ahead there in dallas, so thank you for your patience which is appreciated. that took about president zelensky today, how did that go down and what did people make of this talk of your peace conference? make of this talk of your peace conference? ., ., , conference? the aim of president zelensky for conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to dallas, . conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to dallas, or| zelensky for coming to dallas, or sick keep his country relevant and at the top of the national origin arena. especially over the last few months, the october seven attack on israel, has shifted attention on israel, has shifted attention on israel, and he wants to get the focus back on the war, he said it s not just about ukraine, focus back on the war, he said it s notjust about ukraine, describing putin as a warmonger and really th
with turkey, returns agreement with places like albania and crossings on the channel down by a third. we have action taking hundreds of people arrested who have been part of a legal all involved in trafficking here in the uk as well. this is the next step on that, this will be the top is legislation that has ever been brought forward by a british government to tackle illegal immigration and that is what we are really focusing on today top as legislation. we heard from keir starmer early on, he doesn t back the plan. his only plan is to borrow £28 million a year more. which would go into higher taxes for everyone in the country. he wants open borders, he opposes our rwanda bill today because he is not interested in controlling illegal immigration and what we are really trying to assert colleagues at the moment is that this is a very important next step in exactly what we are trying to do, which is tackle illegal migration across the channel. which is tackle illegal migrat
with the direction of travel of the government. he doesn t specify specifically which bit he s unhappy about, but he certainly says he s against coercive covid i9 regulations. so now he has decided to walk. given this has come out rather earlier than was intended, he is acting now. so we are witnessing a spilling over of the tory party s internal difficulties into the public. we had the commons rebellion over covid i9 passports, as they re called, this whatsapp group in which a cabinet minister is kicked off by some of the rebels who voted against the restrictions, and now we have this resignation around the cabinet table. i think it shows the bitterness in various wings of the tory party. the fact that steve baker and dean dorris can have a row like that then she gets kicked off the group is indicative ofjust how nasty it has all become.
which continues to this day. thanks forjoining us- the head of the uk health security agency says the growth of the omicron variant is going to be staggering . drjenny harries described omicron as probably the most significant threat to public health since the start of the pandemic. from today, adults in england must now show a covid pass to get into nightclubs, big sports matches and other large events it brings england broadly into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland. the new rules were approved last night, despite a commons rebellion by 100 conservative mps. here s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the race to get boosters into arms continues this morning in sheffield. over 18s in england can now book a slot online to get theirjab. the number of suspected omicron infections is growing fast, but, speaking to mps this morning, the head of the uk health security agency stressed we re still only at the beginning of this latest outbreak. it s probably the most
welcome to bbc news. the head of the uk health security agency says the growth of the omicron variant is going to be staggering . drjenny harries described omicron as probably the most significant threat to public health since the start of the pandemic . from today, adults in england must now show a covid pass to get into nightclubs, big sports matches and other large events it brings england broadly into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland. the new rules were approved last night, despite a commons rebellion by 100 conservative mps. here s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the race to get boosters into arms continues this morning in sheffield. over 18s in england can now book a slot online to get theirjab. the number of suspected omicron infections is growing fast, but, speaking to mps this morning, the head of the uk health security agency