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
Dollars for 71 year olds ukrainians going to be trained in germany to fight russians than my 25 year old son be sent to europe to fight the russians. It is in our National Security interest, our business and economic interest around the world to support our allies in the middle east, the indo pacific and in europe. Saturdays vote will come with plenty of Palace Intrigue Asjohnson is facing opposition from the right flank of his own party while some are threatening to oust him over the vote. But democrats like Congressman Tom Souzzi Expectjohnson to survive this weekends vote. I am confident that ifjohnson does the right thing, which it appears he will do, and put these on the floor, more democrats will come to his aid. To stop Marjorie Taylor greene and matt gates and the others, tom massey, from kicking him out. Meanwhile, early wednesday, a Russian Missile attack killed at least 17 people, in the northern ukrainian city of chernihiv while more than 70 others were injured. Ukraines pr
Hostages. But doha is now also questioning whether the talks can succeed. The qatari leader saying efforts are being undermined, causing his country to reassess its role as mediator. Take a listen. Translation unfortunately, i mean, we have seen that theres been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of this role. Were now at this stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how parties engage in this mediation. Tensions in the region remain high, with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. Thank you for coming along. What kind of response when it comes to what you ranted to israel is israel considering . Apparently israel is about to strike on iran directly on monday,
As a mediator between israel and hamas, more than six months into the war. Qatar has had a key role, along with egypt and america, in trying to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas and the release of israeli hostages. But doha says its efforts were being undermined by politicians seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately we have i seen that there has been an abuse | of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime M