war too close to home, and that it will threaten this country's aspirations to become a major trade and logistics hub between china and the west. georgia started building a deep sea port here in anaklia in 2017 with western investors. if completed it would have dramatically increased trade between asia and europe through the so called middle corridor, avoiding russia. the kremlin claimed us navy submarines would dock here. in 2020, georgia's government cancelled the contract. the case has gone to international arbitration. mamuka khazaradze, who led the project, has gone into politics. it is the biggest, biggest problem you have with this government, because they are serving russian interests. because anaklia is not in the russian interest to be built. and proof of it, you see that

in 20km of from anaklia, the ochamchira military base is under construction now. the government says it is reviving the port project. it denies acting in russian�*s interests. absurd. it's absurd. but it admits georgia is under constant threat from its northern neighbour. in the last 30 years, we had three wars with russia. if there is something, we are there alone, fighting russians. we do not have the nato security umbrella. we do not have the eu's economic solidarity. but what georgians might get by the end of this year is eu candidate status. like ukrainians, they see themselves as victims of russian aggression, and while ukraine's success in the black sea has exposed russia's vulnerabilities, russia's establishment of a new naval base on occupied georgian territory demonstrates

its continued dominance in this region. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. the daily mail, will the tories ever give up fighting each other and start fighting labour? andj lo looking absolutely amazing. also the daily mirror, the dead can't hear your apologies, that was on one of the posters outside the covid inquiry today as boris johnson turned up. the financial times, rishi sunak�*s drive to unite behind the rundall bill in claude�*sjenrick quits. and the telegraph, immigration minister quits as the pm is warned of electoral oblivion. it is warned of electoral oblivion. it is were the words of former home secretary suella braverman in the commons this afternoon when she gave her resignation speech such sacking speech. —— slash sacking speech

that's all from us tonight. i'm back tomorow. goodnight. he rose right when you said you restrict your attention to western countries only utilities on the one that comes out worst. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. deliveries continue to roll out of whittlesea today as workers live

with uncertain news. nine transportation jobs are to go with up to 25 manufacturing jobs at risk. it's been blamed on a downturn in the building trade. i've spoken to someone who works here who says that it isn't an issue with the company or with whittlesea, but the problem is nationwide and industry wide. whittlesea is renowned for its brick building. past sadness in the town today. i mean, i've been there, my father was in there and grandfather. so as i say, he has a long history established here. it's very, very sad, but it's the way of the world today. the company hasn't given a timescale of when the job losses may come as it continues to face the challenges gripping the industry. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. in a major blow to the uk's prime minister, the minister responsible for immigration robert jenrick has resigned — at the very moment legislation

on asylum seekers was being introduced in the commons. his resignation came over a bill attempting to enable the government's policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda to go ahead — after the supreme court ruled it unlawful. leila nathoo reports. in downing street on tuesday, robertjenrick seemed uncertain about the future of his flagship policy. tonight he quit as immigration minister, saying a new law designed to ensure some asylum seekers could be sent to rwanda didn't go far enough. in his resignation letter to the prime minister, mrjenrick says, "a bill of the kind you are proposing is a triumph of hope over experience. the stakes for the country are too high for us not to pursue the stronger protections required to end the merry—go—round of legal challenges." he goes on to say, "i refuse to be yet another politician who makes promises on immigration to the british public but does not keep them." statement, the home secretary. in the commons, meanwhile,

his former boss was selling the government's revised plan to stop the boats. it is a bill which is lawful, it is fair and it is necessary. because people will only stop coming here illegally when they know that they cannot stay here, and that they will be detained and quickly removed to a safe third country. the new legislation aims to declare rwanda a safe country, and to prevent removals being stopped by the courts. sections of existing uk human rights law won't apply, routes to individual legal challenges will be limited and ministers would be able to overwrite any rulings from the european court of human rights. some tory mps have called for all international legal obligations to be disregarded. will he confirm that the provisions in this bill are sufficient to resist individual challenges from those who might be sent to rwanda, and the interest groups

