Clearly these concerns are worrying local people. The government has repeatedly said that the barge is going to be better value for british taxpayers because of the huge costs of housing Asylum Seekers and hotels, i think it is about £6 million a day at the moment. Do we know how much it cost a housing Asylum Seeker on the barge . We a housing Asylum Seeker on the barae . ~. ,. ,. , barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report recently barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report recently thatl there was a report recently that suggested it might only be a little bit cheaper. The government has been very cagey and giving us an exact number over what it will cost because i suspect it has been done before so they dont entirely know. There are concerns that the costs of maintaining a barge should be more than a building on land
says initial evidence from overnight us and british air strikes in yemen suggests all intended targets were destroyed looking under way in new hampshire where nikki haley is looking to close the gap on donald trump. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and greta gerwig both miss out. to the united states now and the people of new hampshire are voting in a primary election, with just two candidates left for the republican party s presidential nomination. officials are predicting a record setting turnout for the primary which is taking place in the north east of the country. nikki haley is hoping the traditionally moderate new england state will give her a result that allows her to continue in the race but opinion polls indicate donald trump has built up a clear lead. our north america correspondent emma vardy is monitoring events for us in new hampshire and gave us the latest. well, for nikki haley s supporters, those anti trump
a hundred and fifty two of the parliamentary seats declared so far, a simple majority. this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process wasa sham. our south asia correspondent samira hussain has been monitoring events for us in dhaka. the results of these elections come as no real surprise. prime minister sheikh hasina was all but guaranteed a win. but now there going to be some questions about whether the results actually reflect the will of the people. the country s main opposition party were boycotting the elections, saying that they didn t believe that the government could hold free and fair elections. they also encouraged their supporters not to go out and vote. then there was this general sense of apathy amongst voters because the main opposition party wasn t on the ballot. in terms of choices of who to vote for. you coul
this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process wasa sham. our south asia correspondent samira hussain has been monitoring events for us in dhaka. the results of these elections come as no real surprise. prime minister sheikh hasina was all but guaranteed a win. but now there going to be some questions about whether the results actually reflect the will of the people. the country s main opposition party were boycotting the elections, saying that they didn t believe that the government could hold free and fair elections. they also encouraged their supporters not to go out and vote. then there was this general sense of apathy amongst voters because the main opposition party wasn t on the ballot. in terms of choices of who to vote for. you could either vote for the ruling party, or you could vote for an independent candidate, mos
on the kremlin, which russia has called an attempt to assassinate president putin. this video, which has been circulated on social media, and the bbc has now verified shows the moment the drones hit the building. ukraine claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. president volodymyr zelenskiy has been speaking at a news conference in finland. we don t attack putin or moscow, we fight on our territory, we are defending our villages and cities. we don t have enough weapons for this. . . , ~ ., ., , this. that was ukrainian president volod m r this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky responding . this. that was ukrainian president| volodymyr zelensky responding to accusations by moscow that that drone strike was launched by ukraine. our russia editor, steven rosenberg, is in moscow and has sent this report. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over