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and forth between the house of commons and the house of lords and is being voted on tonight. "stopping the boats" has been one of the prime minister's key election pledges, and he says that flights to rwanda will leave in 10—12 weeks' time — so, byjuly — with an airfield on standby and charter planes booked. the home office released new figures showing the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk from last summer rose from almost 1,800 injuly to just under 52,000 a week ago. let's go to westminster now and get the latest from our political editor, chris mason. hello. those figures you mentioned there give a sense of the scale of there give a sense of the scale of the issue. they underline the argument the government makes, saying it has to look for a novel, eye—catching idea to try to put off people getting in small boats over the channel. but this idea, for two years now, has been bogged down in legal and parliamentary problems. the latest being that the house of

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been through, and also about their reaction to the government's announcement. but first let's go to westminster, and our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. this is a scandal that has been bubbling away for year, decades, even,in bubbling away for year, decades, even, in some cases. this week it has boiled over and then some, culminating at the start of prime minister's questions with rishi sunak addressing it. i think the political situation is such he couldn't are done otherwise, what he announced we a move almost the polls office told this the polls office told us over and over, "you're the only one. that was a lie actually. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and

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france has had a very hard time accepting to losing grip on those countries, maintaining anachronistic control over their common currency, while also having a highly inegalitarian relation with its african partner. the worry now is that should another coup in africa succeed, it will encourage other ambitious soldiers. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news. in the last few minutes, it's emerged that migrants are being temporarily removed from the bibby stockholm barge after traces of legionella bacteria were found in the water. let's go to westminster and speak to our political correspondent ione wells. explain what is happening. well, looks like the uk health security agency carried out tests on this barge before migrants moved on to

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we will bring you that decision live here on bbc news and you can also follow it on the live page on the bbc news website or app. staying in the uk, the environmental group greenpeace says protesters have climbed on to the roof of prime minister rishi sunak�s yorkshire home. activists blanketed the building in black fabric. the protest was aimed at mr sunak�s announcement earlier this week backing more licences for oil and gas drilling in the north sea. the prime minister's office says police are at the scene. let's go to westminster. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is there for us now. jonathan, just bring it up to date with what we know so far.-

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for a moment, everybody beyond words. 0ne family's answer to the cruelty of war. fergal keane, bbc news, ukraine. five people have been arrested after greenpeace protesters scaled rishi sunak�s north yorkshire constituency home. they were demonstrating at the announcement of new north sea oil and gas licences. greenpeace said campaigners had unfurled "oil—black fabric" on one side of the house near northallerton. mr sunak and his family are on holiday in california. let's go to westminster — our political correspondent ben wright who is there for us now. what happened 7 what happened? this began at 6am this morning — what happened? this began at 6am this morning when _ what happened? this began at 6am this morning when they _ what happened? this began at 6am this morning when they got - what happened? this began at 6am this morning when they got into - what happened? this began at 6am this morning when they got into the j this morning when they got into the grounds of rishi sunak�s manor house ins north yorkshire, scaling the refusing ladders, and unfurling oil

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the russians are saying, we will give you free grain or at least some free grain and certainly lots of russian grain to make up the shortfall. but the likely impact on global grain prices is going to be to push it up dramatically and that is going to affect a lot of people across africa. so, i think there will be some pretty difficult discussions in saint petersburg between presidents putin between president putin and certainly some of the more outspoken african leaders who decide to show up. the high court has ruled that a home office decision to "routinely" place unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful. let's go to westminster. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is there for us now. jonathan, what did we hearfrom jonathan, what did we hear from the high court, what was the decision? it was, as you say, that the

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palace said it wouldn't sue the publisher in return for newsgroup paying damages at some point in the future and making an apology. prince harry said that that meant everything was on hold and he couldn't make any progress. the judge said he thought there was a vague and limited evidence for that claim, which he said lacked plausibility and credibility. he said that as a result it was not able to give the prince any leeway on the six—year limitation rule, and therefore there will be no phone hacking trial involving prince harry. hacking trial involving prince har . ., ~ hacking trial involving prince har . ., hacking trial involving prince har . . , hacking trial involving prince har. .,�* , . hacking trial involving prince har. .mg, , . �*, harry. thank you very much. let's sta in harry. thank you very much. let's stay in the — harry. thank you very much. let's stay in the courts. _ here, the high court in london has ruled that a home office decision to "routinely" place unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful. the judge ruled that the power to place children in hotels should only be used in an emergency and for very short periods of time. the case was brought by the charity every child protected against trafficking. let's go to westminster. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is there for us now.

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london mayor sadiq khan's planned to expand it fully into this area and they see it as another tax, another thing they have to pay for on top of a cost of living crisis. so they are saying they conservatives should retain this seat and get rid of the ulez, the ultra low emission zone expansion, so that they can continue to go about their daily business and not have to spend more money on vehicles that don't meet up with you less. :, ~ vehicles that don't meet up with you less. :, ,, , :, less. thank you, chi chi izundu in uxbridge. — less. thank you, chi chi izundu in uxbridge, jonathan _ less. thank you, chi chi izundu in uxbridge, jonathan blake - less. thank you, chi chi izundu in uxbridge, jonathan blake in - less. thank you, chi chi izundu in l uxbridge, jonathan blake in frome and to ardell in selby. -- tim —— tim iredale in selby. let's go to westminster now for the thoughts of our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. sum up for us where we are after this dramatic night. it isa it is a more complicated picture than most people were expecting. that result in uxbridge which chi chi wasjust talking that result in uxbridge which chi chi was just talking about is a softening of the blow for rishi sunak, but it is still below. and we

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list were excluded by the house of lords appointments commission. mr sunak said the former prime minister had asked him to "override" the recommendation, which he didn't think was the right thing to do. let's go to westminster and our political correspondent ione wells. this seems to be a whole new level of their_ this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter — this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. _ this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute. this - this seems to be a whole new level of their bitter dispute.— of their bitter dispute. this has descended _ of their bitter dispute. this has descended into _ of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a _ of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a very - of their bitter dispute. this has descended into a very public i descended into a very public slanging match between rishi sunak and former prime minister, boris johnson. we do know that the house of lords appointments commission rejected eight of the names which borisjohnson had put forward to be positions in the house of lords. that is something which they have confirmed in a statement. there is a big dispute, though, about what happened behind the scenes. downing street have insisted that number ten did not alter the list that boris johnson put forward, even if there

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