british prime minister is facing a test of his authority over sending migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive proposals to send asylum seekers to the east country arguing it will deter people from crossing the english channel from small boats in france. he suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership in parliament last night. two deputy chairs of the conservative party resigned saying the bill wasn t tough enough for that. the bill wasn t tough enough for that. mps are now due to vote on the prime minister s landmark bill. here s our political editor, chris mason. this was over this morning. the rwanda bill is about putting people off attempting crossing. but no one who s made this journey has been sent there yet. what does the rwandan president make of it all? you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. it is you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. of taxpayers money. it is going to be. if of taxpayers money. it is going to be-
uk prime minister rishi sunakfaces a crucial vote tonight on his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda. this is the scene right now in the commons as mps are due to vote very shortly on the prime minister s landmark bill. we ll bring you the results as soon as we have them. also tonight pakistan recalls its ambassador to iran in response to a missile and drone attack on its territory. (boxed attack on its territory. and president biden invites congressional leaders to the white house to talk about giving aid to ukraine. our panel tonight to discuss all this is chris bruce, attorney and political strategist and susie boniface, daily mirror columnist also known as the fleet street fox. the british prime minister is facing another test of his authority today, over plans to send migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive government proposals to send some asylum seekers to the east african country, arguing it will deter people from crossing the english channel in smal
health issues for two british royals. issues king charles is to be treated for an enlarged prostate. catherine has had abdominal surgery. and china s population is shrinking for a second year in a row. we ll take a look at why that s concerning beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it comes hours after the houthi said, they targeted another cargo ship in the red sea. and thatis cargo ship in the red sea. and that is a spokesperson says the us owned ball carrier was struck by a bomb cowering drone in a direct hit. this map appears to show the vessel changing course and a past few minutes, the houthi s have said they will carry on attacking ships in the red sea in protest against israel s bombardment of gaza. that s despite a us decision to return them to the list of global terrorist organisations. tom bateman explains what the resignation rather means. well, what
fawad chaudhry in lahore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr chaudhry, if ever there were a time in pakistan for politicians to put their partisan interests and differences aside and pull together for the good of the nation, it would be now, with your country facing a massive economic crisis. are you in the pti prepared to do that? yeah, we are all we all prepared to do that. but you will appreciate we are not a communist country. we are not a one party system that prevailing in pakistan. we are a democracy. and in democracy parties, do have their own programmes. but in democracy, parties do have their differences and it s same as in pakistan. so we have our programme and as when we were in the government and when imran khan was removed unconstitutionally through using illegal means, pakistan culminated into a huge political chaos and economic growth. this economic chaos that you referred to is actually the result of that political chaos that was created unnecessarily in paki
got the rain piling into western areas already, one or two macros bit of light drizzle ahead of it, otherwise it s chilly with clear spells. the rain has got going now across northern ireland, pushing into the south west of england, south wales and west of scotland. it will continue to journey its way eastwards during the overnight period. you can see the isobars quite a feature, it will be windy as well. after the chilly start across the eastern side of the country temperatures will rise to around highs of 9 12 to start saturday, so warm, mild start, windy, wet. that rain band will spread eastwards eventually clearing the east coast for about lunchtime, then it s brighter for for about lunchtime, then it s brighterfor all for about lunchtime, then it s brighter for all areas with sunny spells and scattered showers. gales around some western coasts and heavy, maybe thundery showers across the south and west, the best of the sunshine towards the east. after a mild start it wil