revealed that it had been told that the cabinet office did not have access to some of the material it was being asked to provide. i will been told by the cabinet office they have been engaging with boris johnson about some of this material including today. borisjohnson spokesperson said this evening that more material has been headed over from borisjohnson to the cabinet office and that borisjohnson is now urging the cabinet office to hang that over to the inquiry. in short, i understand that there is some new material that the cabinet office has been given by borisjohnson this afternoon and that they now understand that all the material requested from them has been handed over to the cabinet office. i am still waiting to hear from the cabinet office if they now have all the material they had been engaging with boris johnson the material they had been engaging with borisjohnson over and whether they have all of the material the inquiry has requested of them. that being said,
hello, welcome to the programme. a0 migrants who crossed the english channel were brought ashore by the dover lifeboat this morning. so far, just short of 3000 people have crossed in the first two months of this year. that s twice as many as the equivalent period last year. the prime minister says stopping these boats is one of his top five priorities. tomorrow, we ll see how he proposes to do it. his new policy, that s been heavily trailed, suggests that going forward migrants who cross this way will be removed and banned from future re entry and automatically their application for british citizenship will be rejected. we will talk about what is proposed in a second, but let s first hear from someone farzad. he arrived by small boat in 2019, fleeing persecution in iran. he was granted asylum a year ago. he s been speaking to bbc radio 4. now, farzad, if you were in france, where presumably you were safe, and you heard that it was the law in the uk that if you arrived on a bo
Build up around gaza , build up around gaza, International Reaction grows as leaders and diplomats around the world try to stop the conflict from escalating. From escalating. Well, in the last few hours, an Israeli Defence force spokesperson has said some half a Million People have already left northern gaza for the south and repeated that the Israeli Military does not actively target civilians. Prime minister target civilians. Prime minister rishi sunak will address the house of commons later today to set out the uks response to the escalating conflict. And well be speaking to the minister for armed forces , James Heappey, in armed forces, James Heappey, in the next hour. The next hour. Back at home, net migration is unlikely to fall to pre brexit levels even by the end of this decade. Will this be another conservative promise broken or Political Correspondent olivia utley live in westminster with the latest. Olivia yeah. Olivia yeah. Once upon a time we were promised net migration le
Next hour. We will have the latest from the picket line. Scientists say theyve settled one of medicines biggest debates. A huge Study Concludes that anti depressants do work, afterfinding common anti depressants were all more effective at reducing symptoms of depression than dummy pills. And at the Winter Olympics russian curler aleksander krushelnitski is stripped of his bronze medal after admitting to doping. Good morning. It is thursday, 22nd of february, i am rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc newsroom life. Theresa may is due to host a lengthy meeting with senior ministers today to try and hammer out the cabinets position on future relations with the eu. The meeting will take place at chequers, the Prime Ministers country retreat. One of the main issues on the table is how closely the uk should follow eu rules after it leaves. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster. Norman. Thank you very much. A key meeting and probably a marathon meeting today which some say
The Transport Minister says investigators arent ruling out any possible reasons for the crash that includes terrorism. Among those on board were members of the famous Red Army Choir. Vigils have been held, this one at the os tan kino tv station to remember the nine journalists who were killed in the crash. The Authorities Say the location of the wreckage has been pinpointed, and more than a hundred divers were exploring the sea bed. So far, eleven bodies have been recovered. Steve rosenberg reports from moscow. This is one of the final images of the tupolev 154 jet. It was taken by a journalist before he boarded the plane. The flight would end in tragedy. The aircraft crashed into the black sea. The russians scrambled helicopters and ships but the search became a Recovery Operation. There were no survivors. The plane had taken off from a Military Airfield near moscow. It flew south, stopping in sochi to refuel. The Final Destination was syria, and russias airbase near latakia, but minu