tonight at ten: the country comes out of recession, with the economy growing at the start of the year. but the prime minister admits it'll take time for people to feel the benefits. labour outlines its plans for tackling cross—channel migration, and says it'll scrap the rwanda policy if it wins the election. migration and the economy are two issues that could shape the general election campaign. we'll be assessing them with chris mason and faisal islam. also tonight: may i ask how princess kate is doing? she's doing well, yes. prince william, visiting the isles of scilly, says his wife catherine is "doing well", following her cancer diagnosis. prince harry and his

wife visit nigeria, speaking to children at a mental health summit. i love you all! confusion on eurovision eve — will the dutch contestant perform in the final? organisers are investigating reports of an incident backstage. and what can be done to protect the african penguin? conservationists are worried the species could be gone in a decade. on newsnight at 10:30pm, with peace talks stalled, israel is expanding its operations in gaza and its rift with the white house. with washington saying it's watching with concern, tensions with the biden administration are growing deeper. hello. good evening. the prime minister has admitted it will "take time" for people to really feel better, after the latest figures showed the uk was officially out of recession. the economy — all the goods and services we buy and sell —

grew by 0.6% in the first three months of this year. that was much better than expected. and it brings to an end one of the mildest recessions on record — shown by the shallow red bars on the graph there. our economics editor, faisal islam, has been to the west country to find out whether people and businesses there feel the economy is turning a corner. where better than rollquick, in bristol, to see a turn—up in the economic cycle? the end of recession? it has been extreme boom and bust in the bike market since the pandemic, with changes in consumer demand, suppliers, and some retailers going bust. but now, like the economy in general, the brakes are coming off. so, from what you can see in this shop, does it feel like we're coming out of recession? it's beginning to. right now, it does feel like, yeah, things are getting busier and picking up again. from bristol's bikes to its butchers, better news

from less bad news on the prices of everyday staples. no, it seems to be ok. it seems to have plateaued a bit. so fingers crossed, it shouldn't, we hope, go up any more. ijust hope that prices will stay as they are, to be honest with you, because it's been a tough few years for a lot of people. so we can now kiss goodbye to what proved to be a rather short, sharp, mild technical recession. but is the growth we're now seeing equally technical? visiting a new investment in mri scanners in oxford, the pm says a better—than—expected economy offers some vindication for his own plan. so, look, it is going to take time for people to really feel better, but i am confident that today's figures show that we now have momentum. the economy has real momentum. it's hard to argue with that.

there's some argument that you're being delusional, that you're gaslighting the british public on the economy. you know, all i'd say is, typical from the labour party. it's just being incredibly negative about the country, negative about the economy, talking it down, when this isn't just me saying that, this is the bank of england governor yesterday saying that we've turned a corner. this is the office for national statistics, independently, who has put out these figures that show we have the joint fast—highest growth rate in the g7. both main parties say they want to fight the general election on the economy. this is the first parliament on record where living standards will be lower at the end than they were at the beginning. this is no cause for celebration, no cause for a victory lap. my ambitions for britain are so much greater than merelyjust coming out of recession, which is all that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt have achieved. hi, john. hi, how are you doing? back in bristol, on the longest street of independent shops in the country, it's the carpet shop that could really show if confidence is returning. people are thinking twice. when you tell them the full price, they go, "ok, maybe just have three rooms and not the stairs".

so it's not like it was. it's a much harder environment at the moment. i would disagree that we're coming out of recession. i would say we're just sort of teetering. across the economy as a whole, the brief recession is now over. some normal growth is back, but up and down the nation, households and businesses aren't yet fully healed from the economic scars of a tough few years. faisal islam, bbc news, in bristol. meanwhile, labour's leader, sir keir starmer, was in dover today, to outline measures for tackling cross—channel migration. sir keir said if labour wins the next election, it would scrap the conservatives�* rwanda policy immediately. but he didn't promise to stop small boat crossings entirely, saying he wouldn't put "false numbers" on his plans. new figures from the home office show more than 9,000 people have crossed the channel in small boats this year — a rise of 35% on the same period last year. our political editor

chris mason has the story. dover this morning. the latest arrivals picked up by border force in the english channel. the ambulance, a reminder of the perils of a crossing. a few miles away, the man who thinks he has a solution. and just look who's following in keir starmer�*s footsteps. the local mp, natalie elphicke, who walked into this week as a conservative mp and ends it sitting with labour. sir keir�*s main idea is this... border security command will bring together hundreds of specialist investigators — the best of the best — from the national crime agency, the border force, immigration enforcement, the crown prosecution service and, yes, mi5. listening, responding, the prime minister. as far as i can tell, all the things that they're talking

