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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 ferry people across the channel, it is about getting after the money of these people smugglers and it is about working hard both on the uk border and across europe. that is what driven this 36% reduction. at the same time, is that youre seeing an 80% increase. we are a positive outlier because of the actions that we have taken. so this is not about the weather, this is about the work the home office officials have been doing both domestically and with their counterparts across europ...

goalless at half—time at the london stadium. a win for brayton could see them move into sixth place and they would leap frog the hosts in the process. staying with football, staying with english robot because wayne rooney us says he does not believe 13 weeks was sufficient to oversee changes at birmingham city. following his sacking by the championship club earlier on tuesday. he has been dismissed after just 15 games in charge following a dismal run of four. birmingham in the top si...

Now, its also worth having a look at how the government has got the backlog down so significantly. these figures are for the first nine months of the year. as you can see, the number of cases being approved has gone up significantly. thats led critics of the government, like nigel farage, to say that theyve rushed through claims. its also worth having a look at this bit in yellow, the number of withdrawn cases. thats at a record high. it includes people who decide not to pursue their asylum case...

Like missing application meetings or not keeping in touch with the home office. and finally, have a look at this quote from the home offices release today. it says that from the figures its produced, 35,000 cases were non—substa ntive decisions. that often means that theyve been withdrawn from the figures. so as you can see, its a lot more complicated than some of the governments headline claims suggest. and finally, ijust want to show you this. although the legacy backlog has gone down consid...

The backlog down so significantly. these figures are for the first nine months of the year. as you can see, the number of cases being approved has gone up significantly. thats led critics of the government, like nigel farage, to say that theyve rushed through claims. its also worth having a look at this bit in yellow, the number of withdrawn cases. thats at a record high. it includes people who decide not to pursue their asylum case, but it also includes those the home office decides to take out...