ukrainian military sources have told the bbc their forces are carrying out a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian occupiers and shifting to offensive actions in some areas along the front line. we ll take a look at claims from moscow that a full ukrainian counter offensive has begun. joining me on my panel tonight for the next hour, is the writer and broaddcaster chris morris and stephanie bolzen, washington correspondent for the german newspaper die welt. we will say hello to both in just a moment. also tonight, prime minister rishi sunak announces that two new barges have been bought to house up to 1,000 migrants. he says his plan to stop small boats crossing the channel is working. we ll ask a migration expert if she agrees. and more peoplejoin the race to be the next us president. former vice president mike pence files his papers to run, putting him in direct competition with his former boss, donald trump. but first the war in ukraine. looks like
and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. we talk to a journalist who saw one of her first concerts. hello and welcome. welcome to three hours of breaking life stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with net migration to the uk, which reached record levels last year. 606,000 people were added to the population, as more people moved to the uk than left the country. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. earlier, i asked our head of data, robert cuffe, to break it down for us. the main number is 600,000 people coming through, the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is people coming to the uk from outside the eu, migration within the eu is actually not that substantial, and i can show you that now. the
england, with some trust warning patients not to go to a&e, except for life threatening emergencies. the cop royal college of nursing says this is the biggest walk out so far. the union did agree to provide cover in some places, but in places like newcastle the system is hanging by a thread. the head of the rcn said unless the government a chance to talks, there will be more of this to talks, there will be more of this to come. ., , , ., ., to come. for the nurses that are losin: a to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and to come. for the nurses that are losing a day s pay and standing l to come. for the nurses that are l losing a day s pay and standing on picket lines, should there be a further and standing on picket lines, should there be a further emergency that they are required to return to, i won t even have to ask them to do that. they will from pick
order to reduce the rights of people to claim and to thwart their removal. the bbc is to speak to one of its highest paid presenters after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media hello this is bbc news, the un secretary general, antonio guterres is in ukraine to hold talks with president zelensky about the continued export of ukrainian grain. brokered by the united nations and turkey lastjuly, and secured with russia, the deal enabled the shipping of ukrainian grain from odesa via the black sea, through the bosphorus strait in istanbul. but, now the deal is due for renewal and russia has signalled before it agrees to an extension it wants more done to lift curbs on its own agricultural ports. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv and explains why russia might be hestitant on signing off the deal renewal this grain deal that allows some grain to pass through the black sea from ukraine through to the world markets is actually two agreeme