The british government has authorised the border force to turn back small boats carrying migrants across the english channel from france. It marks a new approach by the home secretary, priti patel. Up to this point, migrants found in english waters have been brought back to the uk mainland to be processed. She has also threatened to withold £54 mllion of funding which the uk pays to france to patrol their side of the channel. The french interior minister said his country would not be blackmailed and uk plans to return boats were in breach of maritime law. This is the english channel, the stretch of water separating the uk from the continent. In the past week alone, over 1500 people have crossed on small boats and dinghies. That brings the total making the journey so far this year to 12,500, far surpassing last year s total of almost 8500. While the uk continues to see far fewer arrivals and asylum claims than many of its european counterparts, the numbers are increasing. There are eve
Torrential rain causes severe flooding in parts of central china. At least 12 people died in one city after its subway system was almosst submerged. Scientists from the natural history museum unearth tens of thousands of fossils from a secret site in the cotswolds after a dsciovery by a couple of amateur paleantologistss. And a shake up for english cricket starts tonight. The hundred a new 100 ball competition which the england and wales cricket board say will mean shorter and faster games. A top police officer will be put in charge of tackling violence against women and girls in england and wales, the home secretary, priti patel, is to announce. The creation of the role was recommended in a report after 33 year old sarah everard was murdered in march. Her death sparked huge protests and a public debate about women s safety. The government will also reveal plans for a new 24 hour rape and sexual assault helpline. There will be £5 million of funding to tackle violence in public place
sunday is looking mild. a bit of rain in the forecast but sunny spells on the way too. it s sunday the 24th of october. good morning. our main story: ministers are to formalise their committment to a skills revolution in england with a series of measures to be unveiled in the chancellor s budget on wednesday. in his autumn statement, rishi sunak will announce £1.6 billion to roll out new t levels for teenagers and £550 million for adult skills. college leaders say the funding is welcome but doesn t go far enough. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. what we want to see is a high wage, high skilled economy. the government high skilled economy. the government says high skilled economy. the government says it - high skilled economy. the government says it wants to change the way the uk economy works, moving to higher skilled, more productive workforce which earns more money. in this week s budget, the chancellor will have the task of setting out more about how
the surprise wedding at 37,000 feet announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone the pentagon tonight warning americans against travel to ukraine after the death of a 22-year-old u.s. marine veteran who went there to join the fight. the mother of willy joseph cancel saying he wanted to go over because he believed in what ukraine was fighting for that fight this evening still focused in the east but u.s. officials say the russian advance there has been slow and uneven and taking longer than the russians had anticipated. the mayor of the besieged city of mariupol, which is so critical to the russian goal of dividing the country, believes more than 20,000 in that city alone have died since the beginning of the war. the russians once again looking over their shoulders turning some of their attention back to the capital. missiles striking in kyiv, a city where a major russian armored assault was successfully repelled several weeks ago. kelly c
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