live from london. this is bbc news uk net migration reaches a record high — with a figure of more than 600,000 people. the outgoing chief constable of police scotland admits institutional discrimination in his force. it's the right thing for me to do as chief constable to clearly state institutional racism, sexism, misogyny and discrimination exist. police scotland is institutionally racist and discriminatory. florida's republican governor ron desantis formally launches his presidential campaign — but the announcement on a twitter livestream is hit by technical glitches. the head of the wagner mercenary group says its forces have begun handing the ukrainian city

of bakhmut over to russian forces. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. here in the uk — new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non—eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that's up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine — because of the war and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. joining me live to discuss the issue is peter walsh —

senior researcher at the oxford university migration 0bservatory. also the bbc�*s mayeni jones — who is in lagos in nigeria — and our correspondent in hong kong — martin yip. first, let's go to peter, thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of these numbers, that increase? it’s you make of these numbers, that increase? �*, , ,, ., ., �*, increase? it's substantial, it's about double _ increase? it's substantial, it's about double what _ increase? it's substantial, it's about double what we - increase? it's substantial, it's about double what we see - increase? it's substantial, it's about double what we see in l increase? it's substantial, it's - about double what we see in normal times pre—pandemic when the figure would be anywhere between 250 and 350,000. in some way, it's no surprise because this is a quite unique period. in which we have three of its things combining to produce this higher figure. three of its things combining to produce this higherfigure. the first, the bespoke humanitarian roots, the ukrainian roots, the hong kong routes, the second strong continued demand for student visas and third very strong demand for work visas, with people going particularly into skilled jobs in

the nhs as doctors and nurses and also as care workers. rice and lots of people here in the uk remember around the time of the brexit vote, for example, this was one key issue, part of the reason why many voted to leave, one of the part of the reasons was to get these numbers down, but they are going up. what is the influence of brexiteer? brexit has played a part, we have seen now that eu citizens, more are leaving them coming, but that has been compensated by people from the rest of the world and that is in part because the post—brexit immigration system was more liberal for workers without an eu citizenship. so before brexit people could come into work, but they needed to go into graduate—leveljobs. and that was reduced. but it's not all explained by brexit, there was also the graduate of that allows students to look for work two years after graduating, that is also playing a part and also of course, these

bespoke are mandatory and rich people moving from ukraine and hong kong. so brexit, not the whole story. afraid we have to leave it there, nice and brief, but really clearly, talking us through that. wright lets get more from two countries where people are travelling from the uk. lagos and hon: travelling from the uk. lagos and hong kong- _ travelling from the uk. lagos and hong kong. let's— travelling from the uk. lagos and hong kong. let's start _ travelling from the uk. lagos and hong kong. let's start in - travelling from the uk. lagos and hong kong. let's start in hong i travelling from the uk. lagos and - hong kong. let's start in hong kong, let'sjust hong kong. let's start in hong kong, let's just talk us through the numbers in hong kong and why. hang numbers in hong kong and why. hong kona's numbers in hong kong and why. hong kong's share — numbers in hong kong and why. hong kong's share is. _ numbers in hong kong and why. hong kong's share is, in _ numbers in hong kong and why. hong kong's share is, in net _ numbers in hong kong and why. hm; kong's share is, in net migration numbers, 52,000 in 2022 and they came... they arrived in the uk through the hong kong visa scheme, the british national overseas identity, nationality. back in 2020,

june 2020, beijing imposed this national security law in hong kong. it had punishments up to life imprisonment for subversion and terrorist activities and so—called collusion with foreign forces. then britain launched this business loom in late january 2021 and they were estimating some 300,000 people would have moved to the uk through this route over a span of five years. and this trend seems to be going on, still, notjust because of these numbers, we also see notjust people keep moving to the uk but some high—profile people like radio programme hosts, academics, who have travelled over the recent months and it is making headlines in some media outlets in hong kong. but also we have the rebuttal from

