And sword, a man, ora woman . Through to the quarterfinals. Hello. Its a controversial policy, attacked by human Rights Groups and subject to legal challenge. But today, the first of possibly hundreds of migrants, moved onto a barge docked off the coast of dorset, to be housed while they await the outcome of Asylum Applications. The government says the vessel, which will accomodate up to 500 men, will be better value than hotels costing 6 Million Pounds a day. But concerns have been raised about the possible impact on local services, and campaigners have called it a shameful way to treat people, who are often fleeing war or persecution. Danjohnson has our top story tonight, and we can join him now in portland, where the barge is docked. This is deeply controversial. Whether you are supportive of it or against it, a lot of people are, this marks a big moment, a key change in the states attitude towards refugees. That attitude which is projected on behalf of us all. What has happened her
He remains in good spirits. He was sentenced, on saturday, for failing to declare money earned from selling state gifts, while he was in office. After the verdict he was taken from his home directly to prison. He has denied the charges. Lets speak to mian hammad azhar,|mran khan s aide and formerfinance and energy minister. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. Tell us a little bit more about the situation with the former Prime Minister. You say that or his lawyers say they are deplorable conditions but he remains in good spirits. Conditions but he remains in good sirits. ,. ,. , spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because that spirits. That is correct. Hes noti been given because that former spirits. That is correct. Hes not been given because that former Prime Ministers in pakistan are entitled to. Hes being held in a cell with open toilets, that is an unclean, unhygienic a
the ecb s decision to raise its benchmark rate by a 0.25% to 3.75% matches a peak last reached in 2001, at a time when it was trying to boost the value of the newly launched euro currency, which is now used in 20 countries. ecb president christine lagarde has warned consumer prices are still rising too fast and kept its options open for further increases. what i can assure you of, is that we are not going to cut. that is a definite no. but, on the other side, it could be a hike, it could be a pause. if it is a pause, it would not necessarily be for an extended period of time, because as i said, it will vary from meeting to meeting, because we continue to decide on a meeting by meeting basis, every time, informed by the data. a day after the us federal reserve raised its interest rate for the 11th time, new data suggests that it s not excessively dampening the world s biggest economy. a preliminary estimate suggests that the us economy grew 2.4% on an annualised basis between
bianca is off today. just ahead there were a lot of chaotic meetings in the trump white house and this one was described as probably the most chaotic, the most unhinged. cnn has learned that the far right house freedom caucus did vote to remove marjorie taylor greene from the hard line group. beijing sees yellen as this voice of reason within the biden administration. she has pushed to maintain economic ties with china. twitter s newest rival is off to a strong start and in response twitter is threatening to sue. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, july 7, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we begin with exclusive cnn reporting about special counsel jack smith s investigation into donald trump and the 2020 election. our sources are telling us that smith and his team havsignaled a continued interest? what was one of the most chaotic meetings to ever happen in the oval office, it happened december 18 of 2020, six weeks
in new york where president elect on offer has announced plans to hire his son in law as a senior adviser. it is hardly surprising that he wa nts to it is hardly surprising that he wants to keepjared kushner close to his side. it is a jockey has a really been doing for many months, helping to prepare mr trump to the white house but by making the post official, the president elect may be opening a legal can of worms. there is an anti nepotism law that prevents government officials to appointing relatives of official positions but a lot of experts say that does not apply to the white house. it was introduced whenjohn f. kennedy wanted to appoint his brother to attorney general and it was also a cause of contention when president bill clinton tried to appoint hillary clinton, his wife, to oversee his healthcare reform. we are ina to oversee his healthcare reform. we are in a very grey area here. it does, of course look not very appropriate to most people and races appropriate t