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
people must know that if they come here illegally it will result in their detention and swift removal. translation: the united states claims to be competing to win against china, rather than seeking conflict. but the united states so called competition is total containment and suppression, a zero sum game in which you died and i live. the united states perception and views of china are seriously distorted. they regard china as the primary rival and the most consequential international challenge. ican i can only speak for president biden, and speaking for him i can tell you that there s been no change in our posture. yes there are tensions in this relationship. the president believes there is tensions, obviously have to be recognised but can be worked through. and we again see competition and not conflict. so i can only speak for us. welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. monica miller. the headlines.. the un refugee agency condemns uk plans
on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the potential impact is. the secretary of defence is meeting every day wit
chiefjens stoltenberg has been discussing the importance of nato s strength and for europe sticking together and remaining strong. we also heard from the ukrainian foreign secretary, talking about the importance of military aid to ukraine. so there isjens stoltenberg walking in there. let s have a listen to what he said earlier. to nato, the united states has more friends and more allies than any other major power. i don t believe in america alone. just as i don t believe in europe alone. i believe in america and europe together in naito. i believe in america and europe together in nato. that was jens stoltenberg speaking aefrlier. earlier. you can see the live scenes in brussels, where he is continuing to meet other foreign representatives there. the british foreign secretary lord cameron has said he s working to get ukraine and nato into the best possible shape by november, ahead of the us election. speaking to the lucy hockings and vitaly shevchenko for bbc s ukrainecast p
as the war in ukraine continues, the alliance has agreed to start planning for a greater role in co ordinating military aid to the country. on the second day of this meeting in brussels, ministers will mark the signing in washington on 4th april, 1949, of the north atlantic treaty which established the transatlantic political and military alliance. nato started with 12 members but now has 32, with the newest being finland and sweden. nato s secretary generaljens stoltenberg has been speaking at the ceremony, and says the bloc not only strengthens europe s security, but also makes north america stronger. to nato, the united states has more friends and more allies than any other major power. i don t believe in america alone, just as i don t believe in europe alone. i believe in america and europe together in nato. the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, has ruled out western boots on the ground in ukraine. we are looking for a nato mission for ukraine, not a nato in ukraine.