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three times the pre—brexit average of 200—250,000 a year. lets speak to mikejones, who is executive director at migration watch, a british think tank which argues for lower immigration in the uk. the first thing we should say when we talk about those pre—brexit figures, theres an awful lot of stuff thats happened since then. indeed. public opinion is strongly in favour of stricter immigration controls, and there is a widespread belief that this is the governments objective too. t...

released, have been handed to qatari mediators, and passed on to israeli negotiators. prisoners being held in israeli jails will be also be released, as part of the delayed deal. a four—day pause in fighting in gaza — will start on friday morning, at 07:00 local time, after almost seven weeks of fighting. humanitarian aid will start to go into gaza, as soon as that pause in hostilities begins. qatars foreign ministry spokesman majed al—ansari has been speaking about the truce. we...

of the economy, chancellor? jeremy hunt has some good news he wants to trumpet. the bank of england has driven inflation down — its halved this year. so now the chancellor says its time to try to get the economy growing. in todays autumn statement for growth, our choice is not big government, high spending and high tax, because we know that leads to less growth, not more. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work. he announced, under the triple lock, the state pension will g...

good practice which other police forces should consider under similar circumstances. i know from my own experience that when searching for people lost in water course ways, both the sea, coastal or tidal, or indeed land—based rivers, is very complex, complicated, and i think the report does justice as to why this was a difficult search and why it took so long for nikolais body to be found. this is very important, as the commissioner said in his opening comments, nothing could be done...

and theyd onlyjust finish the anthems. batting began with the captain. rohit sharma hit three sixes inside the first ten overs. the fun didnt last. australia have some outstanding fielders. travis head was chasing and diving. he caught it? yep. he caught it. stunned. well, no, this is stunned. virat kohli gone. the man who breaks records with hundreds dismissed for sa. india reminded themselves, "weve got our bowlers" like mohammed shami, david warner gone for seven. like jasprit bumra...

described al—shifa hospital in gaza as a "death zone" after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x. he said they were "very sick". the israeli mi...

the israeli military has released footage which it says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is a 55—metre—long tunnel, which it claims was built by hamas, under the al—shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside the al—shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile, the prime mini...

hello, im samantha simmonds, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. the director of gazas biggest hospital says it has now run out of water — leaving people there "screaming from thirst". he accused israel of blowing up al—shifas main water line. israeli forces are continuing to search the gaza city hospital, which the military says has been a key command centre for hamas. the army took the bbc into a small part of the hosp...

after the countrys highest court ruled that the governments policy was unlawful. the court found there was a real risk that asylum seekers who were sent to rwanda could be wrongly assessed, and returned to their country of origin, where they could face persecution. rishi sunak says new emergency legislation will enable parliament to "confirm rwanda is safe" and that he remained committed to stopping thousands of migrants crossing the channel in small boats every year. heres our politic...

as is so often the case, virat kohli made the headlines. he scored 117 — a record 50th one—day century, overtaking sachin tendulkar in the process. he was well supported, though. shreyas iyer added 105 and subman gill scored 80, as india posted a huge 397—4 from their 50 overs — the highest score in a mens world cup knockout game. for a while new zealand looked in contention to chase it down, thanks to daryl mitchells century, but wickets fell around him and eventually scoreboa...