Into that final with other favourites, ukraine, france and the netherlands on saturday. Hello, im azadeh moshiri. Bordersecurity, migration, and Asylum Seekers crossing the channel in small boats are expected to be major issues during the uk election. Labour leader sir keir starmer is in dover, outlining how his party will tackle them. Heres what he had to say. As the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment, we will set up a new command with new powers, new resources, and a new way of doing things. Border Security Command. Now this is about leveraging the power and potential of dynamic government based on a Counter Terrorism approach, which we know works. An end to the fragmentation between policing the border force and our intelligence agencies, a collecting of the standards. So the Border Protection becomes an elite force, not a cinderella service. Lets have a look at what labour is planning to do. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to crack down on people smugglers if his party wins power. He is also pledging to hire hundreds more Specialist Investigators and cross border police. Meanwhile, Counter Terror powers would be extended to cover organised immigration crime, including the power to search people suspected of being involved in People Smuggling, close bank accounts, restrict their travel and trace their movements before an offence has taken place. And he says £75 million of the money allocated for the first year of the Rwanda Scheme would fund its plans. Lets get more on this with our Political Correspondent harry farley. Harry, a lot of this is coming down to deterrence, isnt it . To deterrence, isnt it . Yes, thats riuht. I to deterrence, isnt it . Yes, thats right i think to deterrence, isnt it . Yes, thats right. I think what to deterrence, isnt it . Yes, thats right. I think what we to deterrence, isnt it . Yes, thats right. I think what we saw to deterrence, isnt it . Yes, thats right. I think what we saw from. To deterrence, isnt it . Yes, thats. Right. I think what we saw from keir starmer this morning is labour� s would be approach to tackling The Small Boats Crisis and the government saying that they would do. Labour saying they would scrap the Rwanda Scheme, the plan to send those arriving in small boats to rwanda. Laboursaid those arriving in small boats to rwanda. Labour said they would take a Law Enforcement approach, implementing our Border Security command. Sir keir starmer characterise the Rwanda Scheme is a series of gimmicks that wouldnt tackle the problem. He pointed to other ideas like a wave machine in the channel that appeared in newspapers that didnt make it into policy. He said the Rwanda Scheme is just another in the latest series of gimmicks. He was asked afterwards how many small boats his supporters Security Command would tackle, how many the numbers crossing would produce. We didnt give a specific figure, saying he would look to reduce the numbers, but didnt put a number on it, saying his scheme would stop small crossings. Sir keir starmer made a lot in a speech about how he would improve Asylum Processing in the uk by putting more funding into it, by hiring new caseworkers, to process those who are in the uk trying to claim asylum. He said they would be processed more quickly and those failed to get asylum would be returned. The difficult question is the largest nationality that came overin the largest nationality that came over in small boats to the uk last year was from afghanistan, and we dont have a Return Agreement with afghanistan because it is currently run by the taliban, so he said he didnt really have an answer for where those people who come from countries like afghanistan or iran would be returned to you. 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We had a couple of weeks ago that the first detentions had taken place, so Asylum Seekers they come to the uk in small boats were being detained and the government hoping to get those first flights over the summer. Rishi sunak saying he wanted to see a regular rhythm of flights and the government arguing that they would provide a deterrent to deter people from crossing the channel in small boats because the idea is that if people thought they were going to be sent to rome and that they would make the crossing in the first place. Sir keir starmer saying that there are scheme would tackle i of those crossing the channel every year and in his words he said it was neither an effective deterrent to know a good use of your money, so Labour Centre would scrap the plan altogether, even if it was working they would ditch the Rwanda Scheme and focus on this scheme with the Border Security command which sir keir starmer and labour argue would target the People Smuggling arms and try to break their Business Model as opposed to offering that deterrent the government says is necessary. Thank you for that update. Officialfigures released on friday show the uk economy is no longer in recession. The economy grew by 0. 6 in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession when output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Most economists had predicted growth of 0. 4 . This is the fastest growth rate for more than two years. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also responded to fridays figures, saying the economy should be doing better. Well, i think its encouraging that we, in the last quarter, have grown faster notjust in france and germany, but also the united states. We welcome the fact that the economy is no longer in recession, but its hardly cause for a victory lap. And if you look at the forecasts from the oecd, who look at the major industrialised economies, they say that of those economies, of the g7 economies, the uk will have the second slowest growth rate this year and the lowest growth rate next year. I dont think that is a cause for celebration. My ambition for britain is so much greater than merely the economy not being in recession. Earlier our economics correspondent Andrew Verity broke down exactly what this means. We have some figures showing the economy is expanding, but does that mean that we are each, individually, Getting Better off . Not necessarily. So, what is the economy . What do we mean by Economic Growth . It is worth remembering what we are talking about is just people and their economic activity. The economy can grow just by adding people. Sometimes Economic Growth just means we have a bigger population. The figures within this show gdp per capita, gross domestic product, all of the goods and services, divided by people. That has grown in the First Quarter of the year but it is still 0. 