scotland we are looking at clear skies and a frosty start. in southern scotland, england and wales, a cloudy start with rain, but brightening up later from the west. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 5th of december. the home secretary james cleverly is on his way to rwanda this morning. he s due to sign a new deal which he hopes will mean that the uk government will then be able to send some be able to send some asylum seekers to the the east african country. the visit comes just hours after mr cleverly announced a series of measures to reduce the levels of legal migration into the uk. our political correspondent peter saull has the details. immigration has long been a tricky issue for the government. successive conservative prime ministers have promised and failed to bring the numbers down. the new plan a ban on foreign care of workers bringing family members with them. an increase in the minimum salary for skilled workers of almost 50% to
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has announced its plans to reduce legal migration, promising the biggest reduction in the number of people invited to the uk either on work or student visas, as their dependants, or for humanitarian reasons. the plans include raising the minimum salary for skilled workers, except for health or social care workers, which make up the bulk of visas. and the number of family members that can be brought here will be further limited. last year, overall net migration reached a record high of around three quarters of a million the difference in the number of people arriving and leaving the uk. that s a long, long way from the tens of thousands first promised when the conservatives came to power in 2010. the government claims its new plans will reduce the numbers eligible to come here by 300,000. the government s plan for a treaty with rwanda part of their approach to dealing with illegal immigration such as people
since the fighting began. israel said its troops had reached the coastline to the south of gaza city saying that it had now effectively divided the territory in two. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who s been meeting regional leaders, said a humanitarian pause in gaza would be welcome. but israel said it needs progress on the release of hostages before agreeing to any pause in its offensive. hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out of 130 bakeries operating in gaza before the war, ii have been destroyed by israeli air strikes. many of those remaining are unable to operate due to shortage of fuel and flour. bbc arabic s adnan al bursh has visited some bakeries in southern gaza. long queues, frustrated families. these scenes have become a norm outside gaza s bakeries. translation: i have an entire family of at least 20 people w
among britons, the family of the first minister of scotland. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s olly. lucy, thank you very much indeed. the manchester united manager erik ten hag came out fighting today, insisting that he is the man to turn the team s fortunes around. they lost 3 0 at home to manchester city last weekend and were then knocked out of the league cup on wednesday by newcastle united by the same scoreline at old trafford. they are at fulham in the lunchtime kick off on saturday. they are positive. they want to put this right. we know the standards here, and we have to match the standards every day. and we had two big setbacks, but we will fight back. and this dressing room is strong, the staff is strong, this manager s strong to put this right. liverpool are at luton on sunday. luis diaz is available again after missing the last two games. he was allowed time off after his father was kidnapped. though he hasn t been released yet, the