outlets in hong kong. but also we have the rebuttalfrom beijing's site, not so long ago, back in february when britain marked its second anniversary of this visa scheme, the hong kong commission of the chinese foreign ministry called this scheme a disgrace and said it is severe interference into hong kong's internal affairs and britain should stop that and correct their mistakes. . ~ should stop that and correct their mistakes. ., ~ , ., ,., should stop that and correct their mistakes. ., ~ , ., . ., mistakes. thank you so much for that. mistakes. thank you so much for that let's _ mistakes. thank you so much for that let's go _ mistakes. thank you so much for that. let's go to _ mistakes. thank you so much for that. let's go to lagos. - mistakes. thank you so much for that. let's go to lagos. just - mistakes. thank you so much for that. let's go to lagos. just talk| that. let's go to lagos. just talk us through the story there. here in niceria, us through the story there. here in nigeria, africa's _ us through the story there. here in nigeria, africa's most _ us through the story there. here in nigeria, africa's most populous - nigeria, africa's most populous nation, — nigeria, africa's most populous nation, they have long been close ties with — nation, they have long been close ties with the uk, it'sjust nation, they have long been close ties with the uk, it's just a six-hour— ties with the uk, it's just a six—hour flight from where i am in lagos _ six—hour flight from where i am in lagos to— six—hour flight from where i am in lagos to london and many nigerians have relatives in the uk. in the past _ have relatives in the uk. in the past year. _ have relatives in the uk. in the past year, thousands of young nigerians have been heading to the uk, many— nigerians have been heading to the uk, many of them to study, some of them _ uk, many of them to study, some of them to— uk, many of them to study, some of them to work, the latest statistics

show_ them to work, the latest statistics show that— them to work, the latest statistics show that student visas granted to nigerian _ show that student visas granted to nigerian students have gone up 83% in a year. _ nigerian students have gone up 83% in a year, among the top five nationalities with the biggest increase. because for many nigerians, particular professionals, middle _ nigerians, particular professionals, middle classes with some modifications, the state of the new nigerian _ modifications, the state of the new nigerian economy is bad, inflation is a 20%, — nigerian economy is bad, inflation is a 20%, limit is 40% and some of them _ is a 20%, limit is 40% and some of them may— is a 20%, limit is 40% and some of them may he — is a 20%, limit is 40% and some of them may be looking to scale up, go back to _ them may be looking to scale up, go back to university, get further modifications, in order to be more employable, either back home here or abroad _ employable, either back home here or abroad so _ employable, either back home here or abroad. so that is what is driving that increase. the abroad. so that is what is driving that increase.— abroad. so that is what is driving that increase. , . ., ., that increase. the expectation here in the uk more _ that increase. the expectation here in the uk more broadly, _ that increase. the expectation here in the uk more broadly, not - that increase. the expectation here in the uk more broadly, notjust. in the uk more broadly, notjust with those numbers and people in the stories you were talking about, but the expectation is for the numbers to fall over time. any sense but would be the story where you are? side back it's tricky, it's really hard tojudge side back it's tricky, it's really hard to judge iat side back it's tricky, it's really hard to judge— side back it's tricky, it's really hard to 'udue ., ., , .,, hard to 'udge lot of people during the hard to judge lot of people during the pandemic— hard to judge lot of people during the pandemic who _ hard to judge lot of people during the pandemic who might - hard to judge lot of people during the pandemic who might have - hard to judge lot of people during - the pandemic who might have wanted to study—