7 down on where it was a year ago. The fact is, people can get better off in recessions and worse off in recoveries. How we fare as individuals does not necessarily align with whether the economy is growing or not. Israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said he hopes to overcome his differences withjoe biden, but vowed to press ahead with that Military Assault on rafah. Mr netanyahu was speaking to us media after President Biden confirmed that the us had withheld a delivery of munitions, and could halt more shipments if Israeli Forces attack hamas in rafah, a densely populated city in the gaza strip. Mr netanyahu said israel had to defeat hamas in rafah. Well, i think those latest comments by mr netanyahu, speaking in english, to an american audience, certainly, he was talking about efforts to overcome disagreements with israels closest ally. And he was reiterating the need on israels behalf to go into rafah, to have a bigger invasion there, to deal with hamas battalions that he says are still in that city, and to therefore be able to get a full victory over hamas in gaza. Of course, what the us and what the world is really worried about is that rafah is so crammed full of displaced people, there are more than one million of them there, close to the egyptian border. Already what we have seen in the past few days, with the relatively limited incursion of rafah by Israeli Forces, is that humanitarian operations there are in a new crisis. Meanwhile, there is so much hope and focus on those Ceasefire Talks where do they stand amidst all of this back and forth . Those talks really broke down last night. We saw hamas in israel sending away their delegations. Although the mediators, the egyptians, the qataris and the americans, they say they are continuing to work on closing the gaps, the fundamental difference remains there. Hamas has said it is ready to sign up to mediators� proposals, that would basically see a phased end to this war. They want the complete withdrawal of israeli troops. They want an end to the war in gaza. Whereas israel has said it is really only prepared to sign up to a truce in return for the release of its remaining hostages, still being held by hamas. At this stage, its not ready to agree to an end to the war. The war in gaza is casting a shadow over the Eurovision Song Contest, in sweden. Israel has reached the final, with a song performed by eden golan. She received claps, cheers, and some booing, when she took to the stage in malmo. Earlier, thousands of people protested in the city against israels involvement. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, wished her success, saying she had already succeeded against an ugly wave of antisemitism. Politics creeping into your vision . Yes, and the organisers will tell you this is a song contest, politics should not and does not factor in anything, but that is not something that people who have been protesting here yesterday agree with. There are protests planned again for tomorrow. I spoke to one of the organisers of the song contest here and she told me that police are expecting protesters to arrive in the city tomorrow. Absolutely, this is the 60th Eurovision Song Contest to be held and one of the most controversial. Israel is the subject of the controversy. They have been taking part in this contest since 1973, they have won it four times, but this year because of the war in gaza people are unhappy about their inclusion in the song contest. Sarah rainsford has been taking stock of those protests. Speaking to Police Officers here, the mood is pretty relaxed, in actual fact. There are lots of them. Theyre definitely being vigilant. We know that the Terror Threat in sweden as a whole is pretty high at the moment. But in terms of policing the process, the authorities are trying to keep this as calm and as peaceful as possible. They have community Police Officers. They call them dialogue police. They are right along the route of any of the protests. And the mood has been peaceful, although the mood of the protesters themselves is passionate, too. They are angry that israel has been allowed to take part in eurovision this year, at a time when the Israeli Military is bombing gaza, at a time of humanitarian crisis. And the slogans and the chants are pretty furious. So, the mood is strong. The crowds are growing. There were probably 10,000 or so protesters there, according to police yesterday, although some quotes and estimates are a bit higher than that. But as i say, it has been peaceful, it has been contained. All of this is organised and planned in advance with the authorities. We havent seen any spontaneous protests of any particular size. So i wouldnt say it was tense here, but i would say that there are plenty of people who want to make their views heard and that view that eden golan, israel, should not be at eurovision, particularly talking about what they call hypocrisy, because of course russia has been banned from eurovision because of the full scale invasion of ukraine. And lots of people at the protest will mention that when they tell you why theyve come out to protest. I should just mention as well, perhaps swedens most famous Political Activist was also in the crowd of protesters yesterday. I had a quick chat to her, greta thunberg. She told me it was her moral obligation to speak out. She was joining the protest, she said, because she considers it considered it inexcusable for israel to be taking part in eurovision whilst the bombing of gaza continues. I have been Walking Around the city and security is really, really tight. There are police absolutely everywhere, including all around the arena behind me. There is however an Music Contest going on and excitement growing towards a big final tomorrow. There are lots of countries taking part, 26 in all, including the five big names and sweden, last years winner. I will be covering all the very latest in terms of music when i come back in about a0 minutes or so. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. The duke and duchess of sussex have begun their visit to nigeria. Here they are, prince harry and his wife, meghan, being greeted at an event in abuja. Its the start of a three day trip, which is at the invitation of the chief of defence staff. Harry will attend a reception to honour military families, and meghan will co host an event for women in leadership. Theyll also attend several events together including a visit to a school, where they spoke about mental health. So it applies to us, but after today, no more being scared, no more being unsure. If you are unsure, then ask. Ask your teachers, ask your friends. Be there for one another. If you see your friend as you walk past not smiling, what are you going to do . Are you going to check on them . Are you going to ask them if they are ok . Because its ok not to be ok. Applause. We celebrate all the good stuff and we are there in the moments that ar bad. We are just together, sew together we appreciate all of you. Inaudible. Applause. Lets turn to the us. A school board in virginia has voted in favour of restoring the previously removed names of three Confederate Military leaders to two schools. The Motion Undid A Decision from 2020, which had removed the names of the men who had fought for the pro slavery Southern States during the civil war. Before making the decision, the school board heard arguments both in favour and against the proposal. Im a black student, and if the names are restored, i would have to represent a man that fought for my ancestors to be slaves. That makes me feel like im disrespecting my ancestors and going against what my family and i believe, which is that we should all be treated equally and that slavery was cruel and an awful thing. Tearing down statues and monuments and erasing history while indoctrinating children is exactly what adolf hitler did in the late 1930s in germany. We learn from history to become a better people. Lets get more on this with cbs news correspondent jarred hill. Good to have you. It is a complicated issue. A lot of history there and there was pressure from there and there was pressure from the community. There and there was pressure from the community the community. Thats right. The Comment Period the community. Thats right. The Comment Period alone the community. Thats right. The Comment Period alone went the community. Thats right. The Comment Period alone went on l the community. Thats right. The i Comment Period alone went on for hours last night at this local school board meeting. All of this goes back to 2020 when the S