and the deluded dodgy lawyers who support them? labour said the government was in chaos. this is the desperate dying days of a party ripping itself apart, clearly totally out of ideas, lost any sense of leadership or direction. rishi sunak has been trying to balance the competing demands of different wings of his party while trying to rescue the policy at the heart of his promise to stop channel crossings. in trying to bolster the rwanda plan, he's lost the very minister who's been in charge of it, who now says the scheme as it stands won't work and warned the fortunes of the conservative party are now at stake. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. i'm joined now by henry hill, the deputy editor of the news and analysis website, conservative home. thank you for your time here on

newsday. robertjen rick says there rwanda posse doesn't go far enough and wants to unwind much of the uk's human rights laws and policies, what do you make of what you have seen so far? �* ., , ., , far? i'm not sure he wants it unwind those commitments _ far? i'm not sure he wants it unwind those commitments sure _ far? i'm not sure he wants it unwind those commitments sure as - far? i'm not sure he wants it unwind those commitments sure as create i those commitments sure as create some specific policies for some of them. that's not uncommon, last week friends this. is controversial in the united kingdom. i think the stranger thing is i don't think the word or possibly is an issue for robertjen rick. if you look at what the word microsoft team will do, it would only send away a few hundred people, it's more of a child than a solution. i think the other problem they have is numbers of, to show the

united kingdom has three quarters of a million people with net migration last year, being the minister for immigration he grasped that the government is not prepared to do anything resembling the sort of policy programme necessary to bring those numbers down and he is better out than in. . , those numbers down and he is better out than in. ., , ., those numbers down and he is better out than in-— out than in. there was a warning of electoral oblivion _ out than in. there was a warning of electoral oblivion and _ out than in. there was a warning of electoral oblivion and where - out than in. there was a warning of electoral oblivion and where yes i electoral oblivion and where yes than a year out from general election, and labour has a double pole in need, how will the government send its rwanda policy? i don't think anything quick and close the gap, the way that would frame it is essentially slow down. house of lords, there's not enough time for it to go through the house of lords for them to block it, even with the legal challenges, and essentially if you want to fight a election on rwanda now, you write it on a frame of the government trying to do something about border crossings,

and the other side they and the house of lords are stopping them. i don't think i will work but it's a best friend they can go on because there will not be a flight this side of the election. we there will not be a flight this side of the election.— of the election. we will leave it there, of the election. we will leave it there. henry — of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, _ of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, thank- of the election. we will leave it there, henry hill, thank you i of the election. we will leave it | there, henry hill, thank you for your time here in dc. a north korean family, who escaped this year, has told the bbc there has been "a great deal of suffering" since the country sealed its borders at the start of the pandemic. defections, which were once fairly common, have become almost impossible. this family fled by sea, and is the first to have escaped this year and made it to the south. one family member spoke to our correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie. we've re—voiced his words and are not using his full name to help protect the family in seoul and back in north korea. although we cannot independently verify all of his account, some of the details are in line with what we have been told by other sources. every escape from north korea is remarkable.

but mr kim took a stomach churning risk with the borders sealed because of the pandemic. he fled by sea with his entire family on board this ship. his wife pregnant. his brother's young children hidden below the deck. translation: we put the children to sleep with sleeping pills and hid| them in grain sacks. i was almost paralysed by fear. i knew my entire family could be executed if i made one mistake. the boat was very loud, but all i could hear was my heartbeat. the family crossed into south korean waters undetected and were rescued by the navy. with defections now at a trickle, they pulled off the seemingly impossible. this is the sea between north and south korea where mr kim's family crossed. it is so unusual for escapees to come this way directly to south korea. most go through china, meaning mr kim and his family are the first to have escaped this

