hello and welcome to bbc news. the focus of the conservative leadership race to elect the next british prime minister is switching to immigration, with both candidates setting out measures to control the uk s borders. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has proposed a ten point plan including a cap on refugee numbers, and witholding aid from countries which won t accept the return of asylum seekers whose claims have failed. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has told a newspaper she would increase the number of frontline border force staff by a fifth. joining me now is our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. you have been looking in detail at the ten point plan from rishi sunak, what are they saying in more detail? liz truss saying this morning all over the mail on sunday, her key message is she will continue with the rwanda plan, try and expand it to other countries. you mentioned increasing borderfor to other countries. you mentioned increasing border for staff,
for a visit described as a pilgrimage of penance . hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. britons using eurotunnel to travel to france have been warned to expect long delays at folkestone, as the summer getaway gets into full swing. the company says processing time from check in to boarding is estimated to be around 90 minutes. some eurotunnel passengers say they spent the night in their cars trying to get to the terminal. queues at the port of dover have eased to just an hour today, after two days of gridlocked roads and lengthy waits there. the port of dover authorities have issued a statement, saying operations have returned to normal after staff worked around the clock to clear a backlog of freight vehicles overnight. we can cross live to folkestone and our correspondent vishala sri pathma. what is the situation like there now? we can see a bit of queueing behind you. now? we can see a bit of queueing behind vom now? we can see a bit of queu
Islamist extremists. Who decides Little Charlie gards future his parents or medical experts . The answer now lies with the European Court. Youd think it was a Big Budget Film Premiere were in la where theyre unveiling the next generation of video games. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news 11 days before the first test against the all blacks, the lions fall short in new zealand once again. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Negotiations between theresa may and Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party are still continuing with both sides confident tonight of a deal tomorrow. The dup leader, arlene foster, has outlined her priorities among them brexit and counter terrorism. Today the former conservative Prime Ministerjohn majorjoined others whove voiced their concerns over the implications of a deal with the dup. All of which gave labour leader Jeremy Corbyn some of his best lines in the commons. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. They are all
To be forgotten. you have such diversity in the brics coalition and while there may be nations like russia and china who intend to directly challenge the west, there are others like brazil and south africa and i include india as well as the nations who have a much more nuanced, much more complicated relationship with the west. south africa is in the midst of trying to renew the african growth and opportunity act, which gives them tax free access to the us market. india s trade with the us is now tops 190 billion, we re their largest trade partners. there is a lot of complexity there and a good deal more nuanced. we will be live injohannesburg with more on the brics summit. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s look at some other stories making news. a ukjudge has ruled that the child killer lucy letby will never be
What they take from here today won t last long. the world food programme estimates that 50 million people in the horn of africa region could face starvation if they don t get urgent food. pope francis is on his way to canada for a visit he s described as a pilgrimage of penance. he will personally apologise to indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at roman catholic run schools. unmarked graves were discovered last year at some sites, where children were subjected to neglect, isolation and malnutrition as part of a policy of cultural assimilation. as he departed, the pope was in a wheelchair, after suffering from knee pain. a leading uk judge a leading ukjudge has criticised the number of divorce cases going to court, saying the confrontational nature of the system is harming outcomes for both adults and