and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. we talk to a journalist who saw one of her first concerts. hello and welcome. welcome to three hours of breaking life stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with net migration to the uk, which reached record levels last year. 606,000 people were added to the population, as more people moved to the uk than left the country. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. earlier, i asked our head of data, robert cuffe, to break it down for us. the main number is 600,000 people coming through, the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is people coming to the uk from outside the eu, migration within the eu is actually not that substantial, and i can show you that now. the
price for the defence of bakhmut. and tributes continue to pour in following the death of the queen of rock and roll tina turner at 83 years old. hello. we start here in the uk, where new figures show net migration the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving hit a record high in 2022. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine and hong kong, with many more visas being issued following a political crackdown in the former british colony. britain has long been a popular destination for migrants from nigeria. earlier i spoke to the bbc s mayenijones who is in lagos and also our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, a little bit on the figures. among those 606,000 people who moved to the uk in the past year. hong kongers t
donald trump in the early polls, we ll break down the numbers with veteran american pollster, frank lu ntz. # i m your private dancer, i ll do what you want me to do. and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. net migration to the uk reached record levels last year with 606,000 people added to the population. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. in a moment we ll get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake but first let s speak to our head of data robert cuffe. and robert is in the newsroom. the main number is 600,000 people coming through and the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is p
a way of transforming songs. - tribute to the music legend. she had a way of transforming songs. so - tribute to the music legend. she hadi a way of transforming songs. so that she owns them, they were hers. she was worshipped. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now. we start here in the uk where new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022, despite the government s promise to reduce it. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine, because of the war, and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. i asked peter walsh from the oxford university migration 0bservatory his reaction to the net migration numbers. it is doubl
where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. police in london have arrested a man after a car crashed into the gates of downing street, the home of the uk prime minister. the man was detained on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. there are no reports of injuries. in the last hour police said that the incident is being dealt with by local officers in westminster and isn t currently being treated as terror related. what you can see here is a white car which we ve circled, approaching the main entrance to downing street. the car appears to slow down as before it hits a set of gates, which are staffed round the clock by armed and unarmed police officers. the prime minister was in downing street at the time of the crash, but has since left for a scheduled visit. now for some live pictures of whitehall right nowjust so you can see the situation on the ground. and as you can see, the police have still cordoned off the area. there is still a strong po