year and made it here. and so their testimony is so important because it's some of the most up to date information we have about what's happening in the country. the border closures have brought immense suffering, he told me. two farmers he knew starved to death as food prices soared, while the pandemic restrictions made life more desperate. translation: when there were cases of covid, - everyone would be locked up and the entire area sealed off. the people inside had little or nothing to eat. after they had starved for a while, the government would bring in truckloads of supplies to sell so people would praise them. it's like starving your baby, then giving it a small amount so it would thank you. people started asking whether this was the state's plan to profit from the pandemic. now safely in seoul, and these streets aren't as unfamiliar as they should be. mr kim grew up watching south korean television in secret. this, like for so many,

was his source of enlightenment. but now, he says, the authorities are ruthlessly cracking down on anyone caught watching it. translation: people started calling | the crackdown officials mosquitoes, | like vampires sucking out our blood. they're ruthless. they'll shoot you, kill you, or send you to a labour camp. last year, they publicly executed a 22—year—old man for listening to south korean songs and sharing them with his friends. they said they were punishing him harshly to set the right precedent. everyone is afraid. this new freedom hasn't quenched mr kim's fear. he worries about repercussions for speaking out. his baby daughter is only a month old. she gave mr kim the final push to escape to free her from what he calls a hellhole. let's take a look at some other

stories in the headlines.... police in las vegas say a suspect in a shooting at the las vegas campus of the university of nevada — is dead. the metropolitan police department said there were at least three victims but gave no further details on the number or type of casualties. we do have one suspect down, first we had no idea on the motive, there are number of victims transported to area hospitals, so i don't want to give false information and tell you how many victims we have, but we be providing that very shortly. italy has withdrawn from china's flagship belt and road initiative — four years after becoming the only g7 country to sign up to the programme. the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, called the decision by the previous government to join the trillion—dollar infrastructure project — a big mistake. russian president vladimir putin arrived in saudi arabia on wednesday after visiting the united arab emirates, making a rare trip abroad as moscow seeks to reassert itself on the global stage.

time magazine has revealed its person of the year... and this is who it is. pop superstar taylor swift has been handed the presigious honour. the star, whose eras tour broke box office records and provoked an inquiry into ticketmaster's sales practices, follows the likes of barack obama, greta thunberg and volodymyr zelensky. she told the magazine that she is "the proudest and happiest i've ever felt". hello there. while wednesday was a pretty chilly day for many of us, again, we had some blue skies and sunshine, especially towards northern and eastern areas of the uk. a lovely scene there in perth and kinross, but it wasn't quite as sunny as that further south and west, where we had rain spreading in, well, courtesy of these weather

fronts pushing in from the southwest. now, we could see a spell of snow in the central lowlands into thursday morning. that could be disruptive, just one to keep an eye on first thing on thursday, and maybe a touch of frost here. but elsewhere, you can see temperatures above freezing. so a frost—free night. as we go through thursday, though, we will see further heavy rain moving in from the west. notice these green colours here. really quite intense rain for a time, and a windy day, really, for many of us. those winds really picking up, particularly around the irish sea coast. gales here, severe gales in the far north east of scotland. but it's through thursday that we'll see that milder air, really, spread to all parts. so temperatures a bit higher, seven or eight celsius for many, but double figures towards northern ireland, wales and the south west of england. but the rain could be a little bit disruptive. we could see some localised flooding as we go through thursday. into the evening, that rain does spread away to the east, but some really quite high rainfall totals for some of us. but the milder air firmly with us because it'll be a frost free night into friday morning.

temperatures no lower than about fiveto seven or eight celsius. and there's that milder air i've been talking about. you can see the colder condition is just limited to the very, very far northeast of scotland. the south—westerly winds bring those milder conditions or less cold conditions, i should really say, because it's not exactly mild. but we do have on friday further pulses of rain moving its way in from the west, all linked in with that area of low pressure. just situated across northern ireland. some sunny spells, especially towards the south east of england during the day, and many more of us will see temperatures getting up into double figures. how about the weekends then? well, it's going to stay unsettled. there'll be further bouts of rain coming their way in from the atlantic. you can see the south—westerly airflow moving those weather fronts in. now, the weekend isn't going to be completely wet. there will be some sunny spells in between some spells of rain. but you notice those temperatures will stay up in double figures for many of us with rain at times. bye bye.

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