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ireland assembly election. while the counting continues, the leader of the dup conceded this evening that sinn fein will win the vote. a short time ago, sinn fein had 23 assembly members, the democratic unionist party had 22, and the cross community alliance party had 15 seats. 78 of 90 seats have been declared so far. it will be the first time a nationalist party in northern ireland has won the most seats with sinn fein s ultimate goal being for northern ireland to leave the uk and become one country with the republic of ireland. our correspondent chris page reports, and a warning there is some flash photography. it s all over bar the cheering. cheering when the final election result is in sinn fein will be on top. for the first time, a party which is dedicated to taking northern ireland out of the uk is the biggest political force here. it s a huge historic moment for irish nationalism and a massively symbolic shift. sinn fein s vice president michelle o neill is ....
on student loans could jump as high as 12% later this year. financial experts and students call for a change to the system which, they say, could put people off going to university. tempers spill over in madrid as police separate manchester city and atletico players after a bruising night as city reach the semifinals of the champions league. the league. first half of the easter weekend looking the first half of the easter weekend looking dry with sunshine. the best of which in the east. the second half has the potential for rain. all the details throughout the programme. it s thursday, 14th april. our main story. the government has struck a deal to send some asylum seekers to rwanda while their claims are processed. the prime minister is due to unveil more details of the scheme later this morning. single men who travel across the channel in small boats will be relocated more than 4,000 miles to rwanda and could also be encouraged to settle in the east african country. c ....
a shortage of supplies and ammunition has been blamed for giving russia one of its biggest military victories for months. the white house is warning the stakes for ukraine and for the entire world remain high. president biden is calling on american politicians to pass the latest package of military aid for kyiv, which has been blocked by congress. look, the ukrainian people fought so bravely and heroically, they put so much on the line, and the idea that now, they re running out of ammunition, we walk away, i find it absurd, ifind it unethical, ifind itjust contrary to everything we are as a country. so i m going to fight to get them the ammunition they need. the ukrainian president was in munich, where senior defence officials and world leaders have been gathering a week before the two year anniversary of russia s full scale invasion of ukraine. president zelensky repeated his appeal for more weapons to avoid what he called a catastrophic situation in europe. translation: we ....
says his fighters have taken over rostov on don. tanks were seen in the city earlier today, which is the military command centre for the russian army s war in ukraine. wagner troops also appear to have been taking action in the voronezh region, which lies half way between rostov and moscow, over 600 kilometres north on the m4 highway. there are reports of fighting between russian troops and wagner mercenaries in and around the city of voronezh. an arms dump in the city has been set on fire. voronzeh is a key city on route to moscow, just 8 hours from the capital, where security has been tightened. amoured vehicles have been seen on the streets. there have also been sightings of wagner mercenary troops in the nearby city of lipetsk. the governor has confirmed wagner troops are in the region, and ordered everyone in the city to remain indoors for their own safety. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports from moscow. in rostov, this was no ordinary saturday. a city of a milli ....
israel is concentrating its ground offensive on the centre and the south of the strip. with hamas fighters continuing to resist the idf s advances. translation: the war is at its height. - we are fighting on all fronts. we have huge success but we also have painful cases. central gaza is the latest focus of israel s military operation, with heavy bombardment on the densely populated nuseirat refugee camp. further south, in neighbouring deir al balah, palestinian rescue workers stand around the body of their colleague. he was killed in a strike near the al aqsa hospital where many of the wounded are being treated. this is the safe area where palestinians were told to come to escape the fighting in the centre. but as the military operation expands, safe areas for gazans keep shrinking. the southernmost city of rafah has now become the last stop for hundreds of thousands of displaced people fleeing the heavy bombardment in khan younis. many using makeshift shelters near th ....