hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia has admitted that its forces targeted the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday, just 2a hours after moscow and kyiv had agreed to allow grain shipments to leave the port. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova says cruise missiles destroyed what she described as a ukrainian military boat. the attack on odesa did not appear to hit anything connected with the storage or shipment of grain. but ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, called the strike barbaric, saying it shows moscow cannot be trusted. from odesa, our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report. in a war littered with broken promises an especially devastating betrayal, two missiles launched from the black sea hitting odesa s port. two others were taken out by air defence systems. for coffee vendor sergei, there was only one thing to do. translation: i saw black smoke after the missiles hit, so i knew i had to
Eastern areas, cloud, Light Rain In The South East and a cool wind along the south east and a cool wind along the north sea coast. More later. Its tuesday the 23rd of april. Asylum seekers who enter the uk illegally could be sent to rwanda after a Government Bill finally made it through parliament in the early hours, after months of delays. It declared the african country to be safe. The bill will become law within the next few days and the Prime Minister has said the first flights will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. Human Rights Groups described the plan as shameful. Our Political Correspondent ben wright has the details. Long after most people had gone to bed, parliament carried on working, wrestling with the issue of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The governments plan had faced strong resistance in the House Of Lords. They voted for changes mps kept rejecting. My lords, this bill has now been scrutinised a number of times. The government have rejected this amendment several tim
see some significant improvements to try and alleviate that particular hotspot today. the headlines on bbc news. russia says a missile attack on the port of 0desa on saturday targeted a ukrainian navy boat ukraine s president has condemned the attack as barbaric . liz truss and rishi sunak promise to toughen controls on migration into the uk as part of their bids to become next tory leader and prime minister. the uk s health security chief says programmes are in place to prevent and treat monkeypox, after the outbreak was declared a global health emergency by the world health organisation. the classification is the highest alert that the who can issue, and follows a worldwide rise in cases. aisling mcveigh reports. 16,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide prompted the world health