There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
Good evening. In fact, that is where were going to start. The Prime Minister pledged the planes for rwanda would be leaving britain this spring. Its now almost two years since ministers first announced their plan to send some migrants to east africa. And the costs continue to mount. A recent report from the National Audit office suggests the cost of the policy, whether or not anyone is ever sent there, stands at £370 million. Mr sunak says it is the deterrent they need, and should be considered a cost saving, since the bill to house Asylum Seekers in britain will reach £11 billion a year by 2026. Tonight the House Of Lords will have their say. We are watching live the debate in the chamber, where possible changes to the bill will be adopted. That is the scene from the floor of the House Of Lords as we speak. We are expecting a vote very shortly. Our Political Correspondent Harry Farleyjoins Me now from westminster. The government has already suffered a defeat today on its bill in rel
Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds
The prisoners stayed behind to avoid the shooting lets hear from one of them. Translation it was a very difficult situation last night. The riot in the prison put our lives at risk. We had because there was a lot of firing, we hid because there was a lot of firing, we were afraid for our lives. Remember, haiti has been plagued by Gang Violence for years. But the situation has got worse since president moise s assassination at his home in 2021. We know currently gangs control 80 we know currently gangs control 80 of the capital, port . Au . Prince. Which means that violent scenes like these from over the weekend have become more common. Gang leaders say they want to force him to resign have a listen. Translation we ask the haitian i National Police and the military l to take responsibility and arrest ariel henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy. The armed groups are not your enemy. Lets speak to mathias pierre, a former minister in the hatian government until 2021. He was in