about today are all things that we're already doing. crunching through the backlog, having more law enforcement officers do more. that's all happening already. we announced all of that more than a year ago. there is, then, a battle of ideas and a tussle over sounding tough. these vile people smugglers are no better than terrorists. they're a threat to our national security and a threat to life. that means new powers that will allow us to shut off internet access, close their bank accounts. labour want to use counter—terrorism laws "to smash people smuggling gangs", as they put it. but how much difference would this make? so i think there's an open question here about what precisely these anti—terrorism powers will amount to, whether it will make it considerably easier to police smuggling gangs and, ultimately, whether it will have a material impact on getting small boat arrivals down. next, then, time to scrutinise labour's ideas. keir starmer, you say that you want what you call a border security command.

the prime minister's set up a small boats operational command. what, in practical terms, is the difference? well, let me tell you. the prime minister's operation, which is good, is a processing operation here, coordinating with those in france about the boats that are actually coming across. but i want something much more ambitious than that, which is to set up a command that will take down the gangs that are putting people in the boats in the first place. how can you be certain that the government's rwanda scheme won't be a deterrent? maybe, just maybe, it'll work. i think it's a gimmick. i think it's an extremely expensive gimmick. £600 million to removejust a few hundred people, less than i% of those that arrive via small boat. but maybe it will act as a deterrent. i do not think it's going to work. i'm not going to come into government — if we're privileged enough to do so — and flog a dead horse, at great expense to the taxpayer. a deeply complex issue, over which keir starmer and rishi sunak grapple for credibility and long for solutions, as partial

as they may prove to be. well, chris mason and faisal islam are with me. let's stop today �*s economic figures, we will scrutinise statistics like that for months to come. , ., come. they were of c i better-than-expected, come. they were of c - better-than-expected, it is come. they were of c _ better-than-expected, it is good better—than—expected, it is good news we are out of recession, although it was mild. the numbers when you look below the hood are broad—based, orthe when you look below the hood are broad—based, or the sector apart from construction were growing. the key word here is momentum. when you get a growth figure at 0.6, it is kind of back to normal levels of growth that we sort of almost forgot about and it gives a foundation for consumer and business confidence to start to grow into something more sustained and sustainable. i'm not sure it will get there, but it is kind of corroborated by the inflation figure coming down and potentially interest rates coming down. it is not there yet, but it is coming down. down. it is not there yet, but it is coming down-— coming down. chris, the labour leader chose _ coming down. chris, the labour leader chose to _ coming down. chris, the labour leader chose to go _ coming down. chris, the labour

leader chose to go to _ coming down. chris, the labour leader chose to go to dover- coming down. chris, the labour leader chose to go to dover to i coming down. chris, the labour. leader chose to go to dover to talk about migration, what does this tell us about the direction of travel politically?— us about the direction of travel oliticall ? , , . ,., politically? the big picture point, welcome to _ politically? the big picture point, welcome to the _ politically? the big picture point, welcome to the sunak _ politically? the big picture point, welcome to the sunak and - politically? the big picture point, i welcome to the sunak and starmer show, _ welcome to the sunak and starmer show. the — welcome to the sunak and starmer show, the next few months of our lives _ show, the next few months of our lives 0n— show, the next few months of our lives. on the economy firstly, all the party— lives. on the economy firstly, all the party leaders recognise just how important _ the party leaders recognise just how important it is to so many people. but the _ important it is to so many people. but the politics of unauthorised migration has become prominent because — migration has become prominent because it — migration has become prominent because it has grown as an issue, but also _ because it has grown as an issue, but also because the leaders have decided _ but also because the leaders have decided to talk about it. there was a revealing — decided to talk about it. there was a revealing curiosity i spotted today, — a revealing curiosity i spotted today, the two of them, keir starmer and today, the two of them, keir starmer ahd rishi _ today, the two of them, keir starmer and rishi sunak, are trying to weapon— and rishi sunak, are trying to weapon isaac single word at each other— weapon isaac single word at each other and — weapon isaac single word at each other and that word is amnesty. so we had _ other and that word is amnesty. so we had the — other and that word is amnesty. so we had the labour leader accusing the leader— we had the labour leader accusing the leader of a travel lodge amnesty, the idea people in small tmats— amnesty, the idea people in small boats in_ amnesty, the idea people in small boats in hotels, and labour is accused — boats in hotels, and labour is accused of— boats in hotels, and labour is accused of advocating its own ad —— amnesty— accused of advocating its own ad —— amnesty because people would be able to apply— amnesty because people would be able to apply for asylum who have come in small— to apply for asylum who have come in small boats — to apply for asylum who have come in small boats. projecting a certain

