good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has signed a new deal with rwanda today, the latest attempt in plans to send some migrants there. the supreme court ruled the last version of the policy was against the law as migrants sent to rwanda would then be at risk of being sent back home dangerous countries. today the home secretary james cleverly insisted the new deal addressed those issues. but he couldn t guarantee that any flights carrying asylum seekers would take off before the next election. our political editor chris mason travelled with him to rwanda. this was james cleverly s first foreign trip as home secretary, but hang on a minute, a spot of east african deja vu. priti patel came here as home secretary in april of last year and suella braverman was here in march. three home secretaries making it to rwanda before a single migrant. last month, the supreme court said the rwanda plan was unlawful. this is what the government s hoped for solution
breaking news story, emergency services are responded to an incident in south wales, police have asked residents to avoid the area following assault of a serious assaultjust following assault of a serious assault just after nine following assault of a serious assaultjust after nine o clock following assault of a serious assault just after nine o clock this morning. let us cross live to the newsroom with the latest. bring us up newsroom with the latest. bring us up to day with what we know about this incident. as you see, this incident began around nine o clock this morning. armed police officers were cold to the area to dry and deal with the incident. some schools have closed because of this ongoing incident. a nearby school said in a statement to parents, they want to reassure you that as a precaution they are keeping people safe inside the building, and all perimeter gates are locked. of course this would be are locked. of course this would be a worrying time for anyone liv
bbc sport centre. marc is there with the latest. thank you, matthew. we will start with football. manchester united manager erik ten hag says his squad are together , dimissing suggestions he has a split dressing room. united are seventh in the premier league and bottom of their champions league group. adding to the mix, the club took the unusual step of excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference on wednesday after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. i think we have another relationship and they can give that to us beforehand. we have a normal and a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always, in every team, players who are less playing, less happy, but this is no different as normal. we have seen our first premier league sacking of the season. we
they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. we have another relationship and then they can give that to us beforehand. we can have a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always players in every team who are not playing as much and who are less happy, but this is no different to normal. chris wilder s back at sheffield united and said he s more enthusiastic and determined than he s ever been in his life. the club confirmed his appointment, following the sacking of paul heckingbottom on tuesday. he s been appointed on a contract until the summer of 2025. wilder takes charge with the blades rooted bottom of the table. they lost 5 0 against fellow strugglers burnley on saturday with their next game on wednesday against liverpool. wilder, whose last spell in charge was in 2021, said in today s news conference at times you have to feel the failure and feel the pain to make you better. mikel arteta
After testing positive for coronavirus. The government launches a consultation on decriminalising the non payment of the tv licence fee. More than a0 people are arrested as Police Crackdown on courier fraud, with thousands of victims in the last two years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. In dramatic scenes in the us congress overnight, President Trump has set out his case for another four years in office, and hailed what he called the Great American comeback. Republicans chanted in support at the annual state of the Union Address. But the democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen ripping up her copy of the speech. The economy was at the core of the president s speech. He cited deregulation, tax cuts and new trade agreements as his recipe for prosperity. He also highlighted his success on immigration, saying that the wall along the south border continued to be built. And he outlined how his policies had helped minority groups. It was night of a tension and dr