hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour s plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here s our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, a
my target is to try to repeat the same emotion that we had the week after this game. and so this is the target. i have the luck to be in the best club in the world. staying with football. england step up their prepartions for euro 2024 with a friendly against bosnia herzegovina on monday. the game will be played at stjames s park, home of newcastle united, so england have been getting ready at the training ground of nearby middlesbrough today. harry maguire, luke shaw and anthony gordon didn t take part in the session due to injury. kobbie mainoo, phil foden, kyle walker and jude bellingham willjoin the squad next week. to tennis now. defending champion iga swiatek is through to the quarter finals of the women s singles at the french open. the world number one blew away anastasia potapova, ranked 41st in the world, in straight sets.