Interviews and reaction. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to crack down on people smugglers if his party wins power. Lets have a look at what the labour party is doing to do. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to crack down on people smugglers if his party wins power. He is also pledging to hire hundreds more Specialist Investigators and cross border police. Meanwhile, Counter Terror powers would be extended to cover organised immigration crime, including the power to search people suspected of being involved in people smuggling, close bank accounts, restrict their travel and trace their movements before an offence has taken place. And he says £75 million of the money allocated for the first year of the Rwanda Scheme would fund its plans. We will set up a new command with new powers, resources and a new way of doing things. Border security command. This is about leveraging the power and potential of dynamic govern
Kick off an informal tour of nigeria. And the dutch Eurovision Contestant is stopped from rehearsing by organisers. Well be live in malmo with the latest. The duke and duchess of sussex have begun their visit to nigeria. Here they are prince harry and his wife meghan being greeted at an event in abuja. Its the start of a three day trip, which is at the invitation of the chief of defence staff. Harry will attend a reception to honour military families, and meghan will co host an event for women in leadership. For more on that, ive been speaking with our africa correspondent simi, who is in abuja. It has been a lively day here for the duke and duchess of sussex and this is their first time in nigeria and as you saw in that, they were enthusiastically greeted by schoolchildren and traditional dancers and spoke about Mental Health and the duke spoke about how it is fortunate to speak up especially if youre feeling emotions like grief and loss and not feel the need to bundle it in. Behind t
Hits paris. Before that, the world is ready for the hits paris. Before that, the world is ready for the eurovision hits paris. Before that, the world is ready for the eurovision song i is ready for the Eurovision Song Contest in malmo because the pie will bring you the latest news and gossip on the bbc news channel. Lets turn to the us a school board in virginia has voted in favour of restoring the previously removed names of three Confederate Military leaders to two schools. The Motion Undid A Decision from 2020, which had removed the names of the men who had fought for the pro slavery Southern States during the civil war. Before making the decision, the school board heard arguments both in favour and against the proposal. Im a black student, and if the names are restored, i would have to represent a man that fought for my ancestors to be slaves. That makes me feel like im disrespecting my ancestors and going against what my family and i believe, which is that we should all be treated
Police up at the house many people scattered. The 7yearold was last seen by friends on banick burn drive they offered to get minimum an uber and he declined. The ravine is is problems from the party on elgin lane. A source close to the family who asked not to be identified says the teen was not reported missing by the family and instead the report was made by a neighbor at around 1 0 sunday afternoon. And the source says safari phone last picked area of the swim club where his body was found around 5 p. M. Sunday. And many of the whitman students that showed up at the swim Club Monday Morning said the 17yearold was popular at school and well liked. And there were tears and hugs as teens friends mourpd his loss. This was part of memorial the teens left behind here. You see nav spelled out in the a little while ago and then you have flowers surrounding a heart also spelled out here with the candles we spent hours here earlier today and talked to some students off camera. Newspaper of the
A ground operation is now on the way. So five balls the name of the game with cologne looking to build on a greater win last weekend as they face relegation rivals humbug in a place clash. With. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring thanks for joining us a year into Donald Trumps presidency the u. S. Is still a country wracked by Political Division on the very day marking the First Anniversary of his swearing in ceremony the federal government has shut down off to congress failed to reach a deal on spending it means the government workers will stay at home halting all but the most essential operations recriminations have already begun. It was a night of partisan politics at the capitol despite hours of debate and last minute deal making there was no agreement on a government funding deal the as are fifty the nays are forty nine the motion is not agreed the Republican Leadership couldnt find the sixty votes needed to keep the government open the Government Shutdown means hundr