for the conservatives at the election , was recorded expressing the view at a private event in april. but he went on to defend the plan, saying it would deter migrants from crossing the channel. he was speaking on two april at an event for young conservatives. everybody�*s got the cameras on their phones. in australia, for example, a similar policy had let's recap now on the uk's flagship illegal immigration policy... as of last week, more than 11 thousand people had crossed the channel to the uk in small boats this year. in april 2022, the government announced that asylum seekers entering the uk from a safe country could be sent to rwanda, where they would have their asylum claims processed. the uk government had paid £240 million to rwanda by the end of 2023 on the scheme. no migrants have as yet been transferred to rwanda as the government has faced legal challenges against the scheme. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now from westminster. talk us through what we know. yes. good morning- _ talk us through what we know. yes. good morning. this _ talk us through what we know. 133 good morning. this morning we talk us through what we know. 13.1 good morning. this morning we have had the uk home secretary, james cleverly, on the bbc talking about the rwanda policy because, as you have just been discussing, a former aide and a candidate in this election for the conservatives, james sunderland, was recorded at a private event back in april, as you mentioned, the recording now passed to the bbc, talking about the rwanda policy, and you havejust to the bbc, talking about the rwanda policy, and you have just outlined what that policy is, saying the policy is clap, excuse my language, but that it will deter migrants. so it somewhat undermining of this flagship policy from the conservatives, to hear a conservatives, to hear a conservative candidate and former mp describe it as crap will stop it was unsurprisingly put to the home secretary james cleverly this morning. he secretary james cleverly this morninu. . . , secretary james cleverly this morninu. . ., secretary james cleverly this mornin. . ., ., ., morning. he clearly said that to crab the morning. he clearly said that to grab the attention _ morning. he clearly said that to grab the attention of _ morning. he clearly said that to grab the attention of the - morning. he clearly said that to i grab the attention of the audience. why would he do that with a private, friendly audience of conservatives? i am glad you played the full quote, because _ i am glad you played the full quote, because i_ i am glad you played the full quote, because i know how committed james is to this _ because i know how committed james is to this policy because he worked tirelessly— is to this policy because he worked tirelessly to get the bill through the house so we could implement it, he said. _ the house so we could implement it, he said. and — the house so we could implement it, he said, and people can listen to it, he said, and people can listen to it. when— he said, and people can listen to it, when the flights take off, it will send — it, when the flights take off, it will send a shock wave across the channel. — will send a shock wave across the channel, the deterrent will dissuade the people smuggling gangs... so the people smuggling gangs... sc that the people smuggling gangs... that was the people smuggling gangs... sr that wasjames cleverly the people smuggling gangs... sr that was james cleverly speaking a short while ago, the home secretary. the labour party have called the rwanda policy a gimmick. no flights have yet ta ken off rwanda policy a gimmick. no flights have yet taken off and they are not expected to before polling day. however, the conservatives have hit back at labour, saying that labour does not really have a plan to deal with small boat crossings and illegal immigration as well. this was put to the shadow education secretary bridget phillipson. it secretary bridget phillipson. it will focus directly at source on dealing — will focus directly at source on dealing with the issues, so our border— dealing with the issues, so our border security, and will have an extra _ border security, and will have an extra 1000 — border security, and will have an extra 1000 officers to deal with the gangs. _ extra 1000 officers to deal with the gangs, seek to smash the gangs, but it is scandalous that we are spending millions of pounds every day on _ spending millions of pounds every day on unsuitable accommodation. we have got— day on unsuitable accommodation. we have got you clear the backlog. the conservatives have completely broken the asylum _ conservatives have completely broken the asylum system. they know themselves that this rwanda gimmick is hot _ themselves that this rwanda gimmick is not going to work. we have heard from _ is not going to work. we have heard from the _ is not going to work. we have heard from the home secretary, the fruity language _ from the home secretary, the fruity language he used, and we have heard from his— language he used, and we have heard from his own — language he used, and we have heard from his own aide that he thinks the policy— from his own aide that he thinks the policy is _ from his own aide that he thinks the policy is crap. this from his own aide that he thinks the policy is crap-— policy is crap. this has become a key election _ policy is crap. this has become a key election issue _ policy is crap. this has become a key election issue with _ policy is crap. this has become a key election issue with the - policy is crap. this has become a| key election issue with the labour party and the conservatives criticising each other�*s approach to it and the efficacy of their respective policies. over to the scottish national party, the snp, because their leader has been speaking on the bbc this morning, john swinney, and he has been challenged over the scottish national party's push for an independent scotland, something our viewers may be aware of, that the snp has been pushing for scottish independence for many years, and john swinney was asked if you don't get a majority of scottish seats at the general election, do you accept it means it is not the will of the scottish people to want a referendum or by implication a scottish independent from the united kingdom, and here was his response. the scottish parliament was elected in 2021 with — scottish parliament was elected in 2021 with a majority of members for a five _ 2021 with a majority of members for a five year _ 2021 with a majority of members for a five year term