hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. the british government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. where people come here illegally, when they break the law, it s important that we make that distinction. that s what we are doing with our rwanda policy, that s what we re doing with making sure that asylum seekers can tjust vanish into the rest of the country. the home secretary priti patel has described the ruling by the european court of human rights which grounded the first plane due to take asylum seekers to rwanda as scandalous . the flight had been due to take off on tuesday night before the court intervened. supermarkets and utility companies should be helping people struggling with soaring prices that s according to the uk government s new cost of living adviser. militants have attacked
police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. we will hear about a game changer device designed to help people living with tourette syndrome if it works, it will be really good, because it will mean they can do those things i haven t been able to do before. i will be able to experience that childhood magic. and running up that hill slowly. the pop single that s a global number one 37 years after it was first released. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. some migrants who cross the channel in small boats will be electronically tagged , under a i2 month pilot scheme in england and wales run by the home office. ministers say tagging will help maintain contact with asylum seekers who reach the uk by what they call dangerous routes. critics say people who have fled war and persecution should not be treated in the same way as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy we
decided it was permissible to fly would be asylum seekers to rwanda in east africa because, if the policy is subsequently ruled unlawful, the british government can be relied upon to bring them back again. it was a judge on the european court of human rights whose intervention prevented the flight taking off at all. a day later, lord geidt became the second independent ethics adviser in succession to the prime minister to resign. the government was considering paying subsidies to steel manufacturers in the uk in breach of the rules of the world trade organization. the code says ministers should not break the law. downing street was considering suspending it and asked for his advice. for lord geidt, this was the last straw. on friday, borisjohnson escaped these domestic distractions to spend the day in kyiv. these domestic distractions he is one of the allies of ukraine championing international law as a tool to bring to account rations for actions taken nations for actions ta
across the continent. thanks forjoining us. in what is the fastest decision in eu history, the european commission has formally recommended candidate status for ukraine but with conditions. for ukraine this has been a long time ambition, and president zelensky was quick to react hailing it as an historic moment, which will bring victory in the war against russia closer . meanwhile president putin said he was against the idea because the eu wasn t a military blo, but couldn t see how it would benefit kyiv. here is commission president ursula von der leyen speaking in brussels. and we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us the european dream. let s look at where ukraine is in its eu application. the application has broadly three phases. phase 1 is the application to become a candidate for eu membership. ukraine submitted their application in march. first they need the european commission to recommend the