hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. the british government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. where people come here illegally, when they break the law, it s important that we make that distinction. that s what we are doing with our rwanda policy, that s what we re doing with making sure that asylum seekers can tjust vanish into the rest of the country. the home secretary priti patel has described the ruling by the european court of human rights which grounded the first plane due to take asylum seekers to rwanda as scandalous . the flight had been due to take off on tuesday night before the court intervened. supermarkets and utility companies should be helping people struggling with soaring prices that s according to the uk government s new cost of living adviser. militants have attacked
police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. we will hear about a game changer device designed to help people living with tourette syndrome if it works, it will be really good, because it will mean they can do those things i haven t been able to do before. i will be able to experience that childhood magic. and running up that hill slowly. the pop single that s a global number one 37 years after it was first released. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. some migrants who cross the channel in small boats will be electronically tagged , under a i2 month pilot scheme in england and wales run by the home office. ministers say tagging will help maintain contact with asylum seekers who reach the uk by what they call dangerous routes. critics say people who have fled war and persecution should not be treated in the same way as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy we
decided it was permissible to fly would be asylum seekers to rwanda in east africa because, if the policy is subsequently ruled unlawful, the british government can be relied upon to bring them back again. it was a judge on the european court of human rights whose intervention prevented the flight taking off at all. a day later, lord geidt became the second independent ethics adviser in succession to the prime minister to resign. the government was considering paying subsidies to steel manufacturers in the uk in breach of the rules of the world trade organization. the code says ministers should not break the law. downing street was considering suspending it and asked for his advice. for lord geidt, this was the last straw. on friday, borisjohnson escaped these domestic distractions to spend the day in kyiv. these domestic distractions he is one of the allies of ukraine championing international law as a tool to bring to account rations for actions taken nations for actions ta
are travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday with strikes on the london underground going ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. i strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. strikes are notjust disruptive, they are costly. ijust don t agree. | the government put in, what is it, £16 billion of our money to keep the railways are running during the pandemic? and now they are moaning because they are not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is havin: enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment - enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment in - enough pay increase. my sister is l having cancer treatment in london. that is having cancer treatment in london. that is affecting her treatment next week due that is affecting her treatment next week due to
damp start in the far south, but, for most of us, a much more comfortable night sleeping with temperatures just about down into single figures in a few spots. sunday, cooler, fresh conditions across almost all areas. plenty of dry, sunny weather on sunday but we will continue to see outbreaks of showery rain around the south coast and some southern counties of england in particular. elsewhere, mostly dry with a bit of a breeze coming in across the north and east of scotland. temperatures here round about 13 to 11; degrees. further south, 18 21 in the sunshine but not as humid in the south as it has been. holding onto the showers in the far south west through sunday evening but becoming mostly dry as we head into monday. a quick look into next week and there could be a few spots of rain in the north west with temperatures in the high teens to mid 20s. bye bye. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the british government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers