live from london, this is bbc news. net migration to the uk reaches record levels, hitting more than 600,000 in 2022. florida's republican governor launches his 2024 presidential bid in an announcement overshadowed by technical glitches. the other fact is that so many people could not actually watch it was an embarrassment. and that is not the way you want to start the campaign. after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid's vinicius junior, the president of spain's la liga says eliminating racism will never be possible. translation: eliminating this - problem 100% will never be possible, in the same way that eradicating robberies will never be possible.

and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. we talk to a journalist who saw one of her first concerts. hello and welcome. welcome to three hours of breaking life stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with net migration to the uk, which reached record levels last year. 606,000 people were added to the population, as more people moved to the uk than left the country. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring

the numbers down. earlier, i asked our head of data, robert cuffe, to break it down for us. the main number is 600,000 people coming through, the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is people coming to the uk from outside the eu, migration within the eu is actually not that substantial, and i can show you that now. the green line is the number of people adding to the uk population from outside the eu and that is accounting for more than 600,000, more than the total net migration into the uk, and if you look at the blue line, people from the eu, you'll see more people from the eu left the uk last year than came in. so what is driving it is migration from outside the eu and it is clear that study and work are top of the list for the reasons. between the two, they are accounting for about 600,000 people coming to the uk and after that you have

people coming for exceptional circumstances like ukraine and the special british national overseas programme for people from hong kong. with asylum and joining family who are already in the uk bring up the rear and terms of the reasons why people are coming. we always look for trends, has this peaked in terms of the headline number? there are suggestions the numbers are coming down and if you look at the reasons, you can work out why. when i add in this blue line that there is what the reasons for people coming were the year before, in 2021, and what has done a lot of the rising is in the middle, people coming from ukraine and under the bno scheme. hopefully those are one—off, right? with the war in ukraine we have already seen the number of people coming has started to slow down. there are fewer people coming. this probably be a lower number in 2023. looking at the number of people who have come to study. it's come up a little bit.

but when people come to study they tend to leave two or three years later. not many people come to study and stay forever. even if the government did nothing at all we would still probably see the numbers coming down and they are doing something, they are trying to bear down on asylum seekers and also people bring their families with them when they come to study so that might have an impact on the numbers. the question for them politically is whether that will have an effect in the next couple of years before the next election. you mention asylum and there are large numbers in terms of the backlog of cases, aren't there? yes. the number of asylum seekers is not making a huge difference in terms of the overall picture of migration, it is about 70—80,000 out of a million people coming to the uk overall last year, so it is not changing the population but it is putting real pressure on the home office and we can see that when we look at the number of people waiting for their asylum claim to be processed. it has been rising sharply over the last few years and now it has reached a level of nearly 175,000

people waiting for their claim to be processed, to be accepted or rejected, and about 120,000 of those have been waiting for more than six months. this rise is very steep over the last few years and it is may be starting to ease off, they are may be making some headway, but it is not clear whether that is because of the increase in staff numbers, which has nearly doubled since march last year, or whether it is changing how they process so not chasing so hard after someone who is not contactable. it is not clear whether that is a productivity gain or taking the easy route. we will see whether there are any long—term falls. robert, thanks forjoining us. technical glitches have marred the long—awaited declaration by the florida governor, ron desantis, that he's seeking the republican nomination for next year's us presidential election. a conversation with twitter�*s billionaire owner, elon musk, to kick off his campaign was delayed when the platform's

livestream malfunctioned. by the time the broadcast got under way in earnest, hundreds of thousands of twitter users had given up. 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. 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. just a flavour of some of the problems that went on. earlier, i spoke to political consultant and pollster frank luntz to get his reaction to the launch. i have heard people say since the launch that if you cannot

get your campaign right, how can you get your election right? the fact that so many people had tuned in, that was a plus for the governor of florida, but the other fact that so many people could not actually watch it was an embarrassment, and that is not the way you want to start the campaign. on twitter you made the point that apart from the embarrassment, in terms of hard cash, which is so important when it comes to these campaigns, he raised $1 million in the first hour, so i suppose once the embarrassment fades, things like that become more important? yes, important and vital, and i cannot imagine a single voter changing their point of view because of the failure, but you get a couple of opportunities to control your campaign, the day you launch annual convention speech, and in one of those ron desantis, it is problematic, he is the number two candidate in the republicans right now according to every survey. he is the only one who is even

within striking distance of donald trump, though. but he did not want to get started this way. donald trump making hay with all of this already but in terms of the basic pitch, he has donald trump policies without the drama, how much traction is that likely to have? it is significant but he has also done a strategy which i'm not sure about which is to focus on conservative media and only conservative media so if you are reading the new york times you do not get time with governor ron desantis, it is a strategy designed to win the republican primary but also a strategy that will be problematic in the autumn and this is what is happening right now to the republican body. they are moving further and further to the donald trump wing of the party and further and further away from the centre of american politics. you talk to voters all of the time, so give me a sense of what they make of the package in terms of policies