the pandemic who might have wanted to study irr— the pandemic who might have wanted to study in the uk didn't go, so it might— to study in the uk didn't go, so it might be— to study in the uk didn't go, so it might be on the student side we are seeing _ might be on the student side we are seeing a _ might be on the student side we are seeing a hit — might be on the student side we are seeing a bit of an upsurge in people who have _ seeing a bit of an upsurge in people who have delayed their studies. but there _ who have delayed their studies. but there has— who have delayed their studies. but there has also been an uptick in the number— there has also been an uptick in the number of— there has also been an uptick in the number of nigerians applying to work in the _ number of nigerians applying to work inthe uk, _ number of nigerians applying to work in the uk, in particularthe number of nigerians applying to work in the uk, in particular the health care sector, — in the uk, in particular the health care sector, where the number of skilled _ care sector, where the number of skilled visas have been granted to medical— skilled visas have been granted to medical professionals from nigeria, have gone _ medical professionals from nigeria, have gone up 251% in a year and that is unlikely— have gone up 251% in a year and that is unlikely to — have gone up 251% in a year and that is unlikely to go down, that is because — is unlikely to go down, that is because the nhs is facing a shortage of staff— because the nhs is facing a shortage of staff and for many nigerian medicat— of staff and for many nigerian medical professionals many higher wages _ medical professionals many higher wages they can get in the uk, is one of the _ wages they can get in the uk, is one of the opportunity to learn the latest medical techniques and advantages is really attractive. we might— advantages is really attractive. we might see — advantages is really attractive. we might see a reduction in some areas like student— might see a reduction in some areas like student visas where people might— like student visas where people might be — like student visas where people might be done by the recent thousand by the _ might be done by the recent thousand by the government, not to allow them to bring _ by the government, not to allow them to bring relatives, but i think in some _ to bring relatives, but i think in some sectors like medical sectors, nigerian _ some sectors like medical sectors, nigerian professionals will still be attracted to the uk.— nigerian professionals will still be attracted to the uk. thank you both very much- — the chief constable of police scotland has admitted that the force is institutionally racist, sexist and misogynistic.

sir iain livingstone said prejudice and bad behaviour within the force was "rightly of great concern". this is what he's been saying in the last hour or so. the meaning of institutional racism set out by sir william macpherson in 1999 and his report on the appalling murder of stephen lawrence in 1993 is rightly very demanding. the phrase, the terminology, however, can and as often misinterpreted or misrepresented as unfair and personal critical assessments of police officers and police staff as individuals. that is not the case. does institutional discrimination mean our police officers and police staff are racist and sexist? no, it absolutely does not. i have great confidence in the character and values of our people. i am proud of police scotland. i am proud of my colleagues, proud of my officers and staff. so i know and i have shared

the reservations and concerns about acknowledging that institutional discrimination exists in policing. however, it is right for me. it's the right thing to do for me as chief constable to clearly state the institutional racism, sexism, misogyny and discrimination exist. police scotland is institutionally racist and discriminatory. live now to glasgow, with our scotland correspondent james shaw. really strong language being used there. give us a bit of the background. its, there. give us a bit of the background.— there. give us a bit of the background. a very striking statement _ background. a very striking statement by _ background. a very striking statement by sir _ background. a very striking statement by sir iain - background. a very striking - statement by sir iain livingstone, the chief constable of scotland and unlike anything we have seen from other chief police officers in other parts of the united kingdom. essentially, this comes off the back of a review of police scotland culture, which found there were cases of homophobia, racism, sexism

by serving officers and there are one or two high—profile cases, for example the case of a man who died in fife in 2015 after being restrained by police officers. an inquiry going on into that at the moment. and then another case where a female police officer one commons asian after unemployment tribunal because it was found she had been victimised after eric complaining of discrimination and sexism. so a lot of things will sir iain livingstone to address. bear in mind he is also about to resign, he is resigning in august, just in a few months�* time and this common sense, it is a valedictory statement, his parting comments to billy scotland as he leaves after many years in charge. so he will want to see this is a really significant statement that he has made me that he will hope will

change the culture of this police force, but what he also said was that he wanted police scotland to lead the way in changing society overall in scotland and mounting a challenge, as well, in the way that it intended to change to other services and presumably by that he means other services�*s police forces around the united kingdom. can means other services's police forces around the united kingdom.- around the united kingdom. can we send a bit around the united kingdom. can we spend a bit of— around the united kingdom. can we spend a bit of time _ around the united kingdom. can we spend a bit of time talking - around the united kingdom. can we spend a bit of time talking about. spend a bit of time talking about this phrase, because it is crucial, institutionally racist. it is very, very charged and significant, that choice of race.— choice of race. yes, and he did rovide choice of race. yes, and he did provide a _ choice of race. yes, and he did provide a glass, _ choice of race. yes, and he did provide a glass, he _ choice of race. yes, and he did provide a glass, he did - choice of race. yes, and he did provide a glass, he did explain j choice of race. yes, and he did - provide a glass, he did explain what he meant by that. what he said it meant was not that individual officers were guilty of discrimination, although of course that may be the case as the review found. he said it meant that the systems, the processes of police scotland, did not take account of

