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british prime minister is facing a test of his authority over sending migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive proposals to send asylum seekers to the east country arguing it will deter people from crossing the english channel from small boats in france. he suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership in parliament last night. two deputy chairs of the conservative party resigned saying the bill wasn t tough enough for that. the bill wasn t tough enough for that. mps are now due to vote on the prime minister s landmark bill. here s our political editor, chris mason. this was over this morning. the rwanda bill is about putting people off attempting crossing. but no one who s made this journey has been sent there yet. what does the rwandan president make of it all? you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. it is you are getting hundreds of millions of taxpayers money. of taxpayers money. it is going to be. if of taxpayers money. it is going ....
meanwhile dr congo are currently in action against zambia we ve played just over half an hour, kings kangwa opened the scoring for zambia, yoane wissa with the equaliser. the ghana coach chris hughton has said his focus is entirely on the black stars afcon match with egypt on thursday. this come after a confrontation with an angry fan following their defeat to ivory coast at the weekend. but he thanked everyone for their good wishes and concern. something for their good wishes and concern. that is very mut past something that is very much in the past and it has a lot of media coverage and i think everyone for the messages of support but i think probably today s the day to very much look forward to and a very competitive game that we have tomorrow and again, i understand the question and he thanked everyone for them. akram afif struck again as holders and hosts qatar became the first team into the asian cup last 16 with a 1 nil win over tajikistan. afif, who scored tw ....
an eyesore and an expensive problem fly tipping. it happened more than a million times in england last year but what can be done to stop it? a five goal thriller in the fa cup, with nottingham forest needing extra time to see off league one blackpool in their third round replay. good morning. further heavy snow to come across northern scotland today with blizzards and also drifting. across northern ireland, uk will see snow showers as we well across some of our coasts. in between, there will be sunshine. all of the details later on in the programme. it s thursday, 18th january, our main story. the prime minister has succeeded in getting his key rwanda bill through the house of commons, after a conservative rebellion failed to materialise. it s been called a major step forward in the government s plan to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. 0ur political correspondent peter saull has more. the ayes to the right 320, the noes to the left, 276. a government victory ....
mps will vote this evening on the government s plans to guarantee annual licenses for oil and gas projects in the north sea. the offshore petroleum licensing bill has caused some considerable unrest among conservative backbenchers, the former energy minister and mp for kingsdown, chris skidmore, has resigned over the issue. today ahead of the vote, the uk s former business and energy secretary, alok sharma, said he would oppose the bill, criticising it as a sign the government was not serious about its international climate commitments. the uk s independent climate change committee has also been pretty clear that continued expansion of new oil and gas reserves is inconsistent with our climate commitments. actually, if you really want to enhance energy security and bring down bills, the government should be delivering on its ambitious plans for expanding home grown clean energy. but rishi sunak s government is not the only one in europe looking again at its commitments on rene ....
some more rain to come overnight. these weather fronts will push their way in from the atlantic, moving their way towards the east, followed by some showers as well. very unsettled over the coronation weekend. some rain for some places tomorrow and then it is a bit drier but still some showers on sunday. we have got some heavy showers on monday following that rain from overnight. ok, thank you. that s it. i ll be back at ten, but you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website, as the news continues here on bbc one. let s join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. bye for now. hello and welcome to sportsday. the rapid rise of queens park, can they make it a hatrick of promotions to reach the scottish premiership? liverpool say they know that some their fans will have strong feelings about playing the national anthem tomorrow to mark the kings coronation. and can british fighterjohn ryder upset the odds in mexico ag ....