british prime minister is facing a test of his authority over sending migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive proposals to send asylum seekers to the east country arguing it will deter people from crossing the english channel from small boats in france. he suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership in parliament last night. two deputy chairs of the conservative party resigned saying the bill wasn t tough enough for that. the bill wasn t tough enough for that. mps are now due to vote on the prime minister s landmark bill. here s our political editor, chris mason. this was over this morning. the rwanda bill is about putting people off attempting crossing. but no one who s made this journey has been sent there yet. what does the rwandan president make of it all? you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. it is you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. of taxpayers money. it is going to be. if of taxpayers money. it is going to be-
thank you very much. we start with the shipping crisis in the red sea. yemen s houthi militant group has claimed responsibility for yet another attack on a container vessel, this one belonging to the french shipping line cma cgm. it happened late on tuesday despite the presence of the us navy in the area and it s the latest in a series of attacks which are prompting major shipping lines to take alternative, longer routes. the international chamber of shipping says that one in five commercial vessels are now ships are now avoiding the red sea, which accounts for 12% of global trade. it s led to a near doubling in the cost of container shipping. the attackers say they ll continue to target vessels until palestinians in gaza are allowed sufficient food and medicine. ami daniel is the chief executive of the martime intelligence and analytics firm windward, among other things, they help companies reduce risks at sea. thank you for being with us today. one in five ships choosing
this is bbc news, the headlines: more than 100 people in iran die in two explosions near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. the united nations peacekeeping mission in lebanon says it is deeply concerned about rising tensions following the killing of a senior hamas figure. aftershocks and heavy rain complicate rescue efforts injapan. at least 64 people now confirmed dead. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s tanya arnold. the sport of darts has never seen anything like it 16 year old luke littler, on his debut, is preparing for the world championsip final. he ll take on another luke, luke humphries, who himself became world number one after his victory in the semi finals. well, matt graveling is at alexandra palace for us, we ll talk about luke humphries in a moment, matt, but luke littler, in the space of three weeks, has taken the sport by storm. relative unknown to a fan fan favourite, that is for sure. the tension feels like i
aircraft using the emergency inflatable slides before it was engulfed by flames. japan airlines and airbus have both expressed their sympathies for those affected by the accident. searching for survivors japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble, after a powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. we have just had a couple of statements on the aircraft collision in tokyo and i will read them out for you. statement from japan airlines confirms that on the evening of the 2nd ofjanuary, airlines confirms that on the evening of the 2nd of january, the evening of the 2nd ofjanuary, the flight was involved in a collision with a japan coastguard aircraft during its landing which resulted in a fire on the runway. the statement extends thoughts and prayers with the deceased members of the japan coastgu
ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379