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seekers to the east african country has proven controversial and a revolt ofjust 29 of the prime minister s mps would be enough to defeat the bill, as our political correspondent iain watson reports. is rishi sunak in danger of losing control of his policy to stop the boats? there s a crucial vote in parliament today on his new plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. but mps on the right of his party are worried that this won t stop the courts from getting clogged up with legal challenges. and some have called for his legislation to be scrapped altogether. i don t think that the bill is easily amendable. and really i think that the government needs to review it and maybe consider a completely new piece of legislation because this leaves so many gaps in the legislation. so this morning, the prime minister is trying to butter up some of his critics over breakfast in downing street. it s maybe not what you normally talk about over coffee, but he ll try to convince them ....
over his flagship rwanda policy. there s a knife edge vote on draft legislation in the house of commons tonight. the bill is designed to send some migrants who arrive in the uk illegally to rwanda. well, the debate on that bill is now in full swing. some tory mps say it doesn t go far enough others say it ignores international law. this morning, rishi sunak has been working hard to shore up support for his bill, as our political correspondent alex forsyth now reports. just a warning, her report does contain some flash photography. it was still dark when conservative mps arrived in downing street early this morning. over breakfast, the prime minister was trying to persuade them to back his latest attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. , ., attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. ,, ., attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. , ., ., ., rwanda. are you going to vote a . ainst rwanda. are you going to vote against the rwanda. are you going to vote against the bil ....
and that would help us in that way to get closure on the event. although, as i said, it wouldn t bring victoria back. you ve taken a large - part of our hearts away. at least give us that little bit of closure back. - after more than two decades of questions, it s hoped this latest development in the investigation could now lead to some answers. robert townsend, bbc news. vladimir putin has announced that he will stand for re election as russian president when his term ends next year. the kremlin s official spokesman says an astonishing number of people want mr putin to continue for what would be a fifth term in office. his re election is seen as inevitable, with many of his opponents jailed or dead, and the russian media under his control. bbc monitoring s russia editor vitaly shevchenko explained more. this is what vladimir putin was expected to do and of course it is almost certain to win the presidential elections in march next year, because the whole system in ru ....
it s friday the 8th of december. the home office has told mps that the uk has given rwanda a further £100 million as part of the government s plan to relocate some asylum seekers there. the funding is in addition to the £140 million paid to kigali last year. legal challenges have so far prevented any asylum seekers from being sent to rwanda. our political correspondent peter saulljoins us now. we will have more on this story laterfrom our we will have more on this story later from our political correspondent to see exactly how the money has been spent so far, what we have been told so far by the prime minister when it comes to spending on the silent deal with rwanda. let s talk to peter saull in westminster. good morning. that s it, the explanation needed in terms of what we have been told. we thought £140 million had been told. yesterday we had from the prime minister, ain t no money has been spent on this deal, talking about the amendments now being proposed ....
happy tuesday, everybody. yes. now, you might not like this, but it s time to dissenter whiteness. all right. don t clap yet. terrorists are increasingly anti-racist activists. janice gassama, a swear who s so full of hot air, she has gaps in her middle name. okay, you re at the laugh. she published an article in forbes that offers three ways to dissenter whiteness your workplace. here s a taste. quote, white centering could be thought of as a system that prioritizes white dominated culture to the detriment of nonwhite groups and cultures. white centering has been given many names, including the white gaze and whiteness as the default. translation there s too many white people, but we can t say that yet. so here s a simple test to determine if something is racist, just replace the word white with the word black. let s try it. black centering could be thought of as a system that prioritizes black dominant culture to the detriment of non-black groups and cultures. b ....