Way, that wreaks terror on a wider community. Vie more than 120,000 people have crossed the English Channel by small boats since 2018, to 219 arrivals were recorded by the home office yesterday. The the home office yesterday. The total for this year is now 17 higher than the same period last yeah higher than the same period last year. Labours shadow immigration minister, Stephen Kinnock, has called it another grim milestone and said britain must strengthen its border security. Meanwhile, a cabinet security. Meanwhile, a cabinet minister has insisted the governments rwanda plan is on track with flights due to take off within weeks. Health secretary victoria atkins says the home office is ready to go despite the troubled bill still making its way through parliament. No airline has been named to transport Asylum Seekers. Rwandas state owned carrier has turned down a request. The Prime Minister, though, has repeatedly said the flights will take off by the spring. Although no date has been
However, President Biden has warned his israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu the us will not take part in any retaliatory strikes, and white house Spokesman John Kirby says israel must decide on the next step. We need to see what the war cabinet decides in terms of the whatever next step they want to pursue, and thats a sovereign decision, of that our decision, of course, that our israeli counterparts to israeli counterparts have to make. Just say this, make. I would just say this, president since President Biden, since the beginning this conflict, has beginning of this conflict, has worked very to keep this worked very hard to keep this from a broader regional war. Earlier, rishi sunak confirmed raf did shoot down confirmed the raf did shoot down a number of iranian drones and missiles. Of the 300 launched overnight. In what hes described as a dangerous escalation. Shadow foreign secretary david lammy is urging the government to issue sanctions against irans revolutionary national
bombings and rocket fire in gaza tonight, casualties mounting as questions grow over whether israel s prime minister new that hamas had an attack plan a year ago, i ll ask his senior adviser. plus, to hell with this place. the parting quote of george santos, his office already locked already changed and his name above the office gone. so now what happens to his seat? and an exclusive new reporting this hour, house speaker mike johnson promoting a book full of baseless conspiracy theories and homophobic insults some directed at pete buttigieg and he s out front to respond. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, hamas once again firing rocks now deep into israel. our team in sderot hearing the rocket fire from northern gaza. this is the aftermath that you are looking at now of israeli strikes in the town. both sides blaming the other. the reality is this. more people are dying and the onslaught of war is continuing and 136 people are
finances. so plenty to get to. we begin with explosive remarks today during a heated hearing on anti-asian hate crimes, two days after that deadly shooting in atlanta amidst a rising wave of anti-asian attacks that have been documented. it was the first hearing in roughly 30 years. that s the context for the republican s remarks. he said he wants justice for the victims in atlanta. he worries about policing free speech and invoked lynching, which broke a fiery rebuke from the democrat testifying. i think there is old sayings in texas about find the rope in texas and get a taller tree. my concern about this hearing is it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric. your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want. but you don t have to do it by putting a bulls eye on the back of asian-americans across the country, on our grandparents, on our kids. this hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our com
waking american knows the big national news is that the checks are in the mail, with the huge covid bill delivering immediate results and impact. that s the story. that s the thing that can really impact your life and your family s life and your community s existence over these next few crucial months. it s what president biden is leaning into, directly admitting as well that democrats have sometimes flubbed this next part. joe biden siting his own experience in the obama/biden administration when some thought the economic rebound would speak for itself. well, now biden is saying not this time. biden s aides stressing they are rightfully proud of this giant bill, this progressive policy bill, and they will use the megaphone so americans hear about it around the country. there is a policy piece to that effort so people learn about how they can access the benefits, how they can get vaccinate, what the new rules are as well as the new funding. and the president of course spoke t