but also areas of perceived weakness and a lack of charisma and a lack of collectability? voters do not speak about that because they do not know him well enough to say that, that is the political elite, those of the insiders. voters look at what he has done in florida and they say, way to go, and the fact his record is a strong as any candidate who has run for the republican nomination in the last 20 years, but conversely, iowa, new hampshire, the states that matter most, they endorse retail politics and retail politicians and that is not ron desantis�* strength. tim scott also announces candidature, and that is good news for donald trump because the more candidates run, the more that splits the vote against donald trump, the easier that his 40% will take him to victory. you mentioned that donald trump has a big lead in terms of voters

when it comes to the nomination, given the legaljeopardy and the legal cases, can you see any sort of path that gets ron desantis there? yes, i can, because these legal issues with donald trump have not stopped and they have any just started. the woman who challenged donald trump and he was found guilty of sexual assault, she is suing him again because he attacked her again. donald trump does not have control of his own message and his own behaviour, and he simply reacts and if he continues to make mistakes, that makes it viable for any other candidate, but i want to emphasise, right now donald trump has a significant lead and write out the last time that somebody has a lead like that and lost the nomination, i can't think of any, back to 2016, when hillary clinton won the nomination and still

lost the election. that of course is about getting the republican nomination. a final question, who between ron desantis and donald trump has the best chance of beating joe biden when it comes down to the actual election? we are going to acknowledge that donald trump is up by about 5—7 points, after all of his legal issues, but in the end who is more likely to appeal to the swing voters, those who are undecided? definitely ron desantis rather than donald trump. donald trump is leading right now but when the chips are down ron desantis would probably make a better candidate and i think ron desantis would make a better general election candidate againstjoe biden. very clear in his analysis there. the head of la liga in spain has

said racism can never be eliminated. javier tebas was speaking to the bbc after the real madrid forward viniciusjunior was the target of abuse at valencia on sunday. mr tebas said he believed racist insults could be driven out of the country's stadiums within months, but the league would need greater powers. three valencia fans were arrested after viniciusjunior challenged his abusers at the weekend. their club stadium has been partially closed for five games as punishment. the club has also been given a fine. translation: we think - we have the powers we could get rid of it generally, especially in terms of vinicius, but if we do not have the powers we can only file complaints and that is what we have done. how long will it take to eradicate racism in spanish football if la liga was given the powers that you would like it to have

and if the institutions of spain acted in a way you would like them to act? translation: eliminating this - problem 100% will never be possible, the same way that totally eliminating robberies and other crimes is not possible but we would reduce it a great deal and if we were given the necessary powers, in six months we could say that we do not have racism. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some of the stories making news across 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 i2—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 contracts. 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. they found vegetarian and vegan diets cut high levels of cholesterol that can eventually cause heart attacks or strokes. but experts said meat and dairy had their own health benefits and not all meat—free diets were actually healthy. you're live with bbc news. the fresh search in the hunt for madeleine mccann appears to have drawn to a close in portugal as briefing tents have been taken down and heavy machinery has been removed from the site. 0fficers spent three days searching a remote reservoir after "certain tips" were given to german

prosecutors about the case. live now to our correspondent navteonhal, who is at the reservoir in the algarve — where the search has been taking place. just take us through the latest developments, what is happening? after three days of intensive searches, things appear to be winding down. all of the attention of the police appears to be in focus are not peninsula there on the western side of the reservoir, where all the work has taken place, the machinery, the equipment, everything has been happening there. we've seen everything coming down, white tents have come down, vehicles, emergency divers, all had been removed and are being taken away. you might be able to see where the attention is focused at the moment, because all of these cameras are pointing up

that road in that direction because there is an expectation that roadblock may be coming down. it was set up at the start of the week so nobody can access that road leading up nobody can access that road leading up to whether police are. everybody appears to be waiting to see whether that roadblock may be taken down, but very much it appears this operation is coming to an end. even the base camp is being dismantled. is there any indication the police found anything, add what happens next? , ., , ., , . ., next? the german state prosecutor who's been — next? the german state prosecutor who's been leading _ next? the german state prosecutor who's been leading this _ who's been leading this investigation, he has been playing down any hope of an immediate breakthrough over the last day. it appears to be the case that although this investigation began because of the convicted german sex offender, who last year was named as an official suspect into madeleine

mccann's disappearance, there doesn't appear to be at the moment a significant breakthrough on the horizon. we are still awaiting official confirmation from portuguese police that this search is going to come to an end. he has always denied having any involvement in madeleine mccann's disappearance and has not been formally charged. but this search seem to have been prompted by police saying they were aware he spent a great deal of time visiting here, around the time madeleine mccann disappeared. we are waiting to see, first of all, as we can see, that this search is coming to an end, and over the next few days, we expect to hear from the german state prosecutor as to whether anything significant has been found. but it appears that they are playing down the hope of an imminent breakthrough.

