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aide resigned to support a more hardline proposal. lee anderson and brendan clarke smith said they wanted to strengthen the legislation proposed by the government to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. theyjoined a group of rebel mps in voting for amendments in the commons 60 tories backed the first of these, making it the biggest rebellion mr sunak has suffered since becoming prime minister. our political editor, chris mason, is in westminster for us now. how much trouble is rishi sunak s policy in? the depth and breadth of conservative armies at rishi sunak s plan was there for all to see. for nearly two years the government under three prime ministers has tried to get this idea of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda off the ground and they have failed. stymied in the courts and they are trying again. but there is a significant chunk of conservative mps who think this third attempt will be a dud, too. ministers hope that doesn t necessarily mean come tomorrow they ....
hello. these two resignations just announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i havejust been announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i have just been sent the letter of resignation sent by lea anderson and also brendan clarke smith, both deputy chairman of the conservative party, and i must admit, i have not yet read it. and the argument they are making and have been making for the last 2a hours or so is that they think it is right to back some proposed changes to the government s plan as far as rwanda and asylum seekers are concerned. this idea of sending some asylum seekers to east africa. a concern from them and some of their conservative colleagues that the government s latest attempt to make this policy work isn t strong enough, therefore in their view is likely to fail. here is an idea. i will read the resignation letter that they have sent while i bring you the story of the afternoon. this is kigali, the capital of rwanda in east africa. i was there bef ....
that in letter to staff that has just been released. independent commissioners were brought in to help the authority plug at £300 million gap over the next two years. so just to recap that news, birmingham city council saying that “p birmingham city council saying that up to 600 jobs could be made redundant as it struggles with those huge debts that are now starting conversations with unions and staff. more on that as it it comes into us. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, marc. hello from the bbc sport centre lets start in melbourne where it s been an excellent day for the british contingent down under with four out of five progressing to the second round of the australian open, including both british number ones. meanwhile after a nightmare year where she has struggled with injury. former us 0pen champion emma raducanu says it was extra sweet to mark her grand slam comeback with a confident win. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks reports. not ....
let s get more on that unexpected interview the bbc conducted with elon musk. it came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview, the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. i m joined now by social media commentator and ceo of communication company, battenhall, drew benvie. hello, good to see you. what were your main takeaways from this rather lengthy interview? it your main takeaways from this rather lengthy interview? lengthy interview? it was an interesting lengthy interview? it was an interesting one, lengthy interview? it was an interesting one, that s - lengthy interview? it was an interesting one, that s for l lengthy interview? it was an - interesting one, that s for sure. thank you for having me on. it was quite e ....
in the north eastern kharkiv region and it s feared it will take decades to clear them completely. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse brought us this report. it reflects the size of the battlefield. the reality is, in areas where the russians initially advanced, where they occupied territory for a number of months on them. in the ukrainian counteroffensive, these areas where theissue counteroffensive, these areas where the issue of landmines is the most acute. these are also areas where people are looking to continue their lives and live an incredibly challenging conditions. we ve been to a town in the east. we ve been to a town in the east. this is what you call a scratching of the surface, a sweep and a gentle prod for hidden killers. a job with very obvious occupational hazards. translation: my family calls me in the morning l and tells me to be careful, to watch where i trad. of course, they are worried, very much worried. before we would work with shells ....