So, just to run you through those, he said they had identified an airfield and a commercial airline to take flights off. He said that they had 500 people trained and ready to escort people to rwanda. He said that they had secured extra court time to process legal claims, and 200 people legally trained to do that. So i think what rishi sunak was trying to do there was to get ahead of the debate this evening in the House Of Lords and House Of Commons about the intricacies of the bill and say that the government is ready to get flights off as soon as possible. Obviously, the caveat to all of that is that rishi sunak initially said that he wanted to get flights off in the spring, he is now saying the flights now wont happen for at least another 10 12 weeks, which takes us beyond the spring into the summer. I think that will have implications for whether these will be done. They certainly wont be done by local elections, and there are questions about how much of an impact this will have bef
The arrival, there he is, former President Donald Trump entering the Us Court Room little earlier on today. I want to bring you some breaking news that we have coming into the building, just to bring you that news. I want to bring you a estate is that we have coming in on our wires here, that you edwards, the bbc presenter, hugh edwards is due to leave the bbc On Medical Advice. The presenter has been off airfor On Medical Advice. The presenter has been off air for months following reports he paid a young person for explicit photos. The presenter has been off air for months. Explicit photos. The presenter has been off airfor months. He resigned from the bbc On Medical Advice. The corporation has said. Just to repeat, it has been announced in the last few minutes that hugh edwards, the bbc presenter, has resigned and left the bbc. After a0 years of service, he has explained that the decision was made On Medical Advice of his doctors. The bbc has accepted his decision which will allow al
of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden. she satjust behind him at the front of the public gallery in the courtroom all day. i was in the press benches and watched hunter biden turn an
she insists he will wield no influence over her government. she says she will prioritise welfare programmes, improve the lives of women and tackle security. the elections were marred by violence and threats, and a candidate was reportedly murdered after the polls closed this weekend, one among dozens of candidates killed over the campaign. it s a new day in mexican politics. after two centuries of men in power, when voters eventually chose their first female president, it was with a landslide. the victory itself was a moment to savour for claudia sheinbaum, and she was quick to acknowledge the many women who blazed a trail before her. i didn t get here on my own. we got here together, she said. thanks to our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and granddaughters. in a nation of such entrenched machismo, what claudia sheinbaum has achieved here is no small feat. other women have tried and failed, but her offer of continuity with the governing party s social policies, whi
where a jury has been selected in the trial ofjoe biden s son hunter on gun charges. it s the first prosecution in us history for a child of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. attended the jury selection president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the f