hello, welcome to the programme. number 10 say britain needs a deterrent against illegal migration, the draught bill clearing its final hurdles in the commons this evening. we will discuss what s in it. did the british government get it right in sudan? uk nationals urged to make their own way to an airstrip north of khartoum, through countless checkpoints and under their own steam . eight flights left today. but still several thousand to evacuate. also tonight. reports ukraine is getting ready for the next major assault against russian forces. we will look at the current situation on the ground, and assess just how well equipped they are to do that. and where is the government s strategy on semi conductors? the uk is losing ground to rival countries in a crucially important sector. we will speak to the director of one start up who is threatening to relocate his operations to the united states. but first, to westminster, where mps have been voting this evening on the illegal
of experience and knowledge and immense wisdom. i was talking to someone with extraordinary knowledge, experience, history. i used to look forward to it. gunshots and gun salutes are fired in royal parks, castles and across the world. each round represents a year in the life of the queen. welcome. a period of national mourning for her majesty queen elizabeth ii has now started, led by her successor king charles iii. earlier on friday the new king arrived at buckingham palace after travelling from balmoral in scotland where the queen died on thursday at the age of 96. in his first address to the people as monarch, charles fought to contain his emotion as he thanked his late mother for her decades of service. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports on the day s events. from buckingham palace, an address to the nation by britain s new king. it began with a tribute to his mother, the late queen elizabeth. throughout her life, her majesty the queen, my beloved mother, wa
Labours Jonathan Ashworth joins us too. And with you and me for the whole show, nadhim zahawi, former Cabinet Minister who announced this week hes leaving parliament at the election. Tina brown journalism royalty, who knows a lot about royalty herself the former editor of vanity fair, tatler, and author, now shes on the front line in the battle for the truth. And mp for coventry south, zarah sultana, one of the leading mps on the left, who has more followers on tiktok than any other mp at nearly 500,000. Welcome to you all. Thank you for being here today. Its the baftas tonight. The actor dominic west, whos hoping for a gong, joins us to talk about playing the king and the role he really craves. A bond villain would be good. A bond villain . Yeah. Not bond himself . Im a bit long in the tooth, i think. Really, are you sure . Oh, well. Youre very kind. Dont you fancy it . I think even roger moore was younger than me and away from the protests at eurovision, were Behind The Scenes Withjo
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