net migration reached record levels in 2022 and 2023. that s the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving. and when the government talks about immigration, the issue of small boats dominates. today, the home office has launched this social media campaign targeting vietnamese nationals, setting out the risks of crossing the channel. you might have got the impression that it s small boats that have driven a record rise in net migration. they haven t. while the issue is important, in the context of overall immigration, the numbers are tiny. at that time, suella braverman was home secretary. until rishi sunak sacked she now says the prime minister had not necessarily assumed that legal migration was an important issue for the british people. and she makes this claim. i struggled myself as home secretary to even have a meaningful conversation with him about it. i was left to written correspondence on several occasions throughout a period of 12 months, putting f
our panel with us tonight brian taylor and david gauke. is scottish political thank you very much for being with us. we will get to our panel very shortly. first, here s the latest bbc news. the un security council has passed a resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire in gaza for the first time since the start of the israel hamas war. the us abstained. the text demands the release of hostages but it did not make a truce dependent on them being freed, as washington had previously demanded. president putin says that the gunmen who carried out the concert hall attack that killed over 130 people in a moscow suburb last week were radical islamists. he has previously claimed that four attackers were arrested while trying to escape to ukraine a claim kyiv dismissed as ridiculous. he made no mention today of the islamic state group that claimed responsibility for the attack. former president donald trump has indicated he plans to testify at his trial over a hush payment t
as he appears at court in new york we ll get the latest from our correspondent. four gunmen accused of carrying out the moscow concert hall attack have been charged with terrorism. time for a look at the business news now. first up it s all change at boeing the plane maker has revealed that its chief executive dave calhoun will leave by the end of this year. the company also said the boss of its commercial airlines division will retire immediately, while its chairman will not stand for re election. the firm is under pressure after a door panel on a plane blew out in mid air injanuary. no one was injured during the incident, but the firm s safety record has come under renewed scrutiny. let s get more now from john grant, who s an independent aviation analyst. change at the top often follows this sort of thing but does it address the technical issues and safety? they have been these underlying issues with the technical they have been these underlying issues with the tec