plus, israel is barring refugee camps as part of new efforts to find hostages. the head of the idf insists the war will go on for months but some critics think that will not be enough time to wipe out hamas. and jack smith calling on the d.c. court to do something that sounds almost unthinkable. stop donald trump from injecting politics into his election interference trial. we re going to start with secretary of state blinken. all right. we re going to start with blinken and dhs secretary set to meet with mexico s president as we speak. the two countries grappling with what the u.s. is calling quote unprecedented levels of migration as well as security challenges on both sides of the southern border. now, these discussions taking on even more urgency as a massive new caravan of roughly 8,000 mie migrants or more are making their way to the united states. the u.s. is already struggling to deal with a record number of migrants. nearly 50,000 arriving last week alone, overwhel
Coming up the next half hour as theresa may sets out to brexit plans, in the commons mps are told both houses will have a vote on the final deal. The Northern Ireland secretary calls for a respectful election following the breakdown of the stormwater assembly. And is it time foran the stormwater assembly. And is it time for an overhaul of Business Rates 7 time for an overhaul of Business Rates . When you look at high streets, they are full of charity shops, Estate Agents and the odd copy shop. The Prime Minister says the uk will leave the eu Single Market as a result of brexit. Theresa may made the announcement during herfirst major speech, outlining her strategy for taking britain out of the eu. Mrs may said she wanted to build a stronger britain in charge of its own laws, in control of immigration and pursuing free trade and she warned europes leaders that no deal for europes leaders that no deal for europe was better than a bad deal. In the commons the brexit Secretary Set out the p
And Grin And Bear It the sculpture of ronaldo thats got everyone talking but for all the wrong reasons. And in sport wenger keeps us waiting the arsenal manager, whos been under increasing pressure, wouldnt confirm whether hell stay at the club past the summer. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The government has been outlining how it plans to transfer thousands of pieces of European Union legislation, Into British Law. The great repeal bill will give parliament, or the devolved assemblies, the power to scrap, amend or improve eu laws. The brexit secretary, david davis, told mps it would ensure the uks smooth, orderly exit from the European Union. But the plans also involve giving ministers the power to make changes without full parliamentary scrutiny, and thats proving controversial. Our first report today is from our political correspondent, iain watson. The law that took us into the European Union was passed in 1972. Now, our eu membership is about to end. Not with
In a Helicopter Crash in north wales yesterday afternoon. Health officials publish plans to cut the amount of sugar in foods most often eaten by children. And, what happened when Cristiano Ronaldo came face to face with an alternative view. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that ministers have published plans to convert thousands of eu laws into british law as the uk leaves the European Union. But there are more signs today that european leaders are toughening their stance towards the brexit negotiations ahead. The repeal bill will end thejurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice once britain has left the eu. The brexit secretary, david davis, told mps the bill would help ensure a Smooth And Orderly Exit from the eu. But the shadow brexit secretary, labours sir keir starmer, said the bill gave few safeguards and provided the government with Sweeping Powers to change legislation without full parliamentary scrutiny. We will talk about that. Ourfirst report is from our political correspon
this these two days weren t going to be some salve to all of the issues to these two nations. one of the major issues the secretary set out to address was trying to send out regular military-to-military channels of communication between the two countries and the chinese did not great to that. the fact they did not make that agreement, that s a challenge and the secretary said that s something the u.s. will continue to push china on. when it comes to taiwan, it is clear there are remaining tensions between the u.s. and china, really unsurprisingly. we heard from the chinese foreign minister readout that they made demands of the u.s. when it comes to taiwan. they said it presents the most pronounced risk to the u.s.-china relationship and the secretary of state basically said the u.s. position on taiwan remains the same. here s what he said in the press conference earlier today.