Will get to our panel shortly, but first the latest bbc news. The Us State Department says it expects a Transitional Council in haiti to be appointed within the next 48 hours. Once established, it will nominate a new Prime Minister to succeed ariel henry, who quit on monday. Aid agencies say the situation in the capital, port au prince, is desperate, with the city under the control of armed gangs. The White House National security adviser has announced three hundred Million Dollars in aid for ukraine as a Stopgap Measure while a much larger package remains stalled in congress. The eus Foreign Policy chief has said starvation is being used as a weapon of war in gaza. Josep borrell described the lack of aid entering the territory as a manmade disaster. A Romanian Court has agreed to extradite the social Media Influencer andrew tate and his brother Tristan To Britain where theyre facing charges of sexual aggression. Theyre to be extradited after their trial in a separate case in romania.
Its a relief for Prime Minister rishi sunak who hopes that, barring any last minute legal objections, flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. Official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year. To more than 50,000 a week ago. Well be live in downing street, calais and at the uk Port Of Dover in the next few minutes but first, lets speak to our africa correspondent Barbara Plett usher, whos in the rwandan capital kigali. Barbara . We have actuallyjust barbara . We have actually ust received a fi barbara . We have actually ust received a statement barbara . We have actually ust received a statement from h barbara . We have actuallyjust received a statement from the | received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. The government spokesman said we are pleased the bill has been passed by parliament, however it does not alter what we have known to be true, that we
From attempting such crossings. Well have more about the bill shortly, first lets go to wimereux near calais our correspondent tom symonds is there yes, jane. You can see the weather is very calm today. The sea is flat, there is plenty of visibility in the skies are relatively clear. It is perfect whether, as People Smugglers and migrants would see it, for crossing the channel to get to the uk, and that is what has been happening, several launches of boats from beaches. This is normally uncovered sand when the tide is out. That was what happened here earlier this morning, watched by a bbc team. A boat was launched, and people tried to get onto it, large numbers of people, about 110 or 112 tried to climb onto the boat. The police were here in attendance. What happened next was a fight between some of the migrants and some of the police. 0ur reporter Andrew Harding watched what happened. Theres a real battle going on on the beach here. Must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the
figures, further south ii to 14 degrees but by sunday this area of low pressure will move in and again we will see wet weather pushing in with strong winds. thanks, simon. and that s it from us. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two, with victoria derbyshire. on bbc one, time for the news where you are. goodnight. on bbc london, a ulez camera has been blown up in south east london. is the home office confirmed the night at the cost of the rwanda scheme has doubled to 290 million tones of not one salesperson centre, rishi sunak tries to sell his own legislation to mps today. is he yet another conservative prime minister doubled to £290 million, with not one person sent there. mr sunak is trying to save his rwanda plan and his premiership. can he get enough votes to get his latest legislation through? we ll talk to two conservatives one who supports it, one who doesn t. also tonight, as an inquest rules an ofsted inspection contributed to the death of headteach