Attempt to cut costs and deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Also on the programme, the standoff in niger continues. The countrys coup leaders have closed nigers airspace until further notice, citing the threat of Military Invervention from neighbouring powers. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. And the american millionaire allegedly working with the Chinese Government to influence politics in the west. Ill speak to the New York Times reporter behind the investigation. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concerns about conditions on board, but the government insists the ba
main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. controversy rages over rape trials withoutjuries in scotland. could a new pilot scheme improve convictions rates in rape trials, or undermine the principles ofjustice? we ll be speaking to a former snpjustice minister, who is implaccable opposed and the head of rape crisis is scotland who backs the principle. also tonight. the afghan interpreters and their families promised safety in britain, but stuck, some now for a year, in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties betw
and lad baby bag the christmas numberi spot for a fifth time giving them more number one singles than the beatles. more than two hundred million people in america, are under extreme weather alerts, and more than one and a half million people have no power, as temperatures in some areas are predicted to drop, to as low as minus 45 celsius. an arctic storm is approaching, predicted to hit canada. and extend down to the deep south and the border with mexico, including texas. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, has more. it couldn t have come at a worse time. america s peak travel season hit by a once in a generation storm. two days before christmas, two thirds of the country are now under extreme winter weather alerts stretching from here on the canadian border all the way to florida. on airport runways planes have been replaced by de icing trucks. we re out here, period. i mean, we ll be out him until it stops snowing, really. ..leading to thousands of cancelled f
in london for murder victim sarah everard last year. and why freya the walrus that had become a popular attraction in the oslo fjord has been put down in norway. a fire at a coptic church in greater cairo has killed at least 41 people and injured many. several children are believed to be among the dead. many rescuers were overwhelmed by the heat and smoke. the blaze at the abu sifen church in the capital s imbaba district, is reported to have been caused by an electrical fault. sally nabil has more from the scene. this is the church where the fire broke out during the sunday mass. we understood from the people here that there were children and women among there were children and women among the victims. residents of neighbouring buildings told me that they rushed into the church to try and save the victims but the whole area was covered with thick clouds of smoke. they could hardly see. it took some time before ambulance cars arrived, dozens of cars have arrived here to move
always positive sign somehow but yes, decided last week because it s not the case of the moment and he is here and is training and on the matches in a safe place of the team and everything is ok and he wants to be a us and he travels here. be with us and he travels here. the arsenal women s manager, jonas eidevall, has responded to claims he bullied the fourth official during their win over manchester city on sunday in the wsl. eidevall was adamant he did nothing he would be ashamed of after city boss gareth taylor s allegation. this is what he had to say. i got really disappointed with the comments because i think there s no personal truth in them. the wording that gareth used by third birds is borderline slander and either he is not very good with the truth or good with the language, but either way i don t think is acceptable. ben stokes delivered for england on wednesday, ensuring their disappointing cricket world cup didn t continue to go from bad to worse. looking in tro