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ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraines air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims — with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? weve been looking at the numbers and its a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, im rajini vaid...

To political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. There were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner Shirley Conran and the former conservative Ministerjackie Doyle price. Another ex conservative minister Alec Shelbrooke gets a knighthood. Critics have expressed dismay at the list. Remember, liz truss wa...

with authorjilly cooper, glastonbury festival founder michael eavis, and england lionesses�* captain millie bright all in line for new titles. theyre notjust for famous faces — the majority of honours have been given to people who are not in the public eye. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. her books have sold in their millions. noinlly cooper has been made a dame for services to literature and charity. i cant quite believe it, its so lovely. when they told me, i...

doomed to we come on air with some breaking news, a hamas... was killed. three other people were killed. three other people were killed in the attack, the deputy head of hamas�* political bureau deeply involved in his military affairs. and the founder of its military wing. this took a stronghold of the hezbollah group. you can see there at these pictures just coming into us at the moment. this is of course a developing story, and its been confirmed by an official from hamas that they...

over the last couple of hours in the middle east. middle east hamas says its deputy leader has been killed in an explosion in lebanon. hezbollah says his kidding" will not go unanswered". saleh al—arouri was deputy chairman of hamass political bureau but is also known to have been deeply involved in its military affairs. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. this is the aftermath of the explosion — thought to be hamas office in beirut. reports si...

ending child marriage. weve been invited to their first field trip together, and theyve come to ludzi secondary school in malawi. when i was your age, there were people in my community that didnt think a girl like me, who didnt have money or wealth or connections, could do the things that i did. i even had my second—form teacher tell me that i shouldnt apply to the colleges i applied to because she didnt think i could get in. so i ignored her and i applied to princeton. i got in and ...

to this cultural life. thank you. on this cultural life, i ask my guests to reflect on the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity. you were born and raised in chelsea in new york city in the late �*50s and the �*60s? yes. what are your earliest cultural memories as a child? youre talking about a little kid, im a little kid? the most important thing to me was that the people around me, again, the people around me never said, "you cant do th...

in 2022, michelle obama, amal clooney and melinda french gates came together to announce a collaboration with the aim of ending child marriage. weve been invited to their first field trip together, and theyve come to ludzi secondary school in malawi. when i was your age, there were people in my community that didnt think a girl like me, who didnt have money or wealth or connections, could do the things that i did. i even had my second—form teacher tell me that i shouldnt apply to the...

are trapped beneath rubble after mondays powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraines air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims — with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n terrified today, has the government creo the legacy asylum backlog? weve been looking at the numbers and its a lot more co...

to political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex—vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long—term adviser. there were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner shirley conran and the former conservative ministerjackie doyle—price. another ex—conservative minister alec shelbrooke gets a knighthood. critics have expressed dismay at the list. reme...