0
0.0
Mar 21, 2024
03/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
-- barbara plett usher.— politics happening in the uk? -- barbara plett usher.ett usher. speaking to people in the rwandan _ barbara plett usher. speaking to i people in the rwandan government here this week you get the sense they are quite happy and prepared to accept asylum seekers when they should arrive. but also happy to let the process play out in the uk. and so i think there is a really a sense of watching and waiting here. in the meantime they are taking their own steps to address some of the concerns raised by the uk supreme court which, as you know, was that it found rwanda was not a safe country for refugees. one of the reasons for that, it said, was there was a substantial risk that the asylum seekers could be deported back to their countries of origin. rwanda had already promised that that would not happen in a treaty signed with britain. but it is now revamping its asylum law. there is a new asylum bill here as well in kigali and the parliament is going to be voting on that fairly soon, we are told. more broadly, the rwandan government has always o
-- barbara plett usher.— politics happening in the uk? -- barbara plett usher.ett usher. speaking to people in the rwandan _ barbara plett usher. speaking to i people in the rwandan government here this week you get the sense they are quite happy and prepared to accept asylum seekers when they should arrive. but also happy to let the process play out in the uk. and so i think there is a really a sense of watching and waiting here. in the meantime they are taking their own steps to address...
0
0.0
Mar 26, 2024
03/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
barbara plett usher in nairobi, thank— country.ra plett usher in nairobi, thank you for that - country. barbara plett usher in - nairobi, thank you for that update. back to our breaking news out of baltimore. this is the scene live after a bridge collapsed after being hit by a container ship. the baltimore city fire department is currently at the scene — they�*ve spoken to the bbc, saying as many as 20 workers could be in the river. 0fficers officers say this happened at about 1:30am local time. officers say this happened at about 1:30am localtime. here officers say this happened at about 1:30am local time. here is the boat hitting the scot francis key bridge, the bridge quickly collapses and there is a large rescue operation under way. the shipping company says all those on board have been accounted for and there is no reported injury, there was a major operation looking for those who might be in the water. hello again. in the next couple of days, take your brolly with you, we expect some heavy downpours, some of which will be thu
barbara plett usher in nairobi, thank— country.ra plett usher in nairobi, thank you for that - country. barbara plett usher in - nairobi, thank you for that update. back to our breaking news out of baltimore. this is the scene live after a bridge collapsed after being hit by a container ship. the baltimore city fire department is currently at the scene — they�*ve spoken to the bbc, saying as many as 20 workers could be in the river. 0fficers officers say this happened at about 1:30am...
0
0.0
Mar 26, 2024
03/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
thank you very much, barbara plett usher, _ this issue. much, barbara plett usher, in nairobi i this issue. thank you very much, i barbara plett usher, in nairobi with that update. fighting continues in gaza, just hours after the un security council passed its first resolution calling for a ceasefire. the resolution also called for the release of all hostages, and comes after several failed attempts to reach an agreement since the october 7 attacks. the us abstained from the vote, having previously used its veto, leading israel to cancel a meeting in washington. in gaza, witnesses say israeli warplanes bombed the southern city of rafah and fierce gun battles raged around hospitals in nearby khan younis and gaza city. rocket warning sirens also sounded in israeli towns near gaza. meanwhile, ceasefire talks continue between israeli and hamas representatives in qatar. authorities say the un resolution has not had an "immediate impact" on the talks. few had heard of him a year ago, and now he is set to become africa's youngest president. the o
thank you very much, barbara plett usher, _ this issue. much, barbara plett usher, in nairobi i this issue. thank you very much, i barbara plett usher, in nairobi with that update. fighting continues in gaza, just hours after the un security council passed its first resolution calling for a ceasefire. the resolution also called for the release of all hostages, and comes after several failed attempts to reach an agreement since the october 7 attacks. the us abstained from the vote, having...
0
0.0
Mar 4, 2024
03/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
barbara plett usher. — from this side as well. barbara plett usher, thank _ from this side as well.s well. barbara plett usher, thank you for - from this side as well. barbarai plett usher, thank you for that update. let's look at the middle east now. negotiations for a six—week ceasefire in gaza, that is backed by the united states, have hit a major road block. members of hamas are in cairo, alongside international mediators, but israel says it won't attend the meeting until hamas provides it with a list of hostages still alive. hamas took 253 hostages when gunmen launched an attack on october 7th. it says it can't provide the information because of israel's continuing bombardment and blockade of gaza, saying it was impossible to collect a list of names because the hostages are dispersed among different palestinian groups and in different areas of the gaza strip. the us vice president kamala harris has said that people in the gaza strip are starving, and has called on israel to do more to increase the flow of aid into the territory. she said that desperate people seeking food had b
barbara plett usher. — from this side as well. barbara plett usher, thank _ from this side as well.s well. barbara plett usher, thank you for - from this side as well. barbarai plett usher, thank you for that update. let's look at the middle east now. negotiations for a six—week ceasefire in gaza, that is backed by the united states, have hit a major road block. members of hamas are in cairo, alongside international mediators, but israel says it won't attend the meeting until hamas provides...
0
0.0
Mar 16, 2024
03/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
barbara plett usher caught up with him in nairobi.ers in peace. and i think what we are seeing is many of those in the region who have been involved not always constructively, in some cases quite destructively, are realising that they helped light a fire that will burn everybody involved in this. if we start to look at a failed state and a fictionalized conflict, we are seeing the return of militant extremists in the area — something that the people of sudan spent decades trying to eradicate. we are talking about a problem that could go on for 10—20 years. that could go on for 10-20 ears. �* that could go on for 10-20 ears. ~ , ., that could go on for 10-20 ears. �* y ., ~ years. and you think in the gulf, years. and you think in the gulf. they _ years. and you think in the gulf, they are _ years. and you think in the gulf, they are getting - years. and you think in the gulf, they are getting that| gulf, they are getting that message that they could be affected? i message that they could be affected? ~ ., , ., affected? i think anyone
barbara plett usher caught up with him in nairobi.ers in peace. and i think what we are seeing is many of those in the region who have been involved not always constructively, in some cases quite destructively, are realising that they helped light a fire that will burn everybody involved in this. if we start to look at a failed state and a fictionalized conflict, we are seeing the return of militant extremists in the area — something that the people of sudan spent decades trying to eradicate....