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Apologies, simon, the signal to you keeps breaking up. We will. To you keeps breaking up. We will try to return to him as soon as possible. That news comes after the uks Rwanda Asylum Bill becomes law after months of gridlock. The Measure DesignatesRwanda A Safe Country and aims to allow some Asylum Seekers to be deported to the east african country. Just hours after the bill passed, the bbc witnessed migrants on a beach in calais in france trying to get on boats and cross the English Channel. These are some of the latest pictures from our team there. The french coastguard says at least five migrants have died in a separate attempt to cross the English Channel. Well, the rwanda bill took four months to clear parliament because of a stand off with the house of lords. Its a relief for Prime Minister rishi sunak, who hopes that barring any last minute legal objections flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. Official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year to more than 50,000 a week ago. 0ur Africa CorrespondentBarbara Plett usher whos in the rwandan capital, kigali told me more about the response to the bill. Yes, we have actuallyjust received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. The government spokesman said, we are pleased the bill has been passed by parliament, however it does not alter what we have known to be true that we have worked very hard to secure the country, that we have been able to offer safety to more than 100,000 refugees and we look forward to welcoming those who will be relocated to rwanda. This is what we have heard from Government Officials in the past weeks, that they are committed to the deal, they had been prepared to receive migrants for some time now. Certainly the first plane loads of migrants that rishi sunak talked about, it is not clear what volume they can accommodate in the coming months that is yet to be worked out, i think and they are making changes to their law to respond to the concerns of the Supreme Court in terms of the safety and protection of those migrants. This is one of the hostels where the migrants are expected to arrive. It has been prepared for a long time, and you will hear more about it in my report in which i look at how rwandans have been preparing and how they view the deal. Its here the migrants will land hope hostel, long poised for this moment. Bedrooms laid out with meticulous care. Attention to the needs of guests whove so far failed to arrive. Workers in surreal performance of their daily tasks. This place has been ready and waiting for nearly two years. Now that the bill has passed, the people staffing it may finally have someone to serve. The British Government is hoping that these rooms will be filled with Asylum Seekers in a matter of weeks. The hostel can house 100 of those britain plans to send to apply for asylum here. They could also try to go to other countries, but not back to the uk. If you get the news today. Yes. You would be able to accept people tomorrow. Not only tomorrow, even now. Rwanda is a beautiful country nestled in the hills of east africa. The streets are tidy, safe from crime, there is order. Rwanda works thats the motto. Some here welcome the idea of the new migrants. I think it will be good economically for the nation, considering that there is nothing that is better than human capital. This man didnt want to identify himself because hes against the deal. Where are you going to find the jobs for these people . We ourselves are. Like, weve graduated, but weve not yet secured jobs. We are out there searching forjobs. The Culture Of Fear runs deep here. There are allegations that dissent is suppressed. Kigali strongly denies this, and its parliament passed a law to address the concerns of britains Supreme Court to strengthen protections for Asylum Seekers. If they want to hold a protest, can they do it . Our National Laws are very clear about the right to protest. It is protected under specific circumstances. And if they do wish to protest peacefully within the confines of the law, they are welcome to. Rwanda has welcomed other migrants africans who were stuck in libya trying to get to europe. This is a temporary haven for them while they sort out next steps. They could choose to settle in rwanda. None have. They want opportunities elsewhere. Its all about seeking a Better Future for those here and those Coming Will Rwanda be a detour, a dead end or a new home . Barbara plett usher, bbc news, kigali. Within hours of the bill being passed, the bbc� s tom symonds saw people leaving calais in small boats, heading for the uk. I spoke to him earlier. Thats right, we turned up quite early, it is a beach just north of calais, a well known beach that migrants often use for trying to get to the uk, and we watched as a small boat that was half full came towards the shore. The police were here and a group of a0 migrants came out of the dunes, walked briskly to the waters edge and about a0 got on that boat. We counted about 67 when the boat finally left and it had a tiny, tiny Outboard Motor attempting to propel the boat. There are some waves here today. Even though the conditions are pretty calm for this sort of