to expire, and officials have been warning about a potential surge in migrants at the us mexico border. officials have said that when title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could try to cross over. let s remind ourselves what the policy is, and how it might affect us immigration policy. the temporary law, introduced by donald trump, known as title 42, meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly, and it expires overnight tonight. the policy made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico, using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. the winding down of covid measures means the policy no longer has any public health justification, prompting officials to announce it would end on 11 may, the same day as the official us public health emergency. and when it ends, in a few hours from now, the us will return to a policy where migrants are screened, to determine if they are eligible for asylum and quickly deported if they do not qualify. earlier,
hello and welcome to the programme. we will start with breaking news from pakistan. we have been following events in pakistan after the arrest this week of the former prime minister imran khan and we havejust had an prime minister imran khan and we have just had an announcement from the supreme court saying that his arrest earlier this week was illegal. nearly 2000 people have been arrested so far and five have been arrested so far and five have been killed. this is after imran khan s supporters clashed with the police in a number of cities across the country. this related to his arrest on corruption charges. he has beenin arrest on corruption charges. he has been in a long running battle with the authorities in pakistan relating to a number charges that had been brought against him. since he was ousted from office last year. the news on the screen from pakistan, suggesting that the arrest of imran khan earlier this week was illegal. very few details about what else we know r
donald trump dismisses the woman who won a sexual assault case against him as a whackjob as he again claims he s the victim of a political vendetta. and from defending human rights on television to rocking out at night at eurovision, the lawyer turned pop star representing australia. and coming up on bbc news, west ham look to reach their first european final in 47 years as they take on az alkmaar in the first leg of their european conference league semifinal. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. interest rates are at their highest in 15 years, after the bank of england raised them to 4.5%, making it more expensive to borrow but better for savers. the increase is an attempt by the bank of england to curb people s spending and bring down inflation that s the rate at which prices are rising which was just over 10% in march. but the bank also upgraded the prospects for the uk economy now no longer forecasting the economy will shrink but grow modestly over t
it s seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london and 5pm in texas, where tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. they ve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the border into the us from friday. that s because a temporary law introduced by donald trump that meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly expires overnight. title 42 made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. but its looming expiration has triggered something of a rush to reach the border, with cities on both sides readying for an increase in attempted crossings once it lapses. a record number of migrants were recently apprehended at the us mexico border in a single day, fuelling fears over what will happen when this controversial immigration policy expires. the us homeland security secretary has issued a warning ahead of title 42 s expiry. he s sa
eurovision fever heats up with 16 countries taking to the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine and confirmation from the british defence secretary that storm shadow cruise missiles are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying the decision would require an adequate response from the russian military. we will hear from of the from the russian military. we will hearfrom of the un s humanitarian coordinator in ukraine but first we have ben wallace in the house of commons. in december i informed the house i was developing options to respond to russia s continued aggression and today i can confirm the uk is sending storm shadow missiles to ukraine, storm shadow is a long range conventional only precision strike capability and it compliments the long range system already gifte