jessica elgot and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. we start tonight here in the uk, where immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases in the southeast and east of england in essex and lincolnshire, and a separate site in east sussex. the government s plans are aimed at reducing spending on hotels and detering small boat channel crossings. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51 thousand people. the uk says it is spending £6.2m a day on hotels for asylum seekers. mrjenrick told the house of commons that the government is also exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. but the refugee council has described the proposals as entirely unsuitable . let s listen to some of what the immigration minister had to say today in the commons. m
and his supporters. we start with the troubled global banking sector. european markets have closed down more than three percent, spooked by a major sell off of shares in the swiss banking giant, credit suisse. coming days after the collapse of us based silicon valley bank, it s prompted fears of a full blown crisis in the sector. let s take a look at the damage at the close in europe today. shares in credit suisse plunged to a record low, falling 24%. that came after its biggest investor said it could not give the bank any more financial help. here in the uk, the insurer prudential tumbled 10%, and the high street bank barclays, 8%. the plunge by banking stocks left london s ftse 100 down almost 4% at its lowest level this year. it was the index s worst one day performance since the start of the covid 19 pandemic. taking a closer look at credit suisse today was the second day of sharp falls for its shares after the swiss bank yesterday disclosed that its auditor had identif
Included employees of a private Company Involved in the maintenance and management of the bridge. Now, bbc wales investigates whats killing our rivers . You see herons and dragonflies. You see lots of little shellfish in the shallow parts. Sometimes you will see a Salmon Jumping out of the water. You start to realise that how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. These School Friends have made the most of a record breaking summer. Like thousands of others. But there is something wrong with our rivers. A sad sight to see. Its absolutely devastating what with finding out here today. In the water, look at this. Just look at it. This is algae. Its taking over our rivers and waterways. And when human and animal waste gets into a river not only is it bad for our health it is also full of nutrients like phosphate which act as a kind of super food for the algae. And as algae gets into the river, it strips the river of oxygen, ki
at a pub on merseyside, in northern england, on christmas eve. the victim has been named as 26 year old elle edwards. a 30 year old man and a 19 year old woman have been arrested. now on bbc news bend it like beckham: 20 years on. it s not fair, the boys never have to come home and help. i wonder if i had an arranged marriage, would i get someone who d let me play football whenever i wanted? who are you talking to? move on up by curtis mayfield plays bend it like beckham was a huge success and it made history as the highest grossing film about football. # hush now, child. my mum probably hates the film because we ve watched it that many times. there are so many elements of it that are still true today. - i was like, this is me on screen. she s found her people. maybe i can find my people. the film actually gave me a bit of clarity on where i wanted to go with my life. # though you may find. people from marginalised - communities can find themselves in it, even if it s -
rescue workers in the ukrainian city of dnipro search for survivors of a russian missile attack on an apartment building. at least 18 people were killed. is there light at the end on the tunnel on train strikes in the uk? the transport secretary is optimisitc a deal can be reached with the unions. i think both the companies and there railway unions are keen to reach an agreement agreement but that is for them to do. tens of thousands of people take part in anti government protests across cities in israel against plans for changes to theirjudiciary. hello and welcome to bbc news. some breaking news this hour dozens of people have died in a plane crash in nepal. let s run through what we know so far: the plane was flying from the capital kathmandu to the town of pokhara a popular tourist town. the crash happened as it was coming in to land.it was a yeti airlines plane with 72 people onboard. this is the footage we have of the aftermath. thought to be around two kilometres f