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it s 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. we ll be live in downing street, calais and at the uk port of dover in the next few minutes but first, let s speak to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher, who s 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 h ....
have long argued for it, and under the weight of the past few weeks of rolling crises in the white house, it s happened. a special prosecutor has been appointed to oversee investigations into russian interference in the us election. he s a former head of the fbi, robert mueller. making the announcement, the us deputy attorney general said it didn t necessarily mean crimes had been committed. and mr trump claimed a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. laura bicker is in washington. can you tell is, first of all, more about robert mueller? he was appointed by george w bush. his senate confirmation hearing was held a few days before the september 11 attacks. he was kept on under president obama for a number two yea rs president obama for a number two years and retired in 2013. it was the predecessor and of the now sat director of the fbi, james comey. denied you cannot find a single ....
aus north korea as a brutal regime after a us student that was imprisoned there guys. stay hydrated, as the uk heatwave continues. imprisoned there guys. imprisoned there has died. good morning. it s tuesday 20th june. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the serious fraud office has charged barclays and four former executives including former chief executivejohn varley with fraud over the bank s dealings with qatar at the height of the financial crisis. barclays raised emergency funding from qatar in 2008 to avoid a government bail out. now barclays has become the first bank to face criminal charges for actions during the financial crisis. with me is ben thompson. the first senior executives to face charges over alleged activities in that period of the financial crisis. tell us more period of the financial crisis. tell us more about what the charges are. you have two turn the clock back to 2008, the height of the crisis. three of the biggest bank ....
On forfurther have come here and then they will go on for further processing at a centre a few kilometres from here. and there they might stay for a day orso and there they might stay for a day or so before being dispersed around the country. most of them will claim asylum in the uk, they actually want to be picked up in uk waters because they want to be brought here to begin the process. there is a huge asylum backlog in the uk, cases are not being processed quickly and that is putting a huge strain on accommodation with even more people arriving. accommodation with even more people arrivinu. ,, ., , ., arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany itell arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. thank - arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. thank you | bethany bell in calais. thank you both. let s get some of the day s other news now. ch ....
The authorities were alerted by a commercial ship. some were taken to the port of dunkirk. joining me live now are our correspondents, ian palmer, who s in dover and bethany bell in calais. the first of all, ian, can you bring it up to date on this latest development? i it up to date on this latest development? it up to date on this latest development? it up to date on this latest develoment? .., , ., ., development? i can tell you that the wind had picked development? i can tell you that the wind had picked up development? i can tell you that the wind had picked up this development? i can tell you that the wind had picked up this morning. - development? i can tell you that the wind had picked up this morning. i. wind had picked up this morning. i can no longer see the coastline of france, which means it is unlikely there will be any more attempts to cross the channel in small boats today. the optimum time is between four o clock in the morning and nine o clock in the morning an ....