Hour. England ride their luck to reach the womens world cup quarterfinals. But theyll be without laurenjames, whose one match ban could be extended, following her sending off against nigeria. And we have a north south split in the weather today. In the north, largely dry with some sunshine, but wind increasing in the far north east. In the south, turning cloudy and murky with some patchy light rain. All the details later. Its tuesday the 8th of august. Our main story. 15 Asylum Seekers have spent their first night on the governments controversial Accommodation Barge, after a series of delays over safety concerns. Ministers want to move hundreds more onto the Bibby Stockholm in dorset this week, but some have already refused to go, launching legal challenges. All this comes as the home Office Announces a new taskforce to crack down on Rogue Lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, underfalse claims. Ellie price reports. The first Asylum Seekers move into their new tempor
Gathered on the streets of the Seaside Town Of Bray to pay their respects to the singer and also to the activist, Sinead Oconnor. fix, the activist, Sinead Oconnor. A huge shock for many when she died last month at the age of 56. What we can see here is Herfuneral Cartridgejust can see here is Herfuneral Cartridge just proceeding along the seafront in bray. People have been leaving flowers, Throwing Flowers as well. Very sombre in bray, thousands have gathered. Sinead oconnor best known for her single nothing compares two u, that was a Big Hit Backin compares two u, that was a big hit back in 1990, lived in this town which is just back in 1990, lived in this town which isjust outside dublin, for the past 15 years and was loved by many as we can see by the crowds that have shown up. To watch the Funeral Cortege go past. Sombre scenes in bray and we will return live later in the programme. We are going to turn out to a Major Political emergency unfolding in west africa. Diplomatic effor
[cheers and applause] jon hey come on [cheers and applause] show time welcome to the daily show my name is jon stewart. We have a fabulous show for you tonight. You know what im not going to do tonight . Im not going to overthink it, honestly, im just going to come out here like pacino at the oscars, mumble a few words, eventually youll figure out what i was getting at. Its fine the big event we need to talk about is the oscars of politics the state of the union address. Last thursday night. Joseph raisinette biden the 12th [cheers and applause] he had the unenviable task of having to lay out his vision for the nation, whilst also demonstrating that he is not too old, not too tired to be the president of the united states, and that he wouldnt rather just die thousands of balloons to the white house and head to paradise falls. [laughter and applause] and so, President Biden entered the House Chamber navigating through our divided congress, and barely, barely, barely getting past the bri
Lawyers. A new task force announced by the government will bnng announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other Government Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. Figures revealed by firms. Figures revealed by scottish labour show Nicola Sturgeons government spent more than £14 million of taxpayer money on credit Card Transactions in a three year period. The full breakdown of spending covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, and it included almost £10,000 worth of vip travel, a one off payment of almost £5,000 to a five star hotel and yoga classes right down to nail polish. A Scottish Government spokesperson says credit cards arent meant to be used for personal expenditure ehhen used for personal expenditure either. And finally, the grammy Award Winning artist Sinead Oconnor was laid to rest today in ireland. Police lined the in ireland. Police lined the seafront in County Wicklow to say their final good
Antony blinken, has voiced his concern that nigersjunta might turn to the Russian Mercenary Group wagnerfor help. The group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. The coup leaders are currently Standing Firm against calls to restore democratic rule. Heres what mr blinken had to say about wagner. For sure, we have concerns when we see Something Like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. And here is why we are concerned. Because every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. Insecurity has gone up, not down. It has not been a response to the needs of the countries in question for greater security. I think what happened and what continues to happen in niger was not instigated by russia or by wagner but to the extent that they try to take advantage of it and we see a repeat of what has happened in other countries where theyve brought nothing but bad