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mark ashdown, bbc news. a group of backbench conservative mps has warned the government it could lose public trust if it doesn't cut net migration, which currently stands at 606,000 people each year. let's get the latest now from our chief political correspondent nick eardley. what do these conservative mps want? they want the government to go a lot further when it comes to introducing measures that they believe would bring down immigration to the uk. so, for example, they want to increase the amount of money you have to learn before you can get a skilled worker's visa. they want stricter rules when it comes to study visas. they take some universities, poorer performing universities, poorer performing
trying to extinguish a burning vehicle set alight by rioters outside paris. around 150 arrests were made last night — down from 700 the night before. it's hoped that violence sparked by the fatal shooting of a teenager by police is now calming down. a group of backbench conservative mps has warned the government it could lose public trust if it doesn't cut net migration — which currently stands at 606,000 people each year. the new conservatives want to lower that figure to below 226,000. israel has launched a huge military operation in the occupied west bank. the israeli army says at least seven palestinians have been killed. 0vernight, israeli forces used a drone to attack a flat in the centre ofjenin s refugee camp, which it said was being used as a command centre by various militant groups. the islamist group hamas has called the attacks "barbaric aggression" the head of the international energy agency says gas prices could rise again this winter. fatih birol said a harsh winter and a strengthening chinese economy
are going to look on twitter to see what sort of thing people are saying. but it's down to them. how —— explain how that could work. for -- explain how that could work. for the —— explain how that could work. fr?" the conservative party to get rid of their leader the process for doing so is that 50% of mps and i think that's 5a currently with the current numbers, would have to write to the 1922 committee, that is the group of backbench conservative mps and they would have the rights to the leader of the 1922 committee saying they have no confidence now in the prime minister. slightly over a dozen had publicly revealed they had done so back when boris johnson publicly revealed they had done so back when borisjohnson was publicly revealed they had done so back when boris johnson was facing back when borisjohnson was facing initial questions about back when boris johnson was facing initial questions about party gate. since then, a couple have like the conservative scottish leader, have removed those letters saying that with all that is going on in ukraine
decade. apart from ukraine, on many occasions, to be fair. - many occasions, to be fair. thank you very much indeed for your analysis. pressure is growing on the british prime minister borisjohnson, who's insisted nobody warned him a drinks party he attended in the downing street garden during the first coronavirus lockdown broke the rules. a group of backbench conservative mps who won their seats in the election of 2019 have met to discuss his leadership, and some have said they believe there will soon be enough mps calling for his resignation as party leader to trigger a vote of no confidence. here's our deputy political editor vicki young. prime ministers are surrounded by people offering advice. but in the end, they have to use their own judgement. borisjohnson has admitted joining colleagues for drinks in the garden when the country was locked down, something he now regrets.
it's those russian actions and that policy that have pushed ukraine further away from russia and towards the west. that is the former us ambassador to the ukraine there. pressure is growing on the british prime minister borisjohnson, who has insisted nobody warned him a drinks party he attended in the downing street garden in the course of the first coronavirus lockdown actually broke the rules. a group of backbench conservative mps who won their seats in the 2019 general election have met to discuss his leadership, some have said they believe there will soon be enough mps calling for his resignation as party leader to trigger a vote of no confidence. the papers frankly are full of it. i will show you a few of the headline. we start with the daily express. what a sorry state. new mps plot to oust the pm. tory plotters in talks to topple borisjohnson, that is
west. we wait to see what the next steps _ west. we wait to see what the next steps are. _ west. we wait to see what the next steps are. thank - west. we wait to see what the next steps are. thank you - west. we wait to see what the | next steps are. thank you very much indeed. pressure is growing on the british prime minister, borisjohnson, who's insisted nobody warned him a drinks party he attended in the downing street garden during the first coronavirus lockdown broke the rules. a group of backbench conservative mps who won their seats in the 2019 general election have met to discuss his leadership, and some have said they believe there will soon be enough mps calling for his resignation as party leader to trigger a vote of no confidence. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some of the papers because they are having a field day at the moment on this issue. this is the daily express which is a right—leaning paper. what a sorry state! new plot to oust the prime minister. tory plot is in talks to topple boris johnson. it goes on. 0ccupier plot to ditched prime minister. just to explain one of those new mps is the mp for melton
nottingham's sarahjulian, mr. spencer insisted that he personally "absolutely, categorically" didn't know about any parties. iam i am assured that everybody in that building played by the rules, and thatis building played by the rules, and that is why the prime minister has asked the cabinet secretary to do a thorough investigation to find out and establish the facts. this is a huge, huge building, literally with hundreds and hundreds of offices and rooms. no single person could account for what is happening in those buildings. they are huge buildings. when summary makes a serious allegation like there was a christmas party, that requires a proper investigation to establish the facts and it is a serious allegation and i accept that and people would be upset if they thought they were christmas parties. earlier nusrat ghani vice chair of the influential 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps spoke to nick robinson