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
The case of the gentleman we heard from in the Report Isjust the case of the gentleman we heard from in the report is just how much he was willing to share with us, that level of detail is rare to come across because most people in this situation dont want to talk to journalists about their experience. They find it very difficult to actually communicate with their families, how do they do it . That is an interesting point, why cant a uyghur in the uk picked up a phone and call his family . That is because uyghurs in china are under intense surveillance. They assume their calls and Text Messages will be monitored by the state. One expert told us if a call comes in from a Family Member overseas, they wont pick up because they fear communicating free like that will put them at risk in some way. They feel at risk and hugely isolated as well. Sir geofrey nice kc is chair of the Uyghur Tribunal and we can talk to him now. Iam sure i am sure you heard that response to the bbc from the Chinese
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the israeli military has said that it mistakenly killed three hostages during its military operation in gaza, after misidentifying them as a threat . those hostages have been named as 28 year old yotam haim, 25 year old samer talalka and 26 year old alon shamriz. all three were kidnapped from their kibbutzes by hamas during its attack on october 7th. the israeli military says it is investigating this latest event. israeli prime minster benjamin netanyahu has renewed his vow to bring hostages home and calld the incident an unbearable tragedy. relatives of hostages taken by hamas are currently demonstrating near the israeli ministry of defence in tel aviv in response to the incident calling for a ceasefire and for an agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. here s how idf spokesman lieutenant coloneljonathan conricus explained what happened to the bbc earlier. they were dressed in civilian clothing and probably in a sim
some of the transfers to that robinson walker company happened during 2015 and 2016, time when joe biden was very much vice president of the united states. john: you just saw the breaking news right here as the head of the house oversight committee, james comer, details the money trail linking the biden family with china. and comer says he has some bad news for the white house. this is just the beginning. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, see if we can top the last hour news content. sandra: here we go on this friday afternoon. chairman comer joining us after we learned the name of the third biden family member who received a cut of a wire money transferred to a business associate. white house dismissing the findings as a disgusting attack and hunter biden is counter suing the delaware computer shop owner who held on to his laptop and shared its contents with the new york post. but chairman comer tells us