in a major blow to the prime minister tonight, the minister responsible for immigration, robertjenrick, has resigned at the very moment legislation on asylum seekers was being announced to the commons. his resignation came over a bill attempting to enable the government s policy of sending some migrants to rwanda to go ahead after the supreme court ruled it unlawful. mrjenrick said it didn t go far enough and it would not end what he called the merry go round of legal challenges which risked paralysing the scheme. our political editor chris mason is here. a huge embarrassment this for rishi sunak? it this for rishi sunak? is a huge embarrassment. bu quite it is a huge embarrassment. but quite the thing to do so in the very week that you are attempting a reset on, yes, you guessed it, immigration policy. on monday we had government plans to cut legal immigration adjuster the home secretary james cleverly went to rwanda to set out part of the approach on illegal immigration
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translation: generally speaking, people in kazakhstan were very welcoming. in uralsk, city and the border with russia, one cinema even let russians who had nowhere to sleep, stay there for the night. but the influx of russian men has led to friction in kazakstan, for example causing the price of rent to soar and raising security concerns. some, like this politician, are calling for tighter border controls. translation: to be honest, | i m concerned about the wave of russian migration because i don t know who is coming in or how they think. they only started arriving after the so called partial mobilisation was declared. so they are draft dodgers, to put it bluntly, who took fright at the prospect of being sent to war. we do not know their views, whether or not they support putin. kazakhstan has traditionally been one of russia s most reliable economic and political partners in the region, dependent on its neighbourfor basic items such as food and clothing. russia sent troops into kaz
foolish given what vladimir putin has done, attacked his neighbourfor no good putin has done, attacked his neighbour for no good reason? the fact is, nato enlarged to bring the newly free countries of eastern europe out of the grey zone and into the west. this is not a bad thing, it s a good thing and i m proud of it. daniel, thank you forjoining us. since russia began its invasion of ukraine, the capital kyiv has been a key target. but its forces have not got past the outskirts of the city. now russia says it will drastically reduce its offensive around the capital. the ukrainian general in charge of defending kyiv has told the bbc that russia is suffering heavy losses and can t win. our international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from a key front line north of the capital. ukrainian forces keep watch on a critical front line to the north of the capital. having said it had no plans to invade, russia now says it will drastically reduce attacks around kyiv.