aggression on this issue.- small boats. projecting a certain aggression on this issue. thank you both for now- _ aggression on this issue. thank you both for now. news _ aggression on this issue. thank you both for now. news that _ aggression on this issue. thank you both for now. news that has - aggression on this issue. thank you both for now. news that has been i both for now. news that has been developing on air tonight, the us government has said israel may have used us supplied weapons in breach of international humanitarian law in some instances during the war in gaza. these findings are in a review ordered by the white house. let's find out more from our correspondent tom bateman in washington. what find out more from our correspondent tom bateman in washington. what more do we know? _ tom bateman in washington. what more do we know? jane. _ tom bateman in washington. what more do we know? jane, this _ tom bateman in washington. what more do we know? jane, this has _ tom bateman in washington. what more do we know? jane, this has been - tom bateman in washington. what more do we know? jane, this has been a - do we know? jane, this has been a long—awaited report by the state department here after, as you say, president biden ordered a review of infect seven countries and the way infect seven countries and the way in which they were using us supplied that had come after growing pressure on the president but equally from human rights organisations and parts of his democratic base to investigate and verify whether or not us weapons were being used in breach of international humanitarian

law in gaza. such was the work that has gone into this, the state department missed its own deadline on this by three days. but we have had the report in the last ten minutes and the key line is this, it is reasonable to assess that weapons supplied by the united states have been used by israeli security forces since october the 7th in instances inconsistent with international humanitarian law. now, that is clearly a rebuke of israel, but it stops short of saying that that should then lead to any further withholding of us weapons because, it says, it takes its assurances about dealing with and investigating these incidents is credible. so a very important line. i think it signifies the way in which president biden has been caught in a bind between parts of his base who want more weapons withheld from israel and those who say he is already not showing enough support to his key ally in the region.— ally in the region. thank you, tom bateman in _ ally in the region. thank you, tom

bateman in washington. - piran ditta khan, who was found guilty last month of the murder of the police officer sharon beshenivsky in 2005, has been jailed for life. sharon beshenivsky was shot dead on her daughter's fourth birthday, when she and a colleague responded to an alarm at a travel agents in bradford. the judge said that her courage and commitment to duty that day cost her her life. danny savage was in court. he was the man who fled the country to avoid arrest for the murder of a police officer. in 2006, he got on a plane from heathrow to islamabad. butjustice eventually caught up with piran ditta khan. he was deported from pakistan and today given a ao—year minimum sentence for the murder of pc sharon beshenivsky, a mother and stepmum, killed on her daughter's fourth birthday. police constable sharon beshenivsky�*s courage and commitment to her duty that day cost her her life.

the sentence i pass is no measure of the value of the life that has been lost. that is beyond measure. and no sentence i pass can put right what you have done. this was the scene on that awful day in 2005. pc beshenivsky had been responding to reports of a panic alarm at a travel agent with her colleague, pc teresa milburn, when she was shot dead just after getting out of their patrol car. the 18th of november 2005 is a date that will remain etched in our memories forever. what started as a happy, special day, to celebrate lydia's fourth birthday, was a day that ended with devastating and sad consequences, due to the callous actions of piran ditta khan and his associates. since then, the 18th of november is no longer a birthday celebration for lydia and all of us, but now a day of remembrance and memorial.

the court also heard a victim impact statement from lydia beshenivsky. she says, since the age of four, there has always been a void in her life, and she remembers her mum as a hero. all those years ago, two mums set out to work. two ordinary people, doing extraordinary work for the public, protecting them and keeping them safe. one didn't return home and one didn't return home in the same way. in the minutes before she died, she was talking about the birthday party later that day for her little girl. the man responsible for her murder will never see freedom again. danny savage, bbc news, leeds. russian forces have launched a surprise new ground offensive in ukraine, crossing the border into the north—eastern kharkiv region. for months, fighting has been focussed in the east,

where russia occupies large areas. today's attack may be an attempt to open a new front and intensify pressure on kharkiv, which is the country's second largest city. it comes as president biden authorised more us military aid for ukraine. our defence correspondent jonathan beale is in kharkiv, around 20 miles from the russian border. how dangerous a moment is this for ukraine? i think it is both a difficult and dangerous moment for ukraine. we are in kharkiv and we just heard the air alarms going. this city is pretty much targeted every night by ukrainian missiles. russia's focus, as you say, has been in the east. it's worth remembering that they have taken, since the start of this year, about 300 square miles of ukrainian territory. that focus in the east but at the same time they've been building up tens of thousands of troops just over the

