An eclipse happens when the moon moves between the earth and the sun, perfectly blocking the suns rays from reaching the earth. For Astronomy Enthusiasts in this country, the best view, if the weather behaves, will be just before 8pm this evening in the west of ireland and north west scotland. But it is in North America that the excitement is mounting. Nomia iqbaljoins us from texas. Good morning, reeta. When we got here it was pitch black so i felt like we had a slight preview of what was to come. It is early in the morning here in texas, just after 7am, but we are in the Path Of Totality, so later on today, about one point for 0 pmi time, seven point for 0 in the evening your time, this part of texas will be plunged into darkness, so everyone is pretty excited. Slight curve ball, though, i keep looking at the skies, yesterday was very clear and sunny, but there is predicted to be some cloud coverage, which could affect things. But no one is allowing that to put them off, everyone is
good afternoon. the prime minister has been defending his plans to stop illegal immigration after the dramatic resignation last night of home office minister robertjenrick who claimed the proposals don t go far enough. this morning, rishi sunak called reporters to downing street and insisted his draft immigration law will prevent every legal challenge that has ever been used to stop asylum seekers being put on flights to rwanda. let s go live now to our political correspondent alex forsyth who s in the houses of parliament. this has been a turbulent time for rishi sunak and that is before one plane carrying asylum seekers to rwanda has got off the ground. after the resignation of his immigration minister robertjenrick, the divisions within the party over the government s approach on this policy have been laid bare. rishi sunak called a press conference trying to persuade people his approach was the right one, the question is when it silence his critics? a prime minister und
seekers to rwanda, saying he will finish the job. rishi sunak insisted his new law would end the merry go round of legal challenges and insisted it was the toughest anti immgration law. he was speaking at a news conference in downing street after the immigration minister robertjenrick, resigned, saying the plans didn t go far enough. our political editor chris mason is in westminster the prime minister tonight stares down the narrowest footpaths, a general, a snicket, with high walls on either side. he faces political, practical and legal challenges, which means the whole future of the policy is on the line, and his authority is on the line too. autumn of last year. rishi sunak becomes prime minister, the rwanda plan is already six months old. but as the seasons turn, no migrants are sent to east africa. winter becomes summer, and still no planes are leaving. and then the supreme court, this autumn, said it was unlawful. the slogan on the lectern is familiar, and boat cross
taken by the military. israel has not said who the men are, but it has confirmed that its forces are making arrests in gaza. the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon off palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geo located the video there too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and th