tributes have been paid to the american soul and pop superstar tina turner, who has died at the age of 83. tina turner rose to fame in the 1960s, performing with her then husband ike, and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the �*80s. her friend and fellow singer mickjagger praised her enormous talent and generosity, while the former us president barack 0bama said tina turner was raw, powerful and unstoppable. there are some flashing images in this report from david sillito. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. . . # "tina turner, ourforever goddess of rock and roll." the words today from oprah winfrey. # nutbush city limits...# "a legend on record and stage" — eltonjohn. # rolling on the river...#

for mickjagger, she was a warm, funny, inspiring friend. the music world is mourning a star who began performing in the �*50s and then in her 40s staged one of pop's great comebacks. # i'm your private dancer...# private dancer, a song written by dire straits�* mark knopfler, just one of a jukebox full of hits from this golden tina of course was unique. absolute life force. a human dynamo. i've never met anybody like tina. and i think everybody's struck with her the same way, there's so much positive energy coming from tina. and i think she had a way of transforming songs so that she owned them, they were hers.

and she was worshipped by people. none more so than beyonce, here performing in her honour in 2005. i'll never forget the first time i saw you perform. i'd never in my life saw a woman so powerful. i so fearless. so fabulous. she said today she was an inspiration. in her life, her resilience and her music, tina turner was her beloved queen. david sillito, bbc news. live now to richard williams. he's a music writer who was the editor of british music magazine melody maker and the first presenter of the bbc rock show the old grey whistle test. difficult to know where to start, so

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music. we crowded the club to see them, and it was a small place, small stage. but there they were, eight musicians, three backing singers and tina. it was routine as a proper show, the band began, warmed up with some tunes and another singer came on, a support singer, and then they came on and did some songs. then tina made her entrance, and i suppose the whole thing can't have been more than one hour, but it was sensational, swift us away. tina was only 25 at the time, but she had been a professional for the best part of a decade. ~ . , professional for the best part of a decade. ~ ., , , ., , professional for the best part of a decade. ~ , ., , ., decade. was it instantly obvious? what is the _ decade. was it instantly obvious? what is the best _ decade. was it instantly obvious? what is the best way _ decade. was it instantly obvious? what is the best way to _ decade. was it instantly obvious? what is the best way to describe l decade. was it instantly obvious? i what is the best way to describe her talent, because it was layer upon layer. it talent, because it was layer upon la er. . .,

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the one who has the musical named after her, telling her life story on the west end. it is an amazing story i did caught the imagination, as much as her voice caught the year. lastly, we saw some of her hits, and you could list them. there was an energy as well about her performance, just a physical energy. she didn't have to shout, she could sing quietly when she wanted to, and the power was still there. one of my favourite is i don't want to fight, which was written by lulu, which isn't a blues song. tina brings something out of it and put something out of it and put something in.— something out of it and put somethin: in. . ., ~ ., , �*, something in. richard williams, it's been a delight _ something in. richard williams, it's been a delight talking _ something in. richard williams, it's been a delight talking to _ something in. richard williams, it's been a delight talking to you. - something in. richard williams, it's| been a delight talking to you. thank you for being on the programme,

taken it through what has been an extraordinary career. thank you for being with us on bbc news. i am back injust a moment being with us on bbc news. i am back in just a moment or two with more headlines. hello there. it's been a quiet week of weather and this quiet, dry weather will continue as we head into the bank holiday weekend. some sunshine for many parts of the country through the rest of today. there are some areas of cloud developing underneath that high pressure and that high pressure is keeping it dry. but around that, the breeze is changing direction and it means northern and eastern areas, maybe a little cooler than yesterday with the highest temperatures focused more towards the southwest, 22 or 23 will be quite pleasant and most places will see the sunshine to end the day. there is a bit more cloud, though, developing in the midlands for a while and also across northern ireland. but some clearer skies will develop in many parts of the country overnight and the winds will be light. so it could turn quite chilly first

thing on friday morning, particularly across eastern scotland. temperatures not far away from freezing, perhaps. heading into tomorrow, a sunny start for many. we will see cloud coming into the northwest of scotland. a few spots of light rain or drizzle here and the cloud will build up inland across many other parts and spread out a bit. across the far south of england and through the english channel it may well stay sunny, but it will be quite windy and there'll be a chill on that wind as well that will take the edge off the temperatures. but for many parts of the country away from here, probably a little bit warmer than today, 20 degrees in the central belt of scotland through the midlands and also in the northwest of england. high pressure building in across the uk for the start of the bank holiday weekend. does get eroded for a while across the north. that weather front, some stronger winds coming into scotland and northern ireland bringing more cloud, a little bit of light rain or drizzle in the northwest, some build—up of cloud for northern england and north wales. sunnier skies further south and the winds will be lighter as well. probably the temperatures will peak on saturday, 22, 23 degrees, but it will be cooler in scotland

and northern ireland behind that weak weather front, not bringing much rain. that moves away, and as the high pressure builds back in across the uk, that cooler air will move its way southwards. so if we look at some forecasts for sunday and monday and the radio1 big weekend continues in dundee, it will be cool but less cool i think on monday. and still dry. temperatures in northern parts of the uk may recover a bit on monday. the same can't be said for the south because it will be turning cooler here by bank holiday monday. still dry with more sunshine.

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