order to reduce the rights of people to claim and to thwart their removal. the bbc is to speak to one of its highest paid presenters after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media hello this is bbc news, the un secretary general, antonio guterres is in ukraine to hold talks with president zelensky about the continued export of ukrainian grain. brokered by the united nations and turkey lastjuly, and secured with russia, the deal enabled the shipping of ukrainian grain from odesa via the black sea, through the bosphorus strait in istanbul. but, now the deal is due for renewal and russia has signalled before it agrees to an extension it wants more done to lift curbs on its own agricultural ports. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv and explains why russia might be hestitant on signing off the deal renewal this grain deal that allows some grain to pass through the black sea from ukraine through to the world markets is actually two agreeme
the government s asylum policy was like 1930s germany. also in the programme this lunchtime. an arctic blast sweeps through many parts of the uk with snow and ice causing travel problems. a big rise in the number of dog attacks recorded by police in england and wales. and a month on from the dramatic rescue of this man from the rubble of the turkish earthquake, he s reunited with the british search team who saved his life. and coming up on the bbc news channel andy murray expects russian and belarusian players will be allowed to play at wimbledon this summer, and says he doesn t mind if they do. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has been defending his government s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader sir keir starmer said the government is simply offering gimmicks and empty promises . the measures announced
after fighter jets shoot down a fourth unidentified object over north america now beijing claims the us has been flying balloons over china. cyclone gabrielle batters new zealand with a state of emergency declared in some areas. darvel! come on, darvel, let s do it. and will we marvel at darvel once again? the part time footballers hoping for more giant killing in the scottish cup and coming up on the bbc news channel: it s party time in phoenix as the kansas city chiefs beat the philadelphia eagles to win their second superbowl in four years. hello, good afternoon. one week on from the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 35,000 and there are fears that number could rise considerably, and even double. seven days on, people are still being pulled alive from the rubble this morning a little girl was rescued in turkey after 178 hours. but the united nations says the rescue phase is now coming to a close . 0ur correspondent, caroline