at the election, was recorded expressing the view at a private event in april. but he went on to defend the plan, saying it would deter migrants from crossing the channel. he was speaking on the 2nd of april at an event for young conservatives. let s recap now on the uk s flagship illegal immigration policy. as of last week, more than 11,000 people had crossed the channel to the uk in small boats this year. in april 2022, the government announced that asylum seekers entering the uk from a safe country could be sent to rwanda, where they would have their asylum claims processed. the uk government had paid £240 million to rwanda by the end of 2023 for the scheme. no migrants have been transferred to rwanda, as the government has faced legal challenges against the scheme. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now. interesting comments. private comments. interesting comments. private comments, comments - interesting comments. private comments, comments that. inter
Retailers which is trying to break into some of asias biggest markets. Bland and boring, today we want to know, whats the best named town youve ever visited. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. In just under an hour, the uk will unveil its latest Growth Numbers for the three months to the end ofjune. Earlier this week the International Monetary fund warned that weaker Economic Activity means both the us and uk will expand more slowly than expected this year. However, in the numbers due out this morning, economists are expecting the uks growth rate will have risen slightly in the last three months to 0. 3 . It was 0. 2 in the first quarter. Following the brexit vote, the pound fell. This put pressure on prices and last month inflation stayed above the bank of englands 2 target rate. And higher prices partly from Imported Goods are having an impact on Consumer Spending. Now according to visa Household Expenditure fell 0. 3 last month the lowest figure in
Where the United States has stepped up its response to north koreas latest Missile Launch. Two Us Air Force Bombers have flown directly over the region. And americas Missile Defence system in south korea has also been tested. President trump has vented his frustration with china, saying its doing nothing for the us on north korea. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. The unmistakable shape of an american b i bomber, sweeping low over south korea this afternoon. This is president trumps pointed response to north koreas latest missile test. It was accompanied by an equally pointed rant on twitter. I am very disappointed in china, the president tweeted. They do nothing for us with north korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China today has been showing off its own military might, in a huge parade overseen by president xijinping. He has condemned north koreas launch, but china is not prepared to bring pyongyang to its knees, even though it probably could. North
it s potentially a two month expedition. you want to peek at the point when you re going for summit, not at the time that you get off the plane. because you deteriorate across expedition itself. you lose a lot of budget, the altitude, the inability to get fit. you really want to turn up a little bit undertrained, a little bit overweight, and that when you can peekjust overweight, and that when you can peek just at the right time. clearly, lots of planning. what is the hardest bit to get ready for? what was about that tumour may be least prepared for? certainly, physically or mentally? for least prepared for? certainly, physically or mentally? for me, i wasn t prepared physically or mentally? for me, i wasn t prepared for physically or mentally? for me, i wasn t prepared for what - physically or mentally? for me, i l wasn t prepared for what happened physically or mentally? for me, i - wasn t prepared for what happened on summit day itself. i climbed in 2019, and some of the viewers
those simon, morning to you. so, we had those reports of coaches being stuck in queues for more than 12 hours, lots of people as they get their way on good friday hoping that is not going to be the case this weekend. it is already a busy start to the morning here in dover, people arriving here hopefully, it will not be a bad start to good friday. let s show you the latest pictures, you can see some of the traffic starting to build up particularly lorries at the moment. we are told it s taking around 30 minutes to get through french passport controls here in dover. 0n the other side of the channel, there are queues of around an hourfor coaches channel, there are queues of around an hour for coaches trying to return to the uk. that is simply due to the volume of traffic wanting to make the journey this easter weekend. port bosses will be desperate to avoid a repeat of those scenes that were witnessed here in dover last weekend, people queueing for hour after hour to try to get across the