discrimination, that there might be unwitting discrimination by officers and staff, but also built into the systems of the force of the service itself. and so there has been some change already, there has been work ongoing for a year or so whereby around 5000 officers are being given leadership training so that they can address these kind of issues. and he said that they would need to be changes in terms of recruitment of new officers, vetting of those officers and also the way reports of misconduct were dealt with. to ensure that the efforts to remove institutional discrimination spread across all the systems and parts of police scotland. weight thank you very much for bringing us that. thank you. very much for bringing us that. thank yon-—

very much for bringing us that. thank ou. ,, x' , .,, thank you. quick reminder, please constable sir _ thank you. quick reminder, please constable sir iain _ thank you. quick reminder, please constable sir iain livingstone - constable sir iain livingstone admitting the force is institutionally racist. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some of the stories making news here in the uk. an investigation has found that young people with complex mental health needs are being put at risk,— by being placed on general children�*s wards in england. the report was compiled by government—funded organisation, the healthcare safety investigation branch. nhs england says it has an ongoing programme to improve mental health services for children and young people. plans to abolish fixed—term tenancies in england would destroy the student housing market, landlords have warned. students are typically offered a 12—month fixed—term contract to reflect the academic year and ensure properties are not left empty outside term—time. under the legislation fixed—term tenancies would be replaced by rolling tenancies. the national residential landlords association said the plans

could cause "chaos". researchers have found that plant—based foods are good for the health of the heart. this is bbc news. you�*re live with bbc news. now to florida, where governor ron desantis has officially announced that he is running for us president in 202a. but his much anticipated campaign launch on twitter had a number of tehnical problems. it was an audio chat with the site�*s owner elon musk. take a listen. elon is sitting next to me and we want to welcome you to this historic twitter spaces event and more broadly a first in the history of social media. tonight i�*m pleased to introduce to you two individuals who�*ve done more to... all right. sorry about that.

we've got so many people here that i think we are kind of melting the server. there's 382,000 people on. all right, great. so, let's see. just keeps crashing. eventually, after around 25 minutes, the stream was reconnected for the official announcement. let�*s go to new york and cbs correspondentjarred hill. i suppose we should just start by talking about what happened just there. — talk us through what twitter space is and what went wrong it is essentially a platform within twitter that allows these audio conversations to happen and that is exactly what we saw here yesterday evening, you had elon musk, who runs twitter, as well as rhonda sanders, now running for president essentially having this conversation, allowing other ministers to come in and ask questions. ron desantis. he also

praised twitter for having the space in which they could have this discussion. there were some glitches at the beginning, as you mentioned, about 20 or so minutes in which we, people can get on, i tried to get on a couple of times and i got kicked off a number of times. but then it ended up coming back up and the conversation continued on from there. but a lot of the conversation today and in the wake of this has not necessarily been around ron desantis�*s a campaign but more about some of the issues that happened with the way that he made this announcement.— with the way that he made this announcement. ~ ., , announcement. when we eventually did hear from announcement. when we eventually did hearfrom him. — announcement. when we eventually did hear from him, what _ announcement. when we eventually did hear from him, what was _ announcement. when we eventually did hear from him, what was the _ announcement. when we eventually did hear from him, what was the message i hearfrom him, what was the message as lemon one of the things we really have been hearing from him? he: echoed a number of times were some of these conservative viewpoints, these very right—wing viewpoints from ron desantis, whether it is regarding some of the social issues here in the united states, things like education that he has been focusing on, also some of the

anti—transit laws that he has been focusing on here as well —— anti—trans. there were also some thinly veiled attacks on former president trump. this same things along the lines of, americans don�*t want someone who has distractions or someone who is looking back. that was one interesting thing to see, he never really mentioned his prime political rival by name. lets never really mentioned his prime political rival by name.— political rival by name. lets talk about that _ political rival by name. lets talk about that rival, _ political rival by name. lets talk about that rival, what _ political rival by name. lets talk about that rival, what was - political rival by name. lets talk. about that rival, what was donald trump�*s response? about that rival, what was donald trump's response?— about that rival, what was donald trump's response? donald trump and his team essentially _ trump's response? donald trump and his team essentially said _ trump's response? donald trump and his team essentially said this - trump's response? donald trump and his team essentially said this was - trump's response? donald trump and his team essentially said this was a i his team essentially said this was a disaster, that has been the conversation from some of those who have been pushing back against ron desantis, saying that this showcases one of the big supporters of his, one of the big supporters of his, one of the big supporters of his, one of his fundraising organisations, said that this showcase that ron desantis was not ready to run for president, that he couldn�*t get this launch of the ground. it�*s worth noting that after

20 or so minutes the conversation and did end up going smoothly, but ron desantis has a pretty steep uphill climb when it comes to meeting former president trump in the polls. some of the latest polling from cbs news shows he is about 30 points behind former presidents trump and the gap between the two has been widening pretty consistently over the past two or so months in the form of president trump was my favour. what i thank you. japan hopes to begin discharging the water used to cool the damaged reactors at fukushima this year. it says it�*s unavoidable with storage space on land running out. more than one million tonnes of water has been cleaned of most radioactive material but one isotope cannot be removed. so a team of experts from south korea are there to assess the situation.

0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo explained more about this process. it's it�*s a process both logistically and diplomatically convex. japan is trying to come into the public here in the country, but also its neighbours in south korea, in china, in russia that this water that is now being treated and will be diluted, pumped into an undersea pipe, about a kilometre away from the fukushima nuclear power plant, is safe to pump into the sea. and thatis is safe to pump into the sea. and that is really the point of contention. 0ver20 that is really the point of contention. over 20 expert south korean experts have been here for a few days and they are having talks with japanese officials before they leave to south korea, to take their findings to the gut by cosmic there and truly korean public and essentially they are looking at two things, one, the processing or area where the water is being treated essentially being rid of radioactive material, the idea is that the process is aimed to read the water of more than 60 oh radio nuclei is.

the tricky part is that there is one particle that alluded to, it cannot entirely be removed from water, so what they�*re trying to look at is the level concentration of this particle, the japanese authorities are saying and taking it to below the legalised level of concentration, here, all of this goes back to 2011 when that disaster that devastated the area and the devastating earthquake and the huge janome happened in fukushima. it destroyed the cooling system of the fukushima power plant and it caused three reactors to melt and admitted a huge amount of radiation. the water used to call those reactors has been contaminated, but has also been filling up hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of tanks. he talks about more than 1.3 million tonnes. and so the authorities are saying they�*re going to come to capacity very soon, in 2024 must have the need to release that water.

this process has been delayed time and time again, we now have a date of may be the end ofjune, early july. of may be the end ofjune, early july, we don�*t know if that is going to hold, they need the 0k from a report by the iaea. 0f to hold, they need the 0k from a report by the iaea. of course they need to have the 0k from their neighbours. but there is still a huge amount of concern about the safety of this water from fishermen who say they have suffered greatly after that disaster where people didn�*t want a fish and now that they have recovered, they think that releasing this water could be another disaster for them and japan has a lot of convincing to do for its neighbours, especially south korea, which is where the team was here. the world of music has been paying tribute to the pop legend tina turner, who�*s died at the age of 83. she rose to fame with her then husband ike turner in the 1960s, with songs such as "river deep — mountain high" and "nutbush city limits" — before launching a solo career, with hits including "private dancer", "what�*s love got to do with it". tina turner sold more than 180 million albums worldwide — and won eight grammy awards

over her long career. she�*ll be remembered for the boundless energy she brought to her performances — and that unmistakable voice — as our entertainment correspondent, david sillito reports. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around... # 1966 — river deep, mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate pop perfection. # and do i love you # my, oh, my # river deep, mountain high... # however, in america, the song was a flop. it would be another 17 years before tina turner truly made it. # baby. # # now, ike turner, i�*m all you need # so darling... # anna mae bullock grew up in nutbush, tennessee.

