tonight bringing us the context are amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. exactly 20 years ago today, us forces, with the uk and other allies, invaded iraq. the stated aim to rid the country s dictator saddam hussein of his weapons of mass destruction weapons that in the end were never found. it was part of the us s war on terror , started by president george w bush after the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. let s remind ourselves those first moments of the war. on this day in 2003, the first raids were on the capital baghdad it was called shock and awe . it took the us just over a month to defeat iraqi forces and saddam hussain s regime collapsed. president bush declared iraq to be free. but rather than an end to conflict, it was the beginning of many years of bloodshed for iraq and the wider region. the failure to plan for the aftermath of the invasion led, in part, t
we ll have the latest developments. also on the programme tonight. appeal courtjudges rule the first flight to take migrants arriving illegally in britain to rwanda can take off tomorrow. fears for the uk economy as figures show it shrank in april for the second month in a row. a judge rules that treatment should stop for this 12 year old boy who s been in a coma since he was found unconscious at his home. and how a british athlete picked up a pen during lockdown and landed himself at the prestigious royal academy summer exhibition. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. a 650th test wicket forjimmy anderson as england look good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has just published legislation changing northern ireland s post brexit trading arrangements a move the eu says may breach international law. the proposals seek to override parts of the existing protocol, agreed with the eu in 2020, which allows for extra checks on some goods moving
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