after they went missing. and, the wait is almost over super fans are poised online as tickets for eurovision go on sale later. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. britain s home secretary, suella braverman, has accepted the government is pushing the boundaries of international law with new legislation aimed at stopping asylum seekers crossing the english channel in small boats. it s thought the measures, being introduced in parliament today, and which put a legal duty on ministers to remove anyone who enters the uk illegally would face legal challenges. here s our political correspondent, iain watson: five years ago, fewer than 300 migrants attempted to cross the channel in a small boat. last year, more than 16,000 undertook the hazardous journey. and as the numbers grew, so too did the political pressure on the government. so injanuary this year, the prime minister made this pledge. we will pass new laws to stop small
who once worked with him. the wonders of the natural world for the first time ever sir david attenbourgh looks at britain s wildlife. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing it s all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched, and that the city is almost destroyed . here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silen
conditions further north. more snow to come in northern scotland. not quite so cold in the south, where we have still got that cloud that will linger through the day in southern england and south wales. a lot of that wet weather will peter out. further north, some sunshine and more snow showers pushing into northern ireland, particularly across the north of scotland on that cold wind from the arctic. whether you have got the sunshine in the north or the cloud in southern parts of england, it s going to be cold everywhere. these weatherfronts are sliding in slowly from the atlantic. and marking the boundary between two different air masses in that battleground between this milder atlantic adder stays across the channel and the arctic air that is going to be in place. it s going to get very cold very quickly tomorrow night. a widespread sharp frost. could be as low as 10 in parts of scotland. we may see snow across england and wales, a few centimetres in places. it does tend t
Weve come back to see this star pupil, who is also a stand in teacher at his school. Are you the best teacher there . Thats a yes. Ahmeds been blind from birth along with four of his siblings, and hes growing up near a front line in a city under siege. Its very scary, he tells me. Were afraid of gunshots. When fighting starts, we cant go to the park or the valley or anywhere. When was the last time you heard fighting and explosions . Last night, he says. Its quiet now, but theres danger in the hills where houthi snipers are most active after dark. Ahmeds father, abdul, says theyre about 600 meters in front of us. A gunshot away, he tells me. For ahmed school has always been a refuge of sorts. This was our first glimpse of him injanuary 2021, leading Morning Assembly at al wahda primary. It was bombed by the Saudi Led Coalition when it was occupied by houthi forces. The classrooms exposed to the sun and the rain. Young minds getting an education in war. Ahmed was leading the class atjus
Now on bbc news. The briefing smiling through. This is ahmed naguib. Hes 11 years old and he doesnt let much get in his way. Hes heading to the river to get water, a daily ritual. Life was tough here, even before the war. But ahmed is a fighter. Weve come back to see this star pupil, who is also a stand in teacher at his school. Are you the best teacher there . Thats a yes. Ahmeds been blind from birth along with four of his siblings, and hes growing up near a front line in a city under siege. Its very scary, he tells me. Were afraid of gunshots. When fighting starts, we cant go to the park or the valley or anywhere. When was the last time you heard fighting and explosions . Last night, he says. Its quiet now, but theres danger in the hills where houthi snipers are most active after dark. Ahmeds father, abdul, says theyre about 600 meters in front of us. A gunshot away, he tells me. For ahmed school has always been a refuge of sorts. This was our first glimpse of him injanuary 2021, le