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Cases, he could face a fourth before the month is out. Were following Economic News this morning, with the latest jobs report telling us about the economy, three days after the u. S. Had its Credit Rating downgraded. At the southern border, the humanitarian crisis intensifies after a body was found inside the floating barrier in the rio grande meant to keep migrants from crossing into the u. S. Plus, two american sailors facing serious charges this morning, accused of spying on the u. S. For china in exchange for thousands of dollars. And taylor swifts monster sold out concert tour has more dates and what is predicted to be the most successful tour of all time. This morning, former President Trump back at his new jersey home in bedminster after spending an historic day in a washington, d. C. Courtroom. Trump pleaded not g ....
also this lunchtime. lower energy bills for many households after the regulator brings in a new price cap. the chief constable of police scotland the uk s second biggest force admits it is institutionally racist and sexist. and by public demand, a fitting farewell for an raf hero who fought in the second world war. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: history for brighton, their highest finish in the premier league and a first european campaign to look forward to next season. good afternoon. net migration to the uk has hit a record high, despite the government s promise to reduce it. the office for national statistics say that last year 606,000 more people moved to the united kingdom than left it. that s up around 118,000 on the previous year s figure. the rise is driven by people from outside the eu, including ukraine and hong kong. the prime minister says the figures are too high labour claim they show the government has lost control of immi ....
price for the defence of bakhmut. and tributes continue to pour in following the death of the queen of rock and roll tina turner at 83 years old. hello. we start here in the uk, where new figures show net migration the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving hit a record high in 2022. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine and hong kong, with many more visas being issued following a political crackdown in the former british colony. britain has long been a popular destination for migrants from nigeria. earlier i spoke to the bbc s mayenijones who is in lagos and also our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, a little bit on the figures. among those 606,000 people who moved to the uk in the past year. hong kon ....
meanwhile, g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions against moscow we ll have the latest from both summits. the tesco boss quits after allegations of inappropriate behaviour. in the next hour, nasa will announce the company to build spacecrafts for their latest expedition to the moon. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit is president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devast ....
behaviour by four women. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits, with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia while, at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow, stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war that s blighted the country. here he is the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. more on assad in a moment and more on the g7. first, though, let s hear from volodymir zelenski. if there are people here at the summit who have a dif ....