crossing. The Police Stopped the migrants as far as they could getting to the boat, but they did not stop the boat. They seemed quite angry we were there and we wondered whether they might have perhaps made more effort to stop the boats. We know in the past the police have used knives and slashed up the boat to try to deflate it so it cant be used to go to see. And slashed at the boat. This Government Policy is primarily aimed at deterring people from getting on those small boats and making, as you said, what is often a perilous journey. What kind of numbers are we talking about . I am just refreshing my memory, 2022 was the highest rate of people leaving, 115,000 people made it across to the uk side. If you can imagine the English Channel behind me, there is an imaginary International Line between the uk and france and the migrants know if they get across that line they will be taken to the uk and not brought back to france. 45,000 in 2022. That number fell to 29,000 last year. The government had done deals with countries like albania. To ensure people who came from albania were pretty much straightaway returned. Numbers are climbing steadily this year, 4000 or 5000 so far, and the concern is they will be going back up to nearer 115,000 when the year comes to an end. This is the season for crossing the channel beginning. Is this legislative change in the uk which will see people taken not to the uk to rwanda, to apply for asylum in rwanda, no chance of coming to the uk, is that working as a deterrent . It does not seem to be changing the thoughts of people in the camps here about whether they want to get to the uk. Lots of draws family members, they speak english better than other languages, they believe they will be able to find work and provide forfamilies back home. In some cases they believe the british system is fair. They do not seem to be deterred, perhaps because some have made very long journeys to get here, across europe, perhaps through turkey or the mediterranean. We have spoken to people from eritrea, which is one country away from rwanda if they wanted to go that they could go very easily but they have come here instead, which suggests that, for now, the boats are not stopping. That was tom symonds in calais. Lets speak to the bbc� s simonjones, whos in dover. Welcome back. Tell us what more we know about the incident in the channel in which we understand at least five people have died today . Another reminder of the danger of crossing the worlds most dangerous Shipping Lane in these small boats. We talk about small boats, in this Incident A Boat Set out at around 5am with, we are told, more than 110 people on board. That would be exceptional in terms of numbers, the average per boat is around 50. We are told the boat got stranded on a sandbank shortly after setting off from a Beach In Wimereux in Northern France along the coast from calais, more towards boulogne. After being struck on the sandbank it managed to relaunch into the water but there was some sort of incident involving the crowd, as french authorities call it, on board the boat, and we are told five people lost their lives, among them three men, a woman and a young child. Another reminder that even though it looks very calm out there in the channel, and you can see france in the distance pretty clearly, when things go wrong they can go drastically wrong very quickly, particularly when there are so many people on board these boats which are often manufactured to be very low degree to save money for the people smugglers organising these crossings. Before today we knew that nine people had died attempting the crossing so far this year, but that figure has gone up by another five today. The year, but that figure has gone up by anotherfive today. The British Government and no doubt the french authorities will say this is another reminder of the need to stop people risking their lives, making that journey in the channel, because if it goes wrong it can result in large numbers of people losing their lives. ,. ,. ,. , lives. Lots of people who make that very perilous lives. Lots of people who make that very perilous journey lives. Lots of people who make that very perilous journey ends lives. Lots of people who make that very perilous journey ends up lives. Lots of people who make that j very perilous journey ends up where you are in dover, being housed. Now this bill has become law, what will happen to those people once they arrive in the uk . Arrive in the uk . What are the government arrive in the uk . What are the government is arrive in the uk . What are the government is saying arrive in the uk . What are the government is saying is arrive in the uk . What are the | government is saying is anyone arriving illegally in the uk by a small boat or in the back of a lorry will not be allowed to stay in the uk, and the idea is people will be detained, denied the right to apply for asylum in the uk and then deported. What happens initially when people arrive down out of the port in dover is they are given a Security Check and a health check, they are taken to a Processing Centre a few kilometres away from here and then dispersed around the country. What the government seems to be gearing up for it is trying to detain more of