welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tens of thousands of people have been gathering along this is ciudad juarez on the mexican side of the border. they ve been there for weeks, and many are expected to try to cross into the us in the coming days. that s because a temporary law introduced during the pandemic that makes it easier to remove migrants from the us is expiring later tonight. the us has been beefing up its security forces along the 2,000 mile border. that s where we start tonight. sophie long is in el paso, texas. sophie, president biden himself said this week that the border situation wil be chaotic for a while. what s the situation on the ground where you are? interestingly, at the moment, where interestingly, at the moment, where i am, in el paso, a stone s throw away from one of the crossings, it s very quiet. for many months here there has been hundreds of people who have made it across the border, sleeping on the streets of el paso, to
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,
the uk has confirmed that it is sending long range cruise missiles to ukraine, as requested, as the country prepares to mount a much anticipated counter offensive. the storm shadow missile, pictured here, has long range capabilities. they can travel more than 150 miles, or 250 kilometres, and are typically launched from the air. our correspondent hugo bachega reports now from kyiv where s he been speaking to ukraine s president zelensky. ukraine is getting ready to attack. a counter is imminent, a major attempt to push back russia. explosions this man will decide when that happens president zelensky. if he delays the push, it gives time for russia to reinforce positions. if he rushes into it, his military could fail. are you ready for this counteroffensive? translation: mentally, we re ready. in terms of how motivated our military are, we re ready.
rain across east anglia. across the midlands, centraland rain across east anglia. across the midlands, central and southern england and the south east. towards western areas, a lot of dry weather and sunshine, and it s going to feel warm with temperatures up to 18 19. but on the eastern coast, with onshore winds, it will feel cooler, 13-14 at onshore winds, it will feel cooler, 13 14 at best. through friday night, we continue to feed in the low cloud, it will turn misty in places into saturday morning, with a view spots of grizzle falling from the sheet of cloud across england. the clearer skies across the north west uk. clearer skies across the north west uk. spots on grizzle. saturday, a further wane in the weather pattern, pressure building. it should be a dry day and a fine start to the weekend. the early morning cloud across england and wales will shrivel, with sunny spells later in the day. given the sunshine, scotland and northern ireland could see temperatures up to 22 cel
first of all, let s talk about what the dutch colonial history is in terms of the slave trade? it runs very much terms of the slave trade? it runs very much parallel terms of the slave trade? it runs very much parallel to terms of the slave trade? it runs very much parallel to the - terms of the slave trade? it runs very much parallelto the history| terms of the slave trade? it runs i very much parallel to the history of british slavery, the early 17th century, engagement with overseas forms of slavery in asia and the atlantic world. and let s say in the 16 305, atlantic world. and let s say in the 16 30s, the development of a system of transatlantic slave trading, occupying fortresses on the west african coast. asian areas in north eastern brazil. african coast. asian areas in north-eastern brazil. something like 600,000 africans north-eastern brazil. something like 600,000 africans were north-eastern brazil. something like 600,000 africans were shipped - north-eastern brazil