committed to the delivery— a five year term committed to the delivery of— a five year term committed to the delivery of a referendum on independence and to delivering scottish— independence and to delivering scottish independence if that was supported in the referendum. ithink that democratic mandate from the people _ that democratic mandate from the people of— that democratic mandate from the people of scotland, clearly given, has got _ people of scotland, clearly given, has got to — people of scotland, clearly given, has got to be delivered, and i think this election is an opportunity for us to— this election is an opportunity for us to advance those arguments, but it is crystal— us to advance those arguments, but it is crystal clear that people in scotland — it is crystal clear that people in scotland have expressed a preference to determine their own constitutional future, and i think westminster should remove the obstacles that are stopping scotland from having that choice. and obstacles that are stopping scotland from having that choice.— from having that choice. and before i let ou from having that choice. and before i let you go. — from having that choice. and before i let you go. i _ from having that choice. and before i let you go, i have _ from having that choice. and before i let you go, i have to _ from having that choice. and before i let you go, i have to ask— from having that choice. and before i let you go, i have to ask you - i let you go, i have to ask you about the story that has dominated the headlines over the last week, those betting allegations. what is the latest. ,., , those betting allegations. what is the latest. , ., the latest. overnight, reports from the sunday — the latest. overnight, reports from the sunday times _ the latest. overnight, reports from the sunday times said _ the latest. overnight, reports from the sunday times said that - the latest. overnight, reports from the sunday times said that a - the latest. overnight, reports from| the sunday times said that a fourth person, eithera the sunday times said that a fourth person, either a candidate or an official, so four conservative candidates or officials are being looked into by the gambling commission over alleged bets made on the date of the general election. so fresh questions for the conservatives today. james cleverly, who we just heard from on the rwanda policy, was pressed on this and askedif policy, was pressed on this and asked if he knew of any ministers who may have placed bets on the general election dates. he said not to his knowledge. but these allegations, and they are allegations, and they are allegations at this stage, the gambling commission is looking into this matter, does bring risks for the conservative party. rishi sunak has said he was very angry to learn about the allegations but he has really, and i was on the conservative party bus earlier this week, really did not want to go into it very much, saying there was an investigation going on and it would not be appropriate to comment much further, but he has talked previously about integrity and trying to build trust with the electorate, and allegations like that risk undermining that as we head towards polling day.- that risk undermining that as we head towards polling day. thank you ve much head towards polling day. thank you very much for— head towards polling day. thank you very much for that. _ the israeli military has admitted its forces violated protocol by strapping a wounded palestinian man to a jeep during what it's calling a counterterrorism operation in the city ofjenin, in the west bank, on saturday. a warning, viewers may find the video we're about to show distressing. the man can be seen lying on the hood of a vehicle as it drives past two ambulances. we've decided to blur the image. his family said he was injured during the raid by israeli soldiers. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it violated orders, adding that it would be investigated and dealt with accordingly. the un special rapporteur francesca albanese has accused israel of using the man as a human shield. it comes as anti—government protesters clashed with israeli police in tel aviv. tens of thousands of people demonstrated near the headquarters of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party on saturday, demanding new elections, as well as the return of the remaining hostages who were taken by hamas militants on october 7th. at least 38 people were killed in israeli attacks in several neighbourhoods of gaza city on saturday. israel says its fighterjets struck hamas infrastructure. hamas says the attacks targeted civilians. separately, the international committee of the red cross says its field hospital is treating badly wounded people, including children, after explosions in a tent camp on friday, which also damaged its gaza office. mohamed taha from bbc arabic gave us his analysis. the raids onjenin and the other cities in the west bank never stopped since this war started on the 7th of october. the israeli forces used to do incursions in all cities to try to hunt militants and wanted in these cities. in this particular incident, the israeli forces were trying to fight with a number of militants injenin. amongst them, this person, a suspect of being a member of hamas. when this person got wounded and his family tried to call an ambulance, the israeli forces strapped him on a bonnet of a car, as we saw, and drove him away. he ended up in a hospital, being treated but we saw the image that we saw on the tv. the situation in the west bank is escalating all the time. there are 528 people died in the west bank since the 7th of october. 