19 minutes ago About sharing Legal challenges meant the first Rwanda flight was cancelled shortly before take-off in June 2022 By Dominic Casciani Home and legal correspondent @BBCDomC The government’s Rwanda bill – to send UK asylum seekers to be processed in Africa – has finally been approved by Parliament, after two years of legal…
15 minutes ago About sharing Donald Trump appeared in court for a day of opening statements as well as testimony from David Pecker By Phil McCausland & Kayla Epstein & Nada Tawfik BBC News, New York The prosecution in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial accused the former president of a criminal conspiracy and cover-up to hide…
4 minutes ago About sharing Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the failed investigation sparked a landmark public inquiry By Daniel De Simone BBC News The Met Police has agreed that an independent police force will review the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation. It comes after calls by Stephen’s mother, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, for the dormant inquiry to…
A south London pub named on Taylor Swift’s new album describes the reaction as “crazy”.
37 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Edser & Jemma Dempsey Business reporters, BBC News Some of the UK’s biggest banks are raising mortgage rates as expectations of when the Bank of England will cut interest rates are pushed back. Barclays, HSBC and NatWest are all increasing some costs on fixed-rate mortgage deals from Tuesday….
13 minutes ago About sharing Huw Edwards presented major national events for the BBC including general elections and the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Newsreader Huw Edwards has resigned from the BBC on “medical advice”, the corporation has said. The broadcaster has been off air since last July…
11:38 Kayla Epstein Reporting from outside court Today’s the day we will have opening arguments for Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial – the first ever criminal trial of a US president. We will hear the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and Trump’s lawyers make their opening pitch to the jury, outlining the full sweep of their…
1 hour ago About sharing Maj Gen Aharon Haliva (L) – seen here in Gaza in December – is the most senior figure to resign over the 7 October attacks By David Gritten BBC News The Israeli military’s intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on…
16 minutes ago About sharing By Francesca Gillett BBC News Two men have been charged with spying for China after allegedly providing information which could be “useful to an enemy”. Christopher Berry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, are accused of giving “articles, notes, documents or information” to a foreign state under the Official Secrets Act….
It is more than four months since the government’s Rwanda bill was introduced in the House of Commons. It’s more than two years since the policy to send some asylum seekers in the UK to Rwanda. But today might be the day the legislation is finally passed. Rishi Sunak certainly hopes so. “We will sit…