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draw was caitlin clark. she is considered one of the greatest college players ever. a two time player of the year for leading score for both men and women. she say household name. fans tuned in again this week when clark was selected as the number one pick in the wnba draft. excitement turned to outrage when they learned that clark's base salary for this season, wait for it. $76,000. that is a sliver of the $12 million the nba's top pick made this season. many pointed out this pay gap comes from the different revenue totals. we are here today to challenge that notion. those numbers speak to a larmer question how much society values women's sports. joining me now sports journalist davidson and sports editor. great to have both of you with us. i will start you with you and your collum.
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considered one of the greatest college players ever. a two-time player of the year in division i all-time leading scorer for both men and women. she has become a household name. fans tuned in again this week when clark was selected as the number one pick in the wnba draft. but excitement turned to outrage when they learned her base salary for the season, wait for it, $76,000. that is a sliver of the $12 million the nba's top pick made this season. many pointed out this pay gap comes from the two leagues vastly different revenue totals. but we're here today to challenge that notion because those numbers speak to a larger question by how much society values women's sports. joining me now is the sports journalist and the sports editor at the nation. it's great to have both of you with us. i'll start with you and your recent call. you noted that women's basketball is still undervalued by society. talk about that in regards to
possible in the 7th of october. —— investigative committee. yolande knell, middle east correspondent, thank you. the uk government says it's determined that its bill to allow some asylum seekers to be sent to rwanda should face no further delays. it says members of both the upper and lower chambers of parliament will have to keep voting until it's approved. the government hopes the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous english channel crossing on small boats. so far this year, more than 6,000 migrants have made the journey. the prime minister will hold a press conference in about an hour and a half. we'll take you live to that when it happens. joining me now from the rwandan capital kigali is our africa correspondent barbara plett usher, and our political correspondent harry farley is in westminster for us. good morning to both of you. hello, both of you. barbara plett usher, first in kigali, if i could turn to you and ask what the view is there,
processed there. there are three possible outcomes for claims — if they are successful, the applicant could be granted refugee status and allowed to stay in rwanda. if they're not, they can apply to settle in rwanda on other grounds. the third option would be to seek asylum in another "safe third country". no asylum seeker would be able to apply to return to the uk. ministers hope the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous english channel crossing on small boats. so far this year, more than 6000 migrants have made thejourney.no migrants have made thejourney. no—one has yet been sent to rwanda. that's 1200 more people than the same period last year. in 2023 — there were more than 29,000 arrivals — and that was down on a record number the year before. fiona irving visited a camp in calais to speak to some migrants, who said they are still determined to make the journey and would not be
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we will keep an eye on what is happening in downing street where the prime minister will take to the podium shortly to hold a press conference on the government's rwanda bill. in the meantime, let's take a closer look at the controversial policy and the stakes. so far this year, more than 6,000 migrants have made the journey across the channel. under the policy, anyone "entering the uk illegally", could be sent to rwanda, with no limit on numbers. the government hopes the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous english channel crossing on small boats. the plan has been strongly criticised by human rights groups and the uk supreme court ruled the policy was unlawful. let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley. what can we expect to hear from the prime minister this morning? rishi sunak has previously _ prime minister this morning? ii si sunak has previously urged prime minister this morning? i1 si sunak has previously urged the prime minister this morning? i si sunak has previously urged the house of lords to pass this bill. he has told them not to frustrate the will of the people, in his words, and get
witnesses in the trial potentially this afternoon or into tomorrow. plenty more reaction in a moment. mps have finished debating the government's rwanda bill, which aimns to send some asylum seekers to rwands. rishi sunak said today he wants the first plaves to take off within "10—12 weeks". the bill has been going back and forth between the commons and lords forth between the commons and lords forfour forth between the commons and lords for four months. pm says he wants that to happen today. let's take a closer look at the controversial rwanda asylum policy. so far this year, more than 6,000 migrants have made the journey across the channel from continental europe to england. under the policy, anyone "entering the uk illegally", could be sent to rwanda, with no limit on numbers. the government hopes the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous crossing in small boats.
so far this year, more than 6,000 migrants have made the journey across the channel from continental europe to england. under the policy, anyone "entering the uk illegally", could be sent to rwanda, with no limit on numbers. the government hopes the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous crossing on small boats. the plan has been strongly criticised by human rights groups and the uk supreme court ruled the policy was unlawful. here is mr sunak setting out a timeline for his plan. the first flight will leave in ten to 12 weeks. now, of course that is later than we wanted, but we have always been clear that processing will take time and if labour peers had not spent weeks holding up the bill in the house of lords to try to block these flights altogether, we would have begun this process weeks ago. let's speak to our political correspondent, harry farley, who's live in westminster. a very significant day. it is, the prime minister saying no ifs and