shame. Hes been pushing for action on this and now we have it. Plus i was speaking to lord walney. Hes speaking to lord walney. Hes the author of a controversial report published about two minutes ago into clamping down on on groups such as Just Stop Oil will strict new powers come into place to prevent them from protesting . To treat them like terrorist groups . Are we speaking with him and around about an hours time loads to get through, and a new way for you to get involved with your comments. And thats gb news forward slash com forward slash your say please send your comments and read out as many as i can during the show. But now its your headlines. Lets kick off. Its tatiana sanchez. Mart
Of some showers. Ill have all the details coming up. Well, good morning. Leading the program this morning. The infected blood scandal in independent inquirys final report is set to be published later on today. Yes. So the scandal has been subject of the biggest ever pubuc subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry in the uk. After tens of thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood, while Political Correspondent Katherine Forster has more. Some of my friends have said to me, are you sure . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the nhs . Are you sure this is the infected blood . Sure this is the infected blood . Scandal . Is a story so shocking it almost beggars belief. In the 1970s and 80, the nhs gave contaminated blood to over 30,000 people. To haemophiliacs whose blood doesnt clot properly and to people needing blood transfusions infected with hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 have died. Sue wathen was infected died. Sue wathen