i ve got a purpose in life out there. you didn t have any military experience previously? 100% civilian. from those who d never held a weapon to experienced soldiers, british volunteers are fighting and dying alongside the people of ukraine. i didn t find out till the day before he was going. a lot of people are like, why you are here and why are you doing this? is there a kind of war tourism? as i tracked down the people who didn t have to be in this war, we find stories of bravery. get me a chest seal, open the bag. ..and friendship. everyone 0k? i am proud of what i ve achieved, i m proud of the guys who i m out there with. ..of a search for adventure and of sacrifice. i wish we could ve kept him here. we re on our way to the ukrainian border to meet up with a medical team that are helping evacuate an injured british fighter. but their ambulance has broken down and they ve had to get another one, so fingers crossed they ll make it out. thousands of volunteers have made
if you thought we d left winter behind, technically we have, next week you may well be doubting that because it is set to turn colder, cold enough for some of us to see some snow. more on that in a moment. back to the here and now, we ve got a lot of cloud around, its quite quiet, not moving quickly as far as the weather goes this afternoon. a lot of cloud, some showers through scotland, northern ireland and northern england, the best of the sunshine in south wales and southern england and temperatures where they have been during the week, 7 10, not particularly windy. tonight we will see more cloud rolling westwards across england into east wales, northern ireland and southern scotland. staying pretty cloudy. there could be the odd light shower. but when we see leo breaks in west wales, the south west of england, the north west of scotland, we could see a touch of frost but it s also when we have the chance for sunshine tomorrow, the best of that across northern and central
Eastern areas, cloud, Light Rain In The South East and a cool wind along the south east and a cool wind along the north sea coast. More later. Its tuesday the 23rd of april. Asylum seekers who enter the uk illegally could be sent to rwanda after a Government Bill finally made it through parliament in the early hours, after months of delays. It declared the african country to be safe. The bill will become law within the next few days and the Prime Minister has said the first flights will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. Human Rights Groups described the plan as shameful. Our Political Correspondent ben wright has the details. Long after most people had gone to bed, parliament carried on working, wrestling with the issue of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The governments plan had faced strong resistance in the House Of Lords. They voted for changes mps kept rejecting. My lords, this bill has now been scrutinised a number of times. The government have rejected this amendment several tim
Interview later in the programme. Swords, axes and air guns, just some of the weapons seized from children in schools across the country. Police chiefs are warning that there has been a worrying rise in the number of young people carrying knives. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Caitlynjenner is with us this morning. Is there anything youd like to ask her about her life, her family, her relationships . Get in touch. We are also talking about the rise in the number of children carrying knives, as Police Seize Thousands of them from schools. If you have school age kids, are you worried for them . If youre getting in touch, use victorialive and text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Donald trump has been defending his decision to sack the director of the fbi. In his first extensive Television Interview since he sacked james comey, he told the American Network nbc news that the former fbi boss was a showboat and a grandstander and
under tank fire, picked us up and drove us away. with two punctured lungs, and saw my hand hanging off. the right shoulder was split open, the top of the right arm was shot and the bone s been destroyed, the forearm has been blown apart, the form has been ripped out and the wrist is been taken apart. my stomach was torn open and put back together. what was it like recovering in that hospital? you re awake for these surgeries most of the time. it s time to continue the journey. speaks ukrainian. shareef s ukrainian fiancee is coming, too, and there s little time to lose. he s to be transferred to a safe hospital in bristol, where surgeons are going to try and save his hand. if he stays in ukraine, he s going to lose his hand. fighters aren t the only ones risking their lives