but controversial rwanda policy had a new roadblock today, with the appeal court including the east african country is not safe enough for the uk to send asylum seekers there. but the lord chiefjustice, lord burnett, announced it had been a split decision. he thinks rwanda is safe, but his two colleagues did not. deficiencies in the asylum system in rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to remand it will be returned to their home countries, where they face persecution or other inhumane treatment, when in fact, they have a good claim for asylum. in that sense, rwanda is not a safe third country. the government will be disappointed by today s majorityjudgment a blow for the home secretary, who s expressed her personal enthusiasm for getting flights to rwanda started as soon as possible. but that s not the end of the legaljourney the matter will almost certainly now move to the supreme court for a final h
wales and northern ireland in the new year. last week, borisjohnson, the prime minister at the time of the pandemic, arrived 3 hours early at the hearing just after seven am. here s how the 6:00 news began its coverage at six. boris johnson apologises for the way the government handled the pandemic. arriving at the covid inquiry under cover of darkness, the former prime minister admits he should have twigged much sooner the need for action. several viewers wrote in to newswatch to say they thought that was unfair. caroljefferson from loughborough protested. daphne turpin emailed from northampton. ken holden agreed. we asked bbc news to respond to those complaints and they sent us this statement. the government s plans to send some migrants to rwanda if they arrive in the uk illegally has dominated the news in the past week when the new home secretary, james cleverly visited rwanda to sign a treaty. the bbc s political editor chris mason went along to report on the event. but
constitutional right to abortion. for the third time this week, thousands of members of the rmt union have been taking part in a one day strike, causing disruption to rail services across britain. good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession, there s plenty for commonwealth leaders in rwanda to ponder. but, for borisjohnson, domestic politics is never far away. this week s by election defeats in wakefield and tiverton and honiton have spooked some tory mps. and oliver dowden s resignation as party chairman
politics in the uk at the moment, do you still have confidence in the prime minister, is he the right person to lead the uk? i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. he s doing a fantasticjob. he has led on. ..delivering on brexit, helping britain recoverfrom covid, we were the first country to fully develop the vaccine and get it rolled out and now he s doing a brilliantjob of supporting ukraine in the appalling war against russia. and the conservatives have just lost two important by elections. should he be considering his position? his role? incumbent governments do tend to lose by elections. that s not a predictor of the future. what we are making sure is that we are getting the economy going, we re helping the economy grow so people have more opportunities, morejobs in the future and that is what will help us secure the next election. and the migrants deal, which has been signed between the uk and the rwandan government has come under a lot of scrutiny, even her
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