his attendance at the christmas party was revealed. but boris johnson would not accept it. failures by the metropolitan police were responsible in part for the deaths of three victims of the serial killer stephen ports, an inquestjury has found. the wikileaks inquestjury has found. the wikileaks founder - inquest jury has found. the wikileaks founderjuliana sanchez wikilea ks founder juliana sanchez can wikileaks founderjuliana sanchez can be extradited to face charges in the united states, the high court has ruled. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government is warning of a deeply concerning situation, as new data confirms that the omicron variant in the uk is growing rapidly in all regions, and could be the dominant strain here within the next week. the uk health security agency is suggesting that vaccine protection against mild symptoms has been substantially reduced, but that boosters are effective. tonight the government has announced 300 million pounds of fun
in a major blow to the prime minister tonight, the minister responsible for immigration, robertjenrick, has resigned at the very moment legislation on asylum seekers was being announced to the commons. his resignation came over a bill attempting to enable the government s policy of sending some migrants to rwanda to go ahead after the supreme court ruled it unlawful. mrjenrick said it didn t go far enough and it would not end what he called the merry go round of legal challenges which risked paralysing the scheme. our political editor chris mason is here. a huge embarrassment this for rishi sunak? it this for rishi sunak? is a huge embarrassment. bu quite it is a huge embarrassment. but quite the thing to do so in the very week that you are attempting a reset on, yes, you guessed it, immigration policy. on monday we had government plans to cut legal immigration adjuster the home secretary james cleverly went to rwanda to set out part of the approach on illegal immigration
the government will comply with the judgment of the court and do all that it can to implement it. brexit secretary david davis is due to make a statement later setting out how the government will respond. good morning from the supreme court which today has made legal, constitutional and political history. with this judgment by eight to three, it is parliament that has to three, it is parliament that has to trigger article 50 to begin the formal process of the united kingdom leaving the european union. it is a defeat for the government, which said that through its prerogative powers it could trigger article 50 alone. but that was the decision by eight to three of the supreme court justices as it was read out this morning here the supreme court by the president, lord neuberger. today, by a majority of 8 3, the supreme court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an act of parliament authorising it to do so. book briefly, the reasons given in a judgment writ
Hong Kong has accelerated efforts to shake off influences from the colonial era as the city's legislature on Wednesday began deliberating a bill aimed at altering obsolete legal wordings like "crown" or "governor".