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of bakhmut over to russian forces. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. here in the uk new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine because of the war and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. joining me live to discuss the issue is peter walsh senior researcher at the oxford university migration 0bservatory. also the bbc s mayeni jones who is in lagos in nigeria and our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, let s go to peter, thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of these n
four days on the run. the escaped pet tiger who left johannesburg residents worrying for their safety. hello and welcome. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has announced she will stand down next month, saying she no longer has enough in the tank after 5.5 challenging years in charge. her party will elect her replacement on sunday. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil sent this report. holding khalil sent this report. back tears, as she made this holding back tears, as she made this announcement. i holding back tears, as she made this announcement. this announcement. i will not be seeking this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. - this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. in . this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. in ani be seeking re-election. in an emotional be seeking re-election. in an emotional press be seeking re-election. in an emotional press conference i emotional press conference jacinda ardern said she w
And to bring inflation down. Only the conservatives have the resolution to resist easy answers, avoid empty pledges and make the right decisions for the long term. Whether its resisting inflation busting pay demands in the Public Sector or tackling the loonies who stop hard Working Families get to work, orfacing down the stop hard Working Families get to work, or facing down the faint hearts who say we shouldnt try to control our borders or taking on the enemies of promise in education, only the conservatives are up for the fight. We are the party that fought in the past to bring positive change. That fought to clear slums over a century ago. That fought to lay the foundations of the Welfare State 90 years ago, that for fascism, communism and tyranny through the 20th century. Which fought the culture of bureaucratic slot that held us back in the 70s. The party that fought for home ownership, no attacks on personal freedom that fought for home ownership, no attacks on personalfreedom in