a way of transforming songs. - tribute to the music legend. she had a way of transforming songs. so - tribute to the music legend. she hadi a way of transforming songs. so that she owns them, they were hers. she was worshipped. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now. we start here in the uk where new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022, despite the government s promise to reduce it. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine, because of the war, and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. i asked peter walsh from the oxford university migration 0bservatory his reaction to the net migration numbers. it is doubl
On the israel gaza war. The Uns Highest Court has ruled that israel Must Immediately halt its Military Offensive in rafah. South africa had asked the International Court ofjustice to issue the order as an emergency measure. It argued israels actions in rafah amount to a genocidal operation and threatened the survival of the Palestinian People. The icj made several rulings today. In addition to calls for israel to halt the Military Operation in rafah, the Court Ordered it open the Rafah Crossing with egypt for the entry of humanitarian aid at scale. It also wants israel to ensure access to gaza for investigators and fact finding missions. Thejudges called on hamas to immediately and unconditionally release hostages taken in its october 7th attack on israel. The icj can make legally binding rulings in disputes between countries, but has little way of enforcing its orders. However, its given israel a month to update on progress. Lets hear from judge nawaf salam. The Court Considers that i
the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, a week when mps hoped the killing of sarah everard would be a watershed moment to help prevent violence against women. too many of us have clutched our keys in our fist in case we need to defend ourselves. and that is not ok. but ministers face complaints about police tactics and a lack ofjustice. i have parliamentary privilege. i can name the men who have hurt me. but millions of women in this country don t even have that. a victim of stalking shares her experience. he dropped the letters through my letterbox, just so i knew that he knew where i lived. and elsewhere in westminster, a controversial figure returns to haunt the government. in spring 2020, the situation got to where the department of health was just a smoking ruin in terms of procurement to ppe. but first, sarah everard s killing prompted widespread public anger and calls for action to do more to protect women and girls. hundreds gathere
there is speculation he was suffering from covid 19. now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament, as sarah everard s killing fuels calls for justice for women. i have parliamentary privilege. i can name the men who have hurt me, but millions of women in this country don t even have that. we have to address the fundamental issue of the casual everyday sexism and apathy. also in this programme, borisjohnson s former aide returns to the political fray with a damning verdict on how covid was managed. in spring 2020, we had - a situation where department of health was just a smoking ruin in terms of procurement and ppe. and the speaker tells a welsh mp to mind her language. she speaks welsh more on that story later. but first, prime minister s questions, dominated this week by the killing of sarah everard and the issue of women s safety. sarah went missing while walking home from a friend s house earlier this month. a police officer has b
He didnt play great tennis, but he beat Kei Nishikori to reach the semi finals of the french open for the fourth year in a row. From Colgate Lasagne to green ketchup, well look at the ill conceived products that have been consigned to the first ever museum of failure. And matt is in rochester with the weather. A bit ofa a bit of a fail as well. In morning. We are failing to know our wildflowers. I am we are failing to know our wildflowers. Iam in we are failing to know our wildflowers. I am in kent to find out more. What we do know is there is rain this week. I will have all the details coming up. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. In just one hour, Polling Stations will open for millions of people to cast their vote in the general election. Police forces say therell be increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and london. The first Election Results are expected at around midnight. Gary 0donoghue reports. Election day 2017, just two