Into the night they are still going now and maybe into the early hours, its the latest, the last showdown between mps and peers over the governments rwanda bill, but it is expected to be passed tonight. Stay with us for live coverage. The stand off continues peers sent the safety of rwanda bill back to the commons for a fifth time where mps are voting. Today the Prime Minister was in determined mood. He now says multiple flights to rwanda will take off thisjuly. If that happens, will they act as a deterrent . And what will all this do for rishi sunak s electoral fortunes . Well ask this conservative and our Newsnight Panel are here too. Could there be a Summer Election even if flights do take off . Donald trump on day one of his trial in new york accused of covering up hush money paid to Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels. Its the first time a us president current orformer has faced a criminal trial. Good evening. It could be a long night for mps in the House Of Commons and peers in the ho
britain and rwanda have signed a new treaty aimed at getting the uk government s flagship asylum policy operational, following a series of legal challenges. the policy first announced in april 2022 would see some asylum seekers sent to rwanda to claim asylum there. but it hit legal setbacks and was blocked in its previous form by the uk supreme court. after signing the agreement during a visit to kigali, the home secretary james cleverly said he believed the new treaty addressed all the concerns raised by the supreme court. he said he can t see any credible reason to question rwanda s human rights record, and hopes the first migrant flights will go there in spring 202a. £140 million has already been paid by the uk to rwanda for the implementation of the policy. fundamentally the supreme court raised two issues. one was about the capacity of the rwandan judicial system. we have been working on that for over a year. we started to address that at the time of the appeal co
Named in the side. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident and Emergency Departments in england in december thats according to officialfigures. Only 86 met the nhs target of being seen in four hours or less. And figures leaked to the bbc suggest it was even worse in january, just 82 , the worst performing month for a e departments in the past 13 years. The bma says the Prime Minister can no longer bury her head in the sand about the increasing pressure on the nhs. The government says the vast majority of patients are seen and treated quickly. This report from our Health Editor hugh pym. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strains being felt right across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. The latest official figures confirmed it was the worst for waits since modern re
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Manafort. That is a fact. That is news. That is legally concerning for donald trump and politically concerning as confessions are not a great message heading into the midterms. But donald trump has his own plan. While he didnt know this trial of this Campaign Trial would be on track for a verdict heading into labor day, which is of course a key time for the midterms, he has long known he has his own plans divert attention. He told a confidant he would revive his attacks on the nfl over people that kneel in protest leading up to the midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power
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