her family were sharecroppers. she started singing in ike turner�*s band when she was a teenager. # nutbush city limits... # and poor, largely abandoned by her parents, it was, she hoped, her escape. but it was an escape into a different sort of misery. # rolling down the river... # there were hits and the world saw a confident, powerful woman on stage. # i�*m the gypsy, the acid queen... # but the acid queen in tommy was, in private, fearful of her violent, controlling husband. finally, in 1976, she walked out. i did try to leave, and the first time was when i had the experience of being whipped with a wire hanger.

and then another time was something else. and i realised, "well, you don�*t go back." # i�*m your private dancer # a dancerfor money... # what then followed was a rebirth. # let�*s stay together...# the team behind the band heaven 17 and the support of david bowie helped set her on her way to becoming one of the biggest selling acts in the world. # 0h, what�*s love got to do, got to do with it... # no wonder they turned her life story into a musical. and the tributes — among them mickjagger. she was, he says, "inspiring, warm, funny and generous. she helped me so much." she was an inspiration for artists such as beyonce. i'll never forget the first time i saw you perform. i had never in my life saw a woman so powerful. so fearless. so fabulous. and those legs!

here performing in her honour in 2005. # rolling on the river... # cheering and applause # you�*re simply the best # better than all the rest... # and in the year 2000, she was 60 years old and the biggest selling concert artist in the world. from annie mae bullock and the church choir of nutbush baptist church, to multi—platinum selling buddhist rock and roll superstar, living in switzerland... the extraordinary tina turner.

this is bbc news. hello, there. plenty of fine and dry weather once again this morning across the united kingdom. we�*re going to see this pattern of settled weather continuing over the coming days. just day on day, there may be some variations in the amount of cloud that you might see. but regardless, they�*ll still be some warm, sunny spells. this area of high pressure is firmly anchored to the west of the uk at the moment. we�*ve got a northeasterly wind bringing something a little bit cooler around northern and eastern coast and a bit of cloud around the north sea at the moment. and you can see that stretches its way into parts of north east england, the midlands, east wales as well. but even this cloud here will thin and break up. more cloud moving its way into northern ireland. away from that, though, plenty of sunny spells into this afternoon. highest temperature likely down to the south west, cardiff there, 22 degrees celsius, a bit cooler around those north sea coasts.

through this evening and tonight, again, we�*lljust see some varying cloud really. for most, there�*ll be some clear spells to take us into friday morning, perhaps thickening cloud in the far north west of scotland. those are your overnight temperatures, about five to nine degrees celsius. so for the end of the working week, we�*ll see again a bit of cloud across central parts, thickening cloud in the far north west of scotland. but if you get some cloud, it should tend to thin and break up. one or two showers just cropping up here over the pennines. but for most, it�*s going to be another dry day on friday. and again, those temperatures getting up into the high teens to the low 20s. as we head into the weekend, the area of high pressure willjust move its way a little bit further eastward. one or two weather fronts brushing the north of that. but as we go into sunday and indeed bank holiday monday, that area of high pressure right across the uk. so this is saturday. you can see a short spell of rain across the far north, north west of scotland. 0therwise, though, a dry day on saturday.

plenty of sunshine again for england and wales. it�*s going to be warm again, those temperatures, high teens to low 20s. uv levels again will be high, especially across england and wales. and that fine sunny weather continues. just the selection of some towns and cities as we go into bank holiday monday. for northern areas, temperatures up into the mid to high teens. for more southern areas, we�*ll see temperatures getting up to about 19 to 21, maybe 22 degrees celsius. so plenty of fine, dry and warm weather to come in the coming days. that�*s all from me. bye— bye.