Attempt to cut costs and deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Also on the programme, the standoff in niger continues. The countrys coup leaders have closed nigers airspace until further notice, citing the threat of Military Invervention from neighbouring powers. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. And the american millionaire allegedly working with the Chinese Government to influence politics in the west. Ill speak to the New York Times reporter behind the investigation. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concerns about conditions on board, but the government insists the ba
the jenin refugee camp. also tonight: in the uk, the ministry of defence has confirmed for the first time that special forces are at the centre of a war crimes inquiry. king charles has been presented with the scottish crown jewels, marking his coronation as part of national service of thanksgiving in st giles cathedral in edinburgh. and should governments be able to read people s messages? meta s mark zuckerberg is on a collision course with the uk government over that very question, as he continues plans to build super secure messaging into all his apps. but we start tonight in the middle east, where thousands of people injenin in the occupied west bank have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians killed since monday during an israeli military operation. that operation has now finished. you can see the damage left behind. thousands of palestinians who left their homes started to go back. our international editor jeremy bowen sent this special report from inside t
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either. thank you for being with us. we start in the middle east were israeli forces have started to withdraw from the city ofjenin in the west bank after carrying out one of the biggest military operations there in years. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists but palestinians have described it as a walk. the refugee camp was set up after the arab israeli war in 1948. thousands of people have i948. thousands of people have left the cams since the operation started in this latest violence at least 12 palestinians have been killed and more than 15 injured. it defence forces say one soldier has also died during the assault. separately, seven people were also injured in an attack in tel aviv by a palestinian from the west bank. rotational editorjeremy bowen is injenin with the latest. the israeli military released these pictures. their message? israel s enemies can expect no mercy. rapid gunfire families caught in the crossfire managed to get out overnight.
together they have been targeted over 150 times, since october 7, by iranian linked proxies. yesterday the target was tower 22, a us outpost onjordan s north eastern border with syria. an enemy drone hit the living quarters on base killing three soldiers and injuring at least 3a others. according to cbs, the drone was flown in at the same time as a us drone was returning to base from a mission. reportedly the air defence system had been switched off to allow the american drone in, but that also let in the enemy drone which flew in on a much flatter trajectory. washington has blamed iranian backed militant groups with president biden saying this weekend the us would choose when and how to hit back. i want to point out that we had a tough day last night. we lost three brave souls on an attack on one of our bases. we shall respond. in the last hour, the white house national security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider conflict in the middle east. we do