Near the town Of Ambleteuse, where eight people were declared dead last night after a small boat started to sink not long after leaving the coast of france. Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. Including the eight latest victims, a total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the was open to using similar schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the chief business commentatorfor the independent, james moore and the comment features editor at city am, rachel cunliffe. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. Weve starting with. Got weve starting with. Got a developing story once again weve got a developing story once again tonight. Lets bring you up to date with the papers we do have. According to the Daily Telegraph Dominic Cummings is at the beginning of the end of his time in downing street after he and a close ally lost a bitter power struggle. The guardian says conservative mps are warning borisjohnson has one final chance to overhaul a dysfunctional downing street operation, after bitter in fighting triggered the sudden departure of one of his closest aides. While the times predicts Boris Johnson is planning to reset his premiership after the resignation of his director of communications, by ending culture wars, promoting the
Deadline switches to this january, u nless deadline switches to this january, unless the Parliament Passes a brexit deal. That is looking very unlikely, however. The driver of the lorry in essex in which 39 people died appears in court charged with their manslaughter. And well be live in california, where two wildfires, one of them in the heart of los angeles, have forced thousands of people from their homes. Another mind bending day in british politics, and ill take on this multi headed hydra so you dont have to. Sitting comfortably . Right. First, mps have rejected Boris Johnsons proposal of an general election on december 12. He needed two thirds of mps. The Opposition Labour Party abstained, so this happened. The ayes to the right, 299. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. So the ayes have it, the ayes have it. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. The ayes have it, but the motion does not obtain the majority requ
At all. So the way to get this done, the way to get brexit done as i think to be reasonable with parliament, say, if the genuinely wa nt parliament, say, if the genuinely want more time to study this excellent deal, they can have it, but they have to agree to a general election on december 12. That is the way forward because this parliament has been going on for a long time without a majority. It is refusing to deliver brexit, it is impossible to deliver brexit, it is impossible to deliver brexit, it is impossible to deliver legislation and it is time, frankly, that the opposition summoned up the nerve to submit themselves to the judgment of our collective force, the people of the uk. But if your deal is so great as you claim on death parliament has endorsed it, which they havent, they have just agreed to go ahead and have scrutiny, why then try to ram this through with an election . You could go on a more conventional timetable and give parliament the timetable and give parliament the
Nominees for the Riba Stirling prize for britains best new building. Mcallen whiskey distillery. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The chancellor has announced a raft of spending pledges at the conservative Party Conference, amongst them, an increase in the National Living wage. Sajid javid said that over the next five years, it would increase to £10 50 an hour, and the age threshold would be lowered to 21. An unwelcome discretion for delegates at the conference, theres been an allegation that the Prime Minister groped a journalist during a lunch 20 years ago. Our political editor, Laura Kunz Berg sent this report from the Party Conference in manchester. There you go, all in all. What happens to the Prime Ministers next into the country. Its not entirely in borisjohnsons into the country. Its not entirely in Boris Johnsons hands. Into the country. Its not entirely in borisjohnsons hands. However, many photos he grins for, he cannot be remotely sure if brussels will budge and give