it s revealed that almost 400 hotels across the uk are now being used to house asylum seekers at a cost of £6 million a day. and why something fishy has been going on after the body of a rare shark was discovered on a beach in hampshire. and coming up on the bbc news channel. facing a length ban aleksandar mitrovic s moment of madness means he could be out for a significant part of fulham s season. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. for the increasingly isolated russian leader vladimir putin, it is a hugely significant moment the chinese leader xijinping has travelled to moscow to meet him. president xi says today s state visit will give new momentum for relations between the two superpowers. mr xi will be the first foreign leader to shake vladimir putin s hand since an international arrest warrant was issued for the russian president on war crimes charges. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports from moscow. when xi jinping arrived you could tell
fredricka reynolds used to do all the flowers for the weddings, but in an instant, that key part of her business was snatched away. they rang me on the thursday before the asylum seekers came on the monday, and cancelled all my weddings for the foreseeable. that s a huge amount of work and income to me. and she told me it s notjust the loss of thousands of pounds. me and my boys used to go swimming every saturday there. i ve got two little ones and every time we drive past there, they want to go swimming and, unfortunately, that s closed now. because of the small boats crossing the channel, the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone from 3,000 to 51,000 in just three years. it s the government policy that almost no one is in favour of not even the government and it s costing the taxpayer £6 million a day. daniel sandford, bbc news, kegworth. more than 100 metropolitan police officers, who are being investigated for domestic abuse or sexual misconduct, are being allo
the grand slam in dublin against england on st patrick s day weekend. good morning, this weekend is shaping up to be a tale of two halves, today a case of sunny spells and scattered sharp showers but mild for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieterforjust that for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieter forjust that little bit cooler, all the details coming up shortly. it s saturday march 18th. our top story president biden has said vladimir putin has clearly committed war crimes after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president. the icc alleges he is responsible for criminal acts, and failing to use his presidential powers to stop children being deported from ukraine to russia. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. it helena wilkinson reports. is a war that he ordered that it is a war that he ordered, a war that brought death and devastation, a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it s one that has now le
Invited to do so by donald trump. Those are the here on bbc news, in this Special Edition of the last year, and explore the new Political Landscape as we enter 2000 we examine the forces behind the momentous events of the last year, and explore the new Political Landscape as we enter 2017. The events of the last year have changed our world. Popular votes in the United States and United Kingdom have shaken the west. Both have been an angry backlash against decades old policies. An angry backlash against decadesold policies. Who will pay for the the events of the last year have changed our world. Popular votes in the United States and United Kingdom have shaken the west. Both have been an angry backlash against decades old policies. Who will pay for. The rising tide of antiestablishment feeling is found its voice in social media. As the new means of communicating propelled us new means of communicating propelled us into an age where fact no longer matters . Post truce is the word of the
As we enter 2017. The events of the last year have changed our world. Popular votes in the United States and United Kingdom have shaken the west. Both have been an angry backlash against decades old policies. The rising tide of antiestablishment feeling is found its voice in social media. As the new means of communicating propelled us into an age where fact no longer matters . Post truth is the word of the year. What does it mean . What is new is the speed at which some of these false and get distributed, and the willingness of people to embrace them. And what does the future look like . Is britains vote to leave the eu the beginning of a wider European Unravelling . In the pale winter dawn of Western Pennsylvania the Deer Hunting Season has begun. Chuck eriksson has been Shooting Deer for a0 years. They start hunting here as early as eight years old. Over the years it has changed. We have gone from being meat seekers to trophy hunters. It was a bad day if we saw 100 deer. Now it is a