Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start with a Major Political political row here in the uk. The first Asylum Seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england have now begun arriving on board. The governments use of the barge called the Bibby Stockholm Has been controversial. Officials say it will be used to house up to 500 men while they await the outcome of their asylum applications. Campaigners have expressed concern about the conditions on board, but the government insists the vessel is safe and that it will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. Our correspondent ellie price is in dorset for us. She gave us this update a little earlier. We also understand there are already a number of migrants on board. I cant tell you exactly how many, im afraid. Probably understandably the home office being a bit cagey about numbers. They dont want to be seen to be putting numbers on it, because i think that would imp
in ukraine fierce fighting continues as russian forces advance on the eastern city of bakhmut. the deputy mayor says the region is almost destroyed. and the stars behind the irish comedy the banshees 0f inisherin speak to usahead of the oscars on sunday. to feel it as colloquial and then see it go out into the world and be received by people from all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe that we share is pretty surprising and cool. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. exactly a month after the devastating earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria, an unprecedented number of people are living without proper shelter. the united nations development programme the undp estimates that in turkey alone at least one and a half million people still inside the disaster zone are homeless. the true figure could be even higher. let s show you some live pictures from hatay in turkey which was one of the worst affected
and moving matches to avoid using floodlights. is the rising energy prices making football clubs finances unsustainable? we may be fast approaching winter, but major changes to the structure of two of our most high profile summer sports are being hotly debated tonight. in a few minutes, we are going to be talking about big proposals to shake up the structure of rugby in this country. but before that though, cricket. the new chairman of the ecb says the sport must find a compromise over controversial plans to overhaul the calendar amid a revolt by the counties who could have the number of matches they play slashed. in his first broadcast interview since taking up the role, richard thompson told our sports editor that change was needed because international cricket faced an existential threat from overseas t20 franchises. england may have enjoyed a resurgence in men are both vs cricket this summer but behind the scenes, mounting division on how to secure long term success. the
victory for every ukrainian. a ukrainian rap group takes the prize in the song contest. and we begin with a senseless tragedy that s become just all too common in the united states. another mass shooting. mis police say ten people were killed when a 18-year-old white male opened fire in a grocery store in a largely-black neighborhood. they re calling the attack racially motivated, and witnesses are describing a scene that was both horrifying and heartbreaking. i seen a guy in a full army suit, just shooting shots at people. and i seen a security guard run in the store. and then i seen the guy go in, army style, bent over, just shooting at people. and i heard him shooting at people. and i saw three people laying down, and i didn t have a phone on me, so i was just screaming at somebody to call the police and came out. he put the gun to his head, to his chin, then he dropped it, then he took off with a bulletproof vest and got on his hands and knees and put his hands behind