and counterclaim from both sides. both sides are reporting heavy losses. and as we have been hearing, this counteroffensive is going to take many months, really the focus has been on the spring and now very much the summer offensive, which will last until about october or november before the rainy season begins. and as we have also reported, it is quite difficult to fight when the weather becomes colder. it becomes difficult for the tanks that go off road to be operating on wetland. so, they had this window where they need to try and make as many gains as possible. joining me live from fife in scotland, kezia dugdale, former leader of the scottish labour party, and from washington, bryan lanza, republican strategist and former director of communications in donald trump s transition team. looking at these developments in ukraine, this counteroffensive is something that has been anticipated for a while now. keep has been quick to talk about successes, but brian, these are small
Few showers to dodge but many will have some pleasant and warm spells of sunshine. Thanks, chris. And thats bbc news at six. I will be back at the latest at ten oclock. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Im asad ahmad. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster. The parkhead party its now three in a row for celtic, but has the manager done enough to get the fans back on side . Well get the latest from valhalla, where rory mcilroy is looking to roll back the years at the us pga championship. Two days out from their bid to become undisputed heavyweight champion, lennox lewis gives us his tip for the tyson fury and Oleksandr Usyk superfight. Both have great movement, both want to win, so its going to be a great fight. Also coming up on sportsday after one of the wettest winters since records began, Sport England is counting the cost of climate change. And we meet the british champion, who can finally hear the roar of the crowd when she competes. Good eveni
the last couple of days, rather unfortunate for the home office, with a member ofjames unfortunate for the home office, with a member of james cleverly s tim s overheard saying something rather rude. there is a recording made of a minister saying that the wonder policy is clap and you get hold of it. ,., . , , policy is clap and you get hold of it. there is no doubt at all that when those flights take off it will send such a short roof across the channel i think belting story. going to try to get this question into the going to try to get this question into the centre of the campaign. it is worth into the centre of the campaign. it is worth seeing, the comments probably is worth seeing, the comments probably aren t quite as disloyal as the use probably aren t quite as disloyal as the use of probably aren t quite as disloyal as the use of the word clap at the start the use of the word clap at the start of the use of the word clap at the start of the cup might make you
diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season amd the airport has apologised to passengers. in a moment we will have the latest from our correspondent at manchester airport. but first, let s hear from a stranded passenger. i spoke with nikita pearson, a fitness instructor stuck at manchester airport waiting to board his flight to istanbul. we got to the airport at about eight o clock in the morning and you could see people sat outside on luggage. we didn t think anything of it. we got the lift to go upstairs to terminal one and you couldn t even get out of the lift. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift and then you just stood there. hoards of people just not moving anywhere. there was no tannoy announcement, no staff nearby anywhere, there were children getting trampled on, there were babies, it was chaos. we stood there for about an hour and a half and then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn t see any staff to spea
at the election, was recorded expressing the view at a private event in april. but he went on to defend the plan, saying it would deter migrants from crossing the channel. he was speaking on the 2nd of april at an event for young conservatives. let s recap now on the uk s flagship illegal immigration policy. as of last week, more than 11,000 people had crossed the channel to the uk in small boats this year. in april 2022, the government announced that asylum seekers entering the uk from a safe country could be sent to rwanda, where they would have their asylum claims processed. the uk government had paid £240 million to rwanda by the end of 2023 for the scheme. no migrants have been transferred to rwanda, as the government has faced legal challenges against the scheme. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now. interesting comments. private comments. interesting comments. private comments, comments - interesting comments. private comments, comments that. inter