board here about 20 miles away. and in the early hours of this morning some of those troops crossed the border, made an incursion of several miles, followed, says ukraine, by massive artillery and air strikes. president zelensky has said that they have repelled those attacks. that said, they now have, the russians, a foothold in kharkiv again and there are fears there will be more waves of assault. they get is important to say that president putin believes he has a window of opportunity to exploit here. not just outnumbering and outgun in ukraine, but also ukraine being starved of that us military support for more than six months. that is slowly now arriving. ukraine's limited resources are being stretched right across this 800 mile front and it is a difficult moment for ukraine. front and it is a difficult moment for ukraine-— prince william has said his wife catherine is "doing well", following her cancer diagnosis. he made the remarks while visiting

a hospital on the isles of scilly. the princess of wales revealed in march that she's having chemotherapy, after abdominal surgery in january. jenny kumah sent this report. sailing into st mary's harbour on a sunny day to a warm welcome. the prince back at work, but there was still time for a pasty. it means a lot because it's showing that he's still here for the community. the scillies are said to be a favourite place for prince william. he's visited many times — as a child with his parents, then as a husband and father with his own family. today, it was noticeable that the prince was here on his own, as his wife continues her cancer treatment, with many people he met here wishing the prince and his family well. and local businesses, gearing up for the summer season, seemed glad he was here. i think it shows his strength of character, integrity that he wants to continue his duty. from the harbour to the local community hospital,

where he was asked about his wife. may i ask how princess kate is doing? she's doing well, yes. lovely. and the children as well? the children are very jealous that i'm here. he appreciated the enquiry, and i did wish him well and said that perhaps they needed a little break over here, which he said they might very well be doing. digging the ground for a new health unit. the prince headed home with a promise to return. jenny kumah, bbc news, st mary's. meanwhile, prince harry and his wife meghan are in nigeria, on a three—day tour. the duke and duchess of sussex were invited by the country's chief of defence staff to meet injured service personnel — as part of their work with the invictus games. simijolaoso reports from the capital, abuja. serenaded with traditional music and enthusiastic dancers. greeted by rows of

adoring schoolchildren. some the same age as their own children, lilibet and archie. the purpose of the visit was to open a mental health summit. but not before more performances from the students. we have got to acknowledge those amazing dance moves. prince harry encouraged the children to look out for friends who might be struggling. mental health affects every single person in the entire world. the more you talk about it, the more you can kick stigma away. far, far away. for meghan, who decided she's 43% nigerian thanks to a genealogy test, this trip is personal. she feels an affinity to those here. i see myself in all of you, as well.

applause and that passion has resonated with students here. when people like the duke and duchess of sussex come to a school like this and talk about mental health, the children realise that it is a normal feeling to have these emotions are valid. they mentioned that it is ok not to be they mentioned that it is ok not to be ok. so it was really inspirational. this is one ofjust a few international tours that the duke and duchess of sussex have partaken in since stepping down as senior working members of the royalfamily. this trip has really focused on the issues and topics that they are passionate about. a salute for the former soldier. prince harry paid a visit to the military�*s defence headquarters. they are behind the couple's trip to nigeria and are hoping to do more with the duke's

invictus games foundation. having served ten years in the military himself, prince harry values those who serve their country. the couple will spend the rest of their stay here focused on a cause dear to their hearts, helping wounded and injured soldiers and veterans. simijolaoso — abuja — nigeria. cyber attacks on schools have resulted in cancelled lessons and weeks of disruption, according to new figures. hackers are increasingly targeting schools because they hold sensitive data but have limited budgets to spend on software and security. the education and childcare sector reported 3a7 cyber incidents to the information commissioner's office last year. an increase of 55% on the year before. some incidents have even forced schools to temporarily close. more details from our education correspondent elaine dunkley.

could literally see the cursor moving on their screen remotely. across the country, the cyber scammers are targeting schools. the whole thing feels very sinister, actually. international gangs stealing sensitive data about pupils and parents and demanding money. they're constantly trying to barrage and find ways of getting into your system. this is brockington college in leicestershire. it has over 1,000 pupils. hackers got into the system during the easter break. every aspect of school life — from safeguarding to school dinners — has been disrupted. door locks, cctv around the schools, the management systems for registers — there are so many systems that are part of schools with technology. in every possible way, the impact is tremendous. schools hold a wealth of information, but often have limited resources to stop the hackers. it feels that as a school system, you've been violated, you know? there are people accessing your records, your pupil and staff data. of course, the biggest question is what have they done

