but controversial rwanda policy had a new roadblock today, with the appeal court including the east african country is not safe enough for the uk to send asylum seekers there. but the lord chiefjustice, lord burnett, announced it had been a split decision. he thinks rwanda is safe, but his two colleagues did not. deficiencies in the asylum system in rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to remand it will be returned to their home countries, where they face persecution or other inhumane treatment, when in fact, they have a good claim for asylum. in that sense, rwanda is not a safe third country. the government will be disappointed by today s majorityjudgment a blow for the home secretary, who s expressed her personal enthusiasm for getting flights to rwanda started as soon as possible. but that s not the end of the legaljourney the matter will almost certainly now move to the supreme court for a final h
taking place over the next few hours, you will see on your screen the life pictures and you will also be able to see the results of those different amendments as they come through. they will be there on your screen, you would see the results and the numbers as we build to the main votes, the culmination of all of this, after those 11 amendments go through. so, you won t miss a thing here on bbc news. here 5 our political editor chris mason: the government has promised to stop the boats. the numbers are down but migrants keep coming. this was dover this morning. the rwanda plan is about putting people off attempting this crossing but no one who has made this journey has been sent there yet. so what does the rwandan president make of it all came back you are getting hundreds of millions of uk taxpayers money and not seeing a refugee. if they don t come, we can return the money. if people don t come we can return the money , he says. the uk has already handed over £240 million
uk prime minister rishi sunakfaces a crucial vote tonight on his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda. this is the scene right now in the commons as mps are due to vote very shortly on the prime minister s landmark bill. we ll bring you the results as soon as we have them. also tonight pakistan recalls its ambassador to iran in response to a missile and drone attack on its territory. (boxed attack on its territory. and president biden invites congressional leaders to the white house to talk about giving aid to ukraine. our panel tonight to discuss all this is chris bruce, attorney and political strategist and susie boniface, daily mirror columnist also known as the fleet street fox. the british prime minister is facing another test of his authority today, over plans to send migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive government proposals to send some asylum seekers to the east african country, arguing it will deter people from crossing the english channel in smal
that catherine, the princess of wales, was admitted to the london clinic yesterday. that is a private hospital in central london, for planned abdominal surgery. we understand the surgery was successful. it is expected she will remain in hospitalfor ten to m days before returning home to windsor to continue her recovery. we are told by kensington palace that based on the current medical advice, she is unlikely to return to public duties until after easter. i will take you through some of the rest of the statement. it says she will appreciate the interest this statement will generate. she hopes the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible. of course, we know she has three young children, and her wish that personal medical information remains private. so we shouldn t expect over however long it takes for her to recuperate to get a running commentary, but we understand it is noncancerous. but clearly, as our colleagues at the bb