after they went missing. and, the wait is almost over super fans are poised online as tickets for eurovision go on sale later. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. britain s home secretary, suella braverman, has accepted the government is pushing the boundaries of international law with new legislation aimed at stopping asylum seekers crossing the english channel in small boats. it s thought the measures, being introduced in parliament today, and which put a legal duty on ministers to remove anyone who enters the uk illegally would face legal challenges. here s our political correspondent, iain watson: five years ago, fewer than 300 migrants attempted to cross the channel in a small boat. last year, more than 16,000 undertook the hazardous journey. and as the numbers grew, so too did the political pressure on the government. so injanuary this year, the prime minister made this pledge. we will pass new laws to stop small
i am alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. breaking news. a cnn exclusive. mark meadows, the former white house chief of staff or donald trump, has been subpoenaed by the special counsel. meadows was in the room for most of the key events on january 6th and the days before. so, more on that in a moment. plus, what is going on with that ohio toxic train derailment? the railroad officials behind that toxic train derailment just backed out of a town hall meeting tonight because of what they say are threats to their employees. but people in the town of east palestine are demanding answers and they say they are getting sick. my kids, are they safe? is the future of this community safe? and another close call on the runway. we are just learning of a jet and a cargo plane almost colliding last month in honolulu. why are these near disasters happening? are we getting less safe in the sky? and on a lighter note, a professional baseball player who walked away from a multi millio
strike in decades hits the country. a migrant rescue ship funded by street artist banksy is seezed by italian coast guards. antonio conte is sacked as tottnehams manager, a week after publicly lambasting the club and its players. hello and welcome. mass demonstrations have taken place in several israeli cities after the prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister. yoav gallant was dismissed after he called for controversial plans to overhaul the justice system to be scrapped. in jerusalem, thousands of protesters gathered outside the country s parliament, and in tel aviv, demonstrators blocked one of the main highways. azadeh moshiri reports. it was a sudden outpouring of rage, hordes of protesters continue to fill the streets in the early hours of the morning. demonstrations have been going on in israel for months, but these protests were spontaneous, as people surged into action. everyone here is in the army and they re serving too. we re going to protect
which are demanding significant pay rises for their workers, want to increase the pressure on employers ahead of another round of negotiations. let s get more on that. with me now is michael field, european market strategist at morningstar. thanks forjoining us. this is a battle that we are seeing play out in many countries dealing with cost of living crises. zoning in on germany, talk to us about what circumstances the transport workers are fighting. i circumstances the transport workers are fiaahtin. ~ , ., , circumstances the transport workers are fighting- are fighting. i think in germany you have not are fighting. i think in germany you have got two are fighting. i think in germany you have got two specific are fighting. i think in germany you have got two specific things - are fighting. i think in germany you have got two specific things going l have got two specific things going on, one is that inflation, like in other parts of the eurozone is still persistently h