with anything that they've taken? or indeed, have they taken anything? once the criminals get into the school's system, they demand a ransom with threats of publishing sensitive data on the dark web. we're cracking on with all of the changes that we need to do to the network... granville academy in derby had to close for a day this term due to a cyber attack. it could have been a lot worse. the school regularly does practice runs to prepare staff who were quick to respond. we didn't have any ransomware, for example, that was put into the system. we had to shut the internet down and we had to make sure people's devices...had their passwords reset. you've got to be aware of so many risks, and you've got to be in the space that you can think, "it could happen to us." what kind of character. do you think romeo is? in this age of digital technology, resorting to just pens and paper is difficult for pupils and teachers. homework and resources

are mainly on devices. we use resources on the board. we use videos from, like, national geographic to learn. so then we've had to move to textbooks in geography and we're not getting the level of content that we can have. passwords not working because of course, they'd stolen it and so it had to all be reset. since the start of the cyber attack, i'm still unable to do some of the homework now. the department for education says it's provided a range of support for schools who are victims of cyber crime, including a dedicated team who are on hand to provide advice in response to incidents. for schools learning to deal with criminals hiding behind screens, there are many challenges. headteachers are warning more investment is needed or schools will continue to pay a high price. elaine dunkley, bbc news. there's more confusion tonight, on the eve of the eurovision song contest in sweden. the dutch entrant, considered one of the frontrunners, was pulled from this evening's dress rehearsal at the last minute, after reports

of an incident backstage. charlotte gallagher is in malmo tonight. charlotte, what's going on? ican i can tell you that we still don't really know. we know something happened backstage. there was some kind of altercation but we don't know what that was but organisers believe it was serious enough for them to investigate. in the arena behind me tonight when fans found out thatjoost klein wasn't going to be performing lots of booing erupted. be performing lots of booing eru ted. , . be performing lots of booing eruted. , . ., , ., erupted. the dutch artist will not be performing... _ erupted. the dutch artist will not be performing... boos. - erupted. the dutch artist will not be performing... 3005. he - erupted. the dutch artist will notl be performing... 3005. he hasn't been kicked _ be performing... 3005. he hasn't been kicked out _ be performing... 3005. he hasn't been kicked out yet, _ be performing... 3005. he hasn't been kicked out yet, though. - be performing... 3005. he hasn't been kicked out yet, though. the | been kicked out yet, though. the internationaljuries are going to judge his performance on what he did in the semifinal and organisers are still deciding whether he'll be able to perform this song in the final

tomorrow. this is a fairly upbeat song. it's very popular with fans here. however, it's actually about his late parents so it is extremely significant forjoost klein and he has been emotional about it. taste significant forjoost klein and he has been emotional about it. we wait to see tomorrow. _ has been emotional about it. we wait to see tomorrow. thanks _ has been emotional about it. we wait to see tomorrow. thanks very - has been emotional about it. we wait to see tomorrow. thanks very much, | to see tomorrow. thanks very much, charlotte gallagher, in malmo, sweden, on the eve of eurovision. tourists travel from all over the world to see them — the african penguin, native to the coast of south africa, but they are in danger of extinction. conservationists are worried they could be wiped out in the next decade — and are taking legal action against the south african government because of what they say is its failure to protect the endangered species. jenny hill reports from the western cape. theirs is a story of survival.

but every year there are fewer african penguins. soon there may be none at all. life on africa's southern tip is precarious. there are predators, seals and gulls. but the real enemy is human, wrecking their habitat and taking their food. now conservationists are taking the south african government to court. if the current rates of decline persist into the near future, we could see the extinction of the species within our lifetime, by 2035. the birds need sardines and anchovies, but the fishing industry wants them too. south africa's entering untested legal waters. fishermen are already banned from some areas. conservationists want the courts to close off more. in the harbours here, fury. it'll cost, workers warn, money and jobs, and it won't help the penguins. we're a fraction of the problem. well, there's predation, seals, sharks. we've got oil and gas

exploration, noise pollution. it's going to be a little bit bumpy. watching the case, a man who's spent decades monitoring the wildlife here. if government, fisheries and all the ngos play their part, i think they've got a good future. we can overcome what's happening at the moment. you really get a sense of their vulnerability. many of the penguins in this colony are protecting eggs. they're waiting to raise their young, and yet ultimately their fate lies in human hands. the south african government won't yet comment on the case and legal action can take a long time. already too late, some fear, for africa's dying breed. jenny hill, bbc news, the western cape. time for a look at the weather.

here's elizabeth rizzini. this programme continues on bbc one.