Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. A total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and the southern mediterranean, are routes which migrants use, so of course, because it has reduced the numbers, we are actually discussing with italy the schemes that they have developed notjust with albania but upstream
Liverpool move to plug a hole in their defence. The premier League Champions bring in ben davies from preston, as well as a loan signing on a quiet transfer deadline day. Its not quite with the weather today, and Weather Warning for heavy snow across parts of Northern England. Valid until lunchtime. Widely three to eight centimetres above 200 metres we can easily see 15 centimetres to Sow Destruction is likely. All the details later in the programme. Its tuesday the 2nd of february. Our top story. Urgent tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African coronavirus variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 p
second day in a row. the man accused of murdering his wife and one of his sons took to the stand, saying it wasn t him, but people who hated his son, paul. disgraced attorney alex murdaugh spent six hours on the stand friday, admitting he lied, had a drug problem, but believes the deaths of his wife, maggie, and son, paul, stemmed from someone who had it out for paul. the person, or people, who did what i saw on june the 7th, they hated paul murdaugh and they had anger in their heart. paul is facing charges in the february 2019 boating wreck that killed 19-year-old malory beach. murdaugh clarifying he didn t think anyone on the boat that night was responsible, but someone who had heard about it. because i did not and would not hurt my wife and my child. but prosecutors pressed murdaugh about trying to manufacture an alibi, which he denies. they then reminded him there is evidence he lied to police about where he was on the night of the murders. other than lying to t
fierce fighting in key areas of the donbas. another big primary day from california to new jersey. we will have steve kornacki to break it all down. we begin with the january 6th hearings. ali vitali and ryan reilly and eugene daniels. ali, first to you. the company members have been projecting confidence, new evidence, things we haven t seen or heard before. are they going to have a difficult task ahead with so much of the country distracted by inflation, gas prices, the gun issue, of course, other things than what happened last year? there s other things going on up here on capitol hill. but this is the culmination of a year of work for the january 6 select committee, finally coming to fruition in primetime thursday night. they have a challenge before them of trying to elevate this hearing into something that is historic and compelling for the attention of the american people, many of whom watched what happened in real time on their television screens that day. it s w