Series big brother were reported to Production Managers at endemol, the Production Company commissioned by channel 4. In a statement, banijay uk, which purchased endemol in 2020, said the bbc has issued a statement this afternoon saying the reports meanwhile, a charity supported by Russell Brands own Charitable Foundation has cut ties with him. Trevi women Childrens Charity said it was deeply saddened and upset by the allegations. Brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and Acting In Hollywood Films during the period of the claims, all of which he denies. Vincent mcaviney has the latest. His behaviour made him no stranger to the tabloids but, this weekend, serious sexual allegations mean Russell Brand has made all the front pages. Perhaps over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body once one of the most ubiquitous faces on british tv and radio, working for mtv, the bbc and channel 4, before building a career in hollywood for a time. Its
Not since the crisis in 2015 has europe seen images quite like this. Images quite like this. The deputy Prime Minister decribes it is an invasion. Translation it is obviously organised, financed and prepared. It is an act of war because if we go on at 6,000 migrants a day it means collapse for italian society. I said at the beginning, what is happening in lampedusa is the death of europe. 7,000 migrants crossing the mediterranean in just two days to an island with Space Forjust 400. The storm at the beginning of the week had created a bottle neck on the North African beaches. But by wednesday, conditions were calmer. Nearly 200 boats crossed in just a few hours. There are thousands more who are waiting to cross. From here, most of these migrants will be transferred to the italian mainland, but the vast majority will disappear before those Asylum Claims are decided. They are heading north. And that is testing the European Union. Today, one of the leaders of the french far right, marion
In italy and irregular crossings of the Central Mediterranean sea have been increasing since 2020. But its true that over the last 12 months the situation has worsened from this perspective and also it has changed in terms of the composition of the flow. Now we have more people from Sub Saharan African countries trying to reach in. To reach italy and they are departing from tunisia. Paradoxically, tunisian citizens are not the first group represented in the flow towards italy any more, as it has been between 2018 and 20. And last year actually. And probably one of the main causes, the internal situation in tunisia, where policies introduced by the government, the discriminating sub saharan migrants presence or transiting through to the country have been pushing many, many, many people out of the country and towards the italian shores. Europe has tried and failed for many years. Excuse me. To find a collective response to this. Ive sat in on so many summits in brussels when these things