we start here in the uk where the government is once again under scrutiny over its decision to house asylum seekers on a barge off the south coast of england. the first men to be housed on the vessel called the bibby stockholm began arriving on board today. ministers hope that up to 500 will follow, to await decisions on their asylum applications. the government says it ll help reduce the costs of housing migrants in hotels and today new figures showed that a record number of asylum seekers more than 50,000 were in so called contingency accommodation . but campaigners have raised concerns about the conditions on the barge and it s believed that some asylum seekers have had their transfers cancelled after legal interventions. protestors gathered close to the barge in dorset. this was what they had to say a little earlier: i m against the barge, i think it s extremely dangerous, as has been proved by the fire brigade. i don t think they should be on the barge.
hour. england ride their luck to reach the women s world cup quarterfinals. but they ll be without laurenjames, whose one match ban could be extended, following her sending off against nigeria. and we have a north south split in the weather today. in the north, largely dry with some sunshine, but wind increasing in the far north east. in the south, turning cloudy and murky with some patchy light rain. all the details later. it s tuesday the 8th of august. our main story. 15 asylum seekers have spent their first night on the government s controversial accommodation barge, after a series of delays over safety concerns. ministers want to move hundreds more onto the bibby stockholm in dorset this week, but some have already refused to go, launching legal challenges. all this comes as the home office announces a new taskforce to crack down on rogue lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, underfalse claims. ellie price reports. the first asylum seekers move into th
let s turn straightaway to breaking news of the last few minutes. three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe that s in the scottish highlands. police scotland said the bodies were discovered during a search, which had been launched after the group failed to return. the alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on saturday and mountain rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation. a force spokeswoman said, there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. so that news just coming in, that three people have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glencoe in the scottish highlands. when we get more on that, we will return to it. now let s move on to the row in the uk about the government use of a barge to house asylum seekers. migrants have started boarding the vessel called the bibby stockholm in dorset on the south coast of england. the government hopes
among the injured are at least 19 police officers, five rescuers, and a child. the head of the donetsk region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. meanwhile, ukraine s intelligence agency announced that it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against president zelensky. the woman was allegedly preparing a russian airstrike in the mikolaiv region during mr zelensky s visit to the area. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. so these are quite interesting allegations emerging from the southern mykolaiv region. sources at the security forces have told us they have arrested a woman who is accused of travelling around the local area, taking pictures of different military sites, and sharing them with her russian handlers. but these are part of a string of allegations which include her trying to get hold of the itinerary of an official visit by president zelensky and trying to share that with mosco
that company is the saudio oil giant saudi aramco, and it s feeling the effects of lower oil prices, lower than expected demand from china, and thinner profit margins for refining oil. between april and june, the company made a profit ofjust over $30 billion, lot of money by anyone s metric, but significantly down from more than the $48 billion it made in the same period a year ago. the main reason is, as you can see here, that oil prices during the period were at the lowest point in the last year, as the boost they got from russia s invasion of ukraine wore off. and last week, in an effort to keep them that way, saudi arabia said it would only produce nine million barrels a day. that extended production cuts by the 0pec+ group of big oil producers, who profit more from a higher price. when it comes to saudi aramco, those higher prices mean higher dividend payments for shareholders, and it s boosted those to nearly $30 billion in the current period. so i put it to our middle