People survived the crash and were taken to hospital. Now on bbc news, ros atkins on the week. The village of manston is a short drive from the kent coast. Down the road as the port of ramsgate. In the village itself there was a church and thejolly farmer pub, and next door is the airfield and, because of that, manston has been welcoming new arrivals for years. In the 20s, students arrived for pilot training, in the 50s, it was used as a base to carry out drills. Now manston airfield is hosting new arrivals again. Thousands are coming across the channel by small boat. Many are taking to this facility. You have an Asylum System completely gridlocked. As more people arrived, the government has condemned an invasion. The system is broken. Illegal migration is out of control. And so the small village in kent finds itself as part of a story that raises fundamental questions about how the uk responds to those who arrive on our shores. Hello, welcome. Now, this is the plan this week. We will
atkins on the week the village of manston is a short drive from the kent coast stop down the road as the port of ramsgate. in the village itself there is a church and the jolly farmer pub and next door is the airfield and, because of that, manston has been welcoming new arrivals for years. in the 20s the students arrive for pilot training, in the 50s it was used as a base to carry out drills. now as an airfield it is hosting new arrivals again. thousands are coming across the channel by small boat. many are taking to this facility. you have an asylum system completely gridlocked. as more people arrived, the government has condemned an invasion. the system is broken. illegal migration is out of control. and so the small village in kent finds itself as part of a story that raises fundamental questions about how that uk responds to those who arrive on our shores. hello, welcome. now, this is the plan this week. we will talk about migration in a moment. i will also look at whyjoe
and next door is the airfield and, because of that, manston has been welcoming new arrivals for years. in the 20s the students arrive for pilot training, in the 50s it was used as a base to carry out drills. now as an airfield it is hosting new arrivals again. thousands are coming across the channel by small boat. many are taking to this facility. you have an asylum system completely gridlocked. and as more people arrived, the government has condemned an invasion. the system is broken. illegal migration is out of control. and so the small village in kent finds itself as part of a story that raises fundamental questions about how that uk responds to those who arrive on our shores. hello, welcome. now, this is the plan this week. we will talk about migration in a moment. i will also look at whyjoe biden thinks republicans relationship with the truth risks the path to chaos. and these are workers in china fleeing their factory, we will explore the reasons why they ve done this
details in the programme. it s saturday the fifth of november. our main story: passengers are being warned to expect significant disruption on the railways today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled, as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. our business correspondent, marc ashdown reports. today s strike action may have been called off but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but says services which had been cancelled can t be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finished by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union of 1a real companies and network rail are involved in the lo
Prioritised policies and politics ahead of economics. he s not afraid to take risks that the economy will suffer and his covid zero strategy is a prime example of that. this can be seen in the elevation of this man, who is to become china s premier, second to president xi. it s a huge promotion and this is a man who has been responsible for enforcing lockdowns in shanghai. that promotion sends the clearest of messages on zero covid. but while the politics of this makes sense to president xi, zero covid comes at a cost. in the words of this leading economist, zero covid has slowed the country s economy and exacerbated supply chain disruptions . 0ne us analyst called zero covid a driver of global recession. of course, china remains the starting point of the global supply chain. it makes 29% of the world s goods. but zero covid has made it