those people and to remove them swiftly to rwanda, but that will be quite a tall order because at the moment the number of people who could in theory be removed to are you understand that more than 50,000. These are people who have arrived illegally in the uk since there was a change in the law threatening people with deportation. It even if the flights again in ten or 12 weeks, as the government plans, it will take quite a long time to try to clear that backlog. We expect at first a few hundred people to be sent. The government is talking about having flights steadily throughout the summer until the numbers are clear, but given it will be the summer all that time we are likely to see more people arriving because summer is traditionally the busiest period for this crossing. When the sea is very calm, people make thejourney this crossing. When the sea is very calm, people make the journey in larger numbers. A tall order but the government is very clean to get the flights off the ground to see if it makes a difference or acts as a deterrent to stop people risking their lives in the channel. Thank ou. We their lives in the channel. Thank you we have their lives in the channel. Thank you. We have a their lives in the channel. Thank you. We have a bbc their lives in the channel. Thank you. We have a bbc helicopter. Their lives in the channel. Thank. You. We have a bbc helicopter over the channel keeping a view on what is happening as we watch some of those small boats, that looks like a fishing vessel, though. As we heard in the past few hours, one of those small boats heading from Northern France to the uk got into difficulties and at least five people, including a child, have drowned. Lets get some of the days other news now. The us Secretary Of State says washington is looking into allegations that Israeli Forces have committed Human Rights Abuses in gaza. Antony blinken denied suggestions of double standards when it came to israel. Mr blinkens comments follow reports that for the first time an Israeli Defence force unit was facing sanctions for alleged violations in the west bank. Tremors have continued to shake part of Eastern Taiwan that was struck by a deadly earthquake earlier this month. Quakes were still being felt on Tuesday Morning in the hualien region. The strongest tremor shook buildings in the capital taipei but there are no reports of any casualties. A powerful quake earlier this month in hualien killed at least fourteen people and caused widespread damage. Bolivian Police Used Tear Gas to disperse hundreds of teachers protesting in la paz. Teachers and doctors have been protesting for weeks against a controversial Retirement Bill they say will force them to retire at 65. In bolivia, the voluntary Retirement Age is set at 58 for men and 55 for women. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Donald trump has returned to court in new york to hear the Opening Statements in his criminal trial over the alleged cover up of a Hush Money Payment to the porn star Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors told the jury the case was about a criminal conspiracy and a cover up. But the defence said donald trump was not personally involved. From new york, gary 0donoghue reports. President trump, how are you feeling, sir . I for the first time in american history, a former president went on trial for alleged crimes. Donald trump stands accused of falsifying Business Records over Hush Money Payments to a porn star just before the 2016 general election. For the prosecution, they said donald trump had cooked the books to cover up those payments and that had broken election finance law, which amounted to election interference, a crime. Mr trumps lawyers said paying a porn star is not a crime and the former president had no part in how the payments were accounted for. I should be in florida now. I should be in a lot of different places right now campaigning and im sitting here and this will go on for a long time. Its very unfair. The judge is conflicted, as you know. Its very unfair whats going on. And i should be allowed to campaign. The first prosecution witness was david pecker, a tabloid Magazine Editor who helped buy off people with damaging stories about donald trump. He has been promised immunity from prosecution. The prosecution are also expected to call the porn star Stormy Daniels herself and Donald Trumps former lawyer michael cohen. The defence hasnt yet decided whether or not the former president will go on the stand. I am praying that he will be acquitted, but i am scared that something can go wrong. He is a crook and a cheat, so, yeah, i hope he gets the justice he deserves. Later, the judge will consider whether donald trump had already violated a gag order that prevents him speaking publicly about witnesses and could get him fined. Gary 0donoghue, bbc news, new york. Chinas Weather Agency has issued its highest level Rainstorm Warning for the south of the country. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in guangdong after massive flooding in the countrys most populous province. Four people have died, and ten others are missing. Laura bicker has more from beijing. Powerful storms across Southern China turned rivers into raging torrents. Roads b