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the government believed, this rwanda policy would be a deterrent to people who are considering making that dangerous channel crossing. the governments perspective all it would be. that doesnt take away from the amount of political weight the government has put behind this policy. they have made it essential policy. they have made it essential policy when it comes to immigration. it is the government who has pointed to the rwanda plan. you will remember the former home secretary suella ...

Resources which come in, which are not enough by any means, but even to get those meagre resources to those in need. thats because within the border, those areas have been bombed. our own staff at unwra has come underfire, we have lost many of our own staff members, as ive said, and the road leading out from rafah have been damaged. some of unwras trucks have been stuck and weve not got access to them. so we not only need more medical supplies and goods, mind you there are 50,000 pregnant women ...

Still very difficult, if not sometimes impossible for unwra to get those resources which come in, which are not enough by any means, but even to get those meagre resources into those in need. thats because in those... our own staff at unwra has come underfire, we have lost many of our own staff members, as ive said, and the road leading out from the rough crossing have been damaged. some of unwras trucks have been stuck in weve not got access to them. so we not only need more medical supplies an...

For millions of americans the death of richard nixon, in a new york hospital, has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and liftoff of the space shuttle discovery, with the huddle space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc world news. with me, david eades. the latest headlines: ukraine says russia has launched its large—scale offensive in the east of the country. presiden...

Power as normal, while soaring prices have made it too costly to rely on gas. national grid eso, which is responsible for balancing the uks electricity supply, confirmed coal was providing 3% of national power. facebook has apologised after users who watched a video featuring black men were asked if they wanted to "keep seeing videos about primates". the fault was due to an artificial—intelligence recommendation system. the social media giant says it was "clearly an unacceptable error", disabl...

Biden would perhaps have a tougher time pointing the finger and he could be taking a lot of criticisms about what were hearing this week into the selection few years from now so i dont think these criticisms are going away anytime soon and he will have to weather the storm which, from the clip you play, it sounds like he is already trying to do that. one of the most beloved tv shows in the us —jeopardy! — has come underfire after its new co—host has been accused of making sexist and racist...

Of the airport to bring in 167 american citizens who basically couldnt get in because it was so congested at the entrance to kabul airport. the taliban, the president insists, is continuing to provide safe passage for americans through to the airport, but today the us defence secretary lloyd austin confirmed that there were reports that americans had been beaten in some cases by the taliban. whether the presidents latest remarks will sway his critics remains to be seen. his approval rating is cu...

That afghanistan doesnt become a terrorist safe haven once again. the british prime minister — borisjohnson — says he "absolutely" has confidence in the foreign secretary, dominic raab, whos come underfire for his handling of the crisis in afghanistan. he failed to call his afghan counterpart to discuss evacuations, after being advised to do so by officials. mr raab said his priority, at the time, had been dealing with security issues, at kabul airport. heres our political correspondent alex...

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