a way of transforming songs. - tribute to the music legend. she had a way of transforming songs. so - tribute to the music legend. she hadi a way of transforming songs. so that she owns them, they were hers. she was worshipped. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now. we start here in the uk where new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022, despite the government s promise to reduce it. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine, because of the war, and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. i asked peter walsh from the oxford university migration 0bservatory his reaction to the net migration numbers. it is doubl
and the economy is also a key issue for us voters three weeks out from the crucial midterm elections as inflation continues to rise. tonight with the context, paul waugh, chief political commentator for the i newspaper, and democratic strategist mary anne marsh. as government u turns go, and there have been a few of late, this was a big one. britain s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has dumped nearly all of the flagship economic policies of the liz truss government in an attempt to end weeks of financial turmoil. it has left the prime minister fighting for her political survival with a few mps openly calling for her to quit, and more doing anonymously. this gives you an idea of the scale of how much has been dropped from the pm s plan for growth last month which the then chancellor kwasi kwarteng announced in parliament, and how little now remains. the 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax has been dropped indefinitely. it will remain at 20p. the 2 year cap on energy prices h
Strategic maneuvers, the pentagon sending a major message overnight, the u. S. Is beefing up its Military Presence in the middle east to help defend israel if necessary. What this means for the ongoing israelhamas war, ahead in a live report. And Mission Possible veterans of a nonprofit going the distance to fly americans stranded in israel back home. We will talk to the ceo. Speaker scramble we are closing in on three full weeks without a permanent speaker of the house. And nearly a dozen republicans want that job. Can they get their chaos caucus on board inside the complicated search for a speaker ahead . Plus, gag orders, finds, and flips. The court hits, including a judge threatening to throw trump in jail, just keep coming for the disgraced ex president. And as nbc legal analyst and friend of the show, joyce vance joins us later to sort it all out. And a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. It is still unclear when israel will act on the Ground Invasion into gaza as t
reserved to westminster and we need that to be in public ownership too. as talk to our scottish political correspondent. andrew, good to have you with us. i was talking to the snb spokesperson this morning. all sorts of plans that the snp has. let s talk about whatjohn swinney says. basically about railways. let s talk about that festival. that s rightjohn swinney was on the that s right john swinney was on the campaign that s right john swinney was on the campaign show in five in an area cold campaign show in five in an area cold lieven campaign show in five in an area cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link there. what s the snp are trying velvet link there. what s the snp are trying to do, it is a common theme are trying to do, it is a common theme. they think they can keep labour theme. they think they can keep labour on theme. they think they can keep labour on the right tra