Two years ago. 0ur correspondent, henry zeffman, explained the difference between the schemes. Its not what weve been talking about for the last couple of years. This is a rwanda scheme, but its not the rwanda scheme. The government for two years, under three Prime Ministers and more Home Secretaries than i can count, has been committed to forcibly relocating people who arrive in the uk in small boats across the English Channel to rwanda. What happened on monday was not that. It was a separate scheme, which weve only known about for a couple of months, whereby they want to offer, and, crucially, that is the word offer people whove applied for asylum here but been rejected the opportunity to move to rwanda should they wish and to do so, the government is willing to pay them up to £3,000. And, on monday, according to the sun newspaper, that happened for the first time. So, a man who had made an Asylum Application here, which had been rejected, was paid around £3,000 by the government t
My kids have seen mary poppins once, theyve seenjungle cruise once, and thats a one and done thing for them. Its the way it should be. Thing for them. Your kid just wants you in your sweat pants at home, held together with duct tape. Good morning. We are looking at some low cloud, mist and fog in eastern areas this morning with some showers which will burn back towards the east coast then it is a day with variable cloud, some sunshine, a few showers but still warm. Its wednesday 1st may. The Emergency Services have been praised for their incredible courage in the way they responded to a man armed with a sword, who attacked people in North East London. A 14 year old boy has died, and four other people, including two Police Officers, were injured before the suspect, who had been leaping over Peoples Garden fences, who had been leaping over garden fences, was cornered and tasered. The metropolitan Police Federation said the attack yesterday morning was a sad reminder of the dangers office
It is unclear how many israeli hostages would be released under this proposal the Israeli Media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number is he says he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. And in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide and they have to decide quickly. The British Foreign secretary, David Cameron also in riyadh said the deal on the table is for a 40 day ceasefire, roughly in line with the six week pause that negotiators say they have been working toward for months. There is now, you know, lets be frank, a very generous offer of a sustained 40 day ceasefire, the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian Prisoners in return for the release of these hostages who have now been in captivity for over 200 days, so i hope hamas d
Return with a response. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has more, from jerusalem. Whats being debated is the permission by the Israeli Military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. Thats something that israel has resisted in the past. Israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. This would be during a a0 day truce. And there would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. Probably hundreds, if not thousands, of Palestinian Prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return for a Rather Lowerfigure Than was originally demanded by israel an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli side, there is dual pressure going on here. Pressure from the United States to do this deal, and pressure domestically from all the families and friends of the hostages whove been demonstrating and shouting lo