133 are children and the situation in the west bank is not better than the situation of gaza. and gaza, as the right—wing ministers in the israeli government are inviting the israeli forces and israeli army to do a full invasion to the west bank, exactly as happened in gaza. russia launched an air attack on kyiv and its surrounding region on saturday night, forcing the engagement of air defence systems to repel the strikes. earlier president zelensky has called on international allies to stop the wave of russian glide bomb attacks after three people were killed in kharkiv. the authorities say nearly forty others have been injured in the attack, some of them critically. more than 2&00 of these russians bombs have been dropped on ukraine this month alone. the attack on the area continued into the night, with the air alert in the kharkiv region lasting for almost 17 hours. peter dickinson is ukraine editor at the atlantic council, a think tank. he updated us on what's happening on the front lines around kharkiv. the russian offensive seems to have run out of steam. soldiers are being withdrawn in the north. what we're seeing now instead is a new emphasis, a shift in emphasis, or rather an intensification of the aerial war with russia bombing attacks on ukraine's civilian infrastructure, particularly the country's power grid, and also on civilian targets in key cities, particularly kharkiv. they seem to be aimed at undermining their ability to function, and in kharkiv, what we are seeing is a very steady attempt to de—populate 60, to force people to flee. yesterday's attack striking a residential building. the death toll is three people, there are dozens injured, but also, significantly, that sends a very strong signal to all the people still living in kharkiv that nobody is safe and ukraine is unable to defend them against particularly at these glide bombs.— defend them against particularly at these glide bombs. thanks to peter dickinson for _ these glide bombs. thanks to peter dickinson for that. _ passengers flying out of manchester airport terminals have been told to stay away after a major power cut disrupted a significant number of flights in the early hours of this morning. large queues of people formed inside the airport, where a number of flights were cancelled, with further disruption expected, and some flights diverted to other airports. here's a clip sent from philip banfield, who is a passenger stranded at manchester airport. so i now have an update for you that we are now stuck airside. our aer lingus plane has taken off from manchester on time without any passengers able to get on the plane. and of course, that leaves an enormous number of passengers now stranded at manchester airport wondering how they are going to continue their onward journeys. but we'll find a way. with more on this, we can hearfrom simonjones. so what is the latest? manchester is the uk's third _ so what is the latest? manchester is the uk's third busiest _ so what is the latest? manchester is the uk's third busiest airport - so what is the latest? manchester is the uk's third busiest airport and - so what is the latest? manchester is the uk's third busiest airport and i i the uk's third busiest airport and i think it is fair to say during the course of the morning, manchester has gone into meltdown. you see pictures of the cues that have been sneaking inside and outside terminals one and two. they have been very badly affected by this power outage. people have been complaining that they have been kept in the dark, literally at one point when the lights went out, but also complaining about a lack of communication and information about exactly what is going on. what we know is that about 1:30am there was a power cut affecting large parts of manchester. that knocked out the baggage and security systems at the airport. eversince, even though baggage and security systems at the airport. ever since, even though the power has come back on, the airport has been grappling to get things back to normal. what they had is a huge backlog of passengers, thousands of people, building up inside terminals one and two, so they are trying to clear that backlog, but of the limited number of lights that are able to take off, they say passengers can only take cabin bags with them. they are having to leave their suitcases behind, in the hope they will be reunited with their swimming costumes and towels in the coming days. but many flights have been cancelled altogether as they try to clear the backlog from earlier, and those problems will likely continue for the rest of today. terminal three is not as badly affected by the power outage, so we are told flights are running from terminal three, but there are likely to be some delays there too. the big question, how long is this going to last? there is not going to be any quick fix because of the numbers of people involved, so the idea is to check before even heading to the airport. check with your airline that your flight is definitely going to take off. otherwise you might be in for some bad news if you are trying tojet off in for some bad news if you are trying to jet off on holiday. trying to 'et off on holiday. simon, thank trying to jet off on holiday. simon, thank ou trying to jet off on holiday. simon, thank you for— trying to jet off on holiday. simon, thank you for that. _ now it's time for a look at today's sport. the fate of scotland's national team hangs in the balance today as they face hungary in a crucial group stage match in stuttgart. a victory could propel them past the group stages of a major competition for the very first time. among the sea of tartan army supporters are paul leonard and his son archie, a professional bagpiper. i think it would be huge because for a number— i think it would be huge because for a number of— i think it would be huge because for a number of years the aim wasjust to get— a number of years the aim wasjust to get to _ a number of years the aim wasjust to get to a — a number of years the aim wasjust to get to a tournament, it has been so long. _ to get to a tournament, it has been so long, steve clarke and his players — so long, steve clarke and his players have managed to do that, the last euros— players have managed to do that, the last euros in— players have managed to do that, the last euros in 2020, so this was about— last euros in 2020, so this was about coming in with the real belief and hope _ about coming in with the real belief and hope and expectation to get out of the _ and hope and expectation to get out of the group. if scotland get out of the group, — of the group. if scotland get out of the group, it would be massive. kevin _ the group, it would be massive. kevin de — the group, it would be massive. kevin de bruyne inspired belgium to theirfirst win of kevin de bruyne inspired belgium to their first win of the tournament on saturday, scoring as they beat romania 2—0, to remove the pressure after they lost to slovakia in the opener. but the boss wanted more goals. edi opener. but the boss wanted more coals. .., , opener. but the boss wanted more coals. , ., ., goals. of course, important are the three points. _ goals. of course, important are the three points, but _ goals. of course, important are the three points, but scoring _ goals. of course, important are the three points, but scoring four, - goals. of course, important are the three points, but scoring four, five | three points, but scoring four, five goals— three points, but scoring four, five goals