by deporting ukrainians, and targeting civilians. the democratic unionist party says it will not nominate ministers to the northern ireland power sharing executive until decisive action is taken on post brexit trading arrangements. until we get decisive action taken by the uk government on the protocol we will not be nominating ministers to the executive. the boss of scottish power urges ministers to do more to help with rising energy bills. and mps call for more protection for child social media influencers who could be at risk of exploitation we ll hear from one former influencer. good afternoon. president putin has tried to justify the invasion of ukraine on the grounds of national security. in a speech at the victory day parade in moscow s red square, he told soldiers they were fighting for what their predecessors had fought for during the second world war. he also alleged that nato was exploring land close to russia and that he was fighting neo nazis in ukraine. he p
welcome to the programme. we begin in israel where the parliament has approved restrictions on the powers of the supreme court, which have led to some of the largest protests in israel s history. the move preventsjudges from blocking government decisions they consider unreasonable. critics say it will destroy israel s democracy, but the government says it will curb judicial over reach. the white house has described the vote in the israeli parliament as unfortunate, pointing out that the measure was passed with the slimmest possible majority. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, sent this report from jerusalem. the streets of israel were soaked in anger. moments after one of the most contested laws in the country s history was passed. anti government protesters were being blasted with water cannon, and the rage towards mr netanyahu or bibi was boiling over. this is my country and bibi kidnapped our citizens and it s not supposed to be. we need to be here. i serve
september s data is expected to show record crossings. in august, however, us border patrol apprehended just over 181,000 people along the southern border. that s up almost 50,000 injust one month, when you comparejuly s number of about 132,000. and mexico s president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, said that last week alone, 10,000 people arrived at the border every day. addressing a news conference in mexico city, the us secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, said the biden administration had little choice but to go ahead with the wall project, saying the funding was already in place. there is no new administration policy with respect to the portable. from day one, this administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer. we spoke earlier to republican congressman ralph norman, who supports a wall but is heavily critical of the biden administration s immigration policy. in 2020, his platform was not building the wall anymore. according tojoe biden,