tonight — the uk's record migration numbers, after a decade of promises to bring them down. the population increased by more than 600,000 people last year — a figure that the government says is too high. i'll be taking a closer look at those net migration numbers and what lies behind them. and i'll be exploring the political debate _ and i'll be exploring the political debate to come, and crucially the

trade-offs— debate to come, and crucially the trade—offs leaders here have to grapple — trade—offs leaders here have to grapple with. and also coming up on tonight's programme... the capitol hill riots in washington — a far right leader gets 18 years in jail, the longest sentence yet. bakhmut in ukraine — as it was before the current battle... ..and now — we've been looking at the images that tell a story of war. sancho. finished off by anthony martial. and manchester united secure a place in next season's champions�* league with a comfortable win over chelsea. and our newsnight at 1030, we will go deeper behind headlines and speak live to key players on today's big story. plus, a big look at tomorrow's front pages.

good evening. the prime minister has said the government has not lost control of immigration — after official figures released today showed levels hitting a new record high. in total, the number of people who arrived in the uk last year was 1.2 million. about 500,000 people left in the same period, which is how we get to the net migration figure for 2022 — which was just over 600,000. that's what the uk population increased by last year. for a longer term perspective have a look at this — which charts how much migration levels have changed over the past 31 years, from tens of thousands in 1991 to the latest figure. the dotted line refers to the change in the way the figures were collected. our first report is from political editor chris mason. migration, who we are, who and how many we welcome, from where, and for how long.

this is great yarmouth, in norfolk, a community and region highly dependent on immigration. a town which overwhelmingly backed brexit. for years and years politicians have made bold promises about immigration and for years and years they've broken them. the political conversation from successive conservative prime ministers sounded like this. net migration to this country will be in the order of tens of thousands each year, no ifs, no buts. it's important we have net migration that is in sustainable numbers. we believe sustainable numbers are the tens of thousands. the numbers will come down because we'll be able - to control the system. the pledges of yesterday washed away by reality as those of today are spelt out. there's been various factors and you will read the report,

whether it's welcoming people here from hong kong and ukraine, that's had an impact, as we saw after the pandemic more people came back to study here who hadn't been here during the pandemic years. look, but fundamentally the numbers are high. i want to bring them down. today's extraordinary figures, including doubling the number of work visas since the pandemic, show that the conservatives have no plan and no grip on immigration. in the kings arms in caistor on sea, members of the local social club are having a lunchtime pint. so, is immigration too high? i myself have my grandmother who came up from estonia when the russians invaded, so i'm a product of that. i do think it's important that we take people in, people in need, but i think we've got to the point where we need to ease off a little. that fairness seems to be lost, it seems an influx of those who wish to come here to literally sponge off us and not contribute.

i think we need a certain influx to help us work this country, . in my opinion, so i don't think. you will ever get it down to zero. country after brexit, now that the government

the now that the government hospital, and we need to oui’ the hospital, and we need to provide our communities with the services for a couple weeks if he didn't have the vents. arriving from india two years ago, there they are caring for roberts. migration promises people and places an ongoing conflicted ideas on what to do about it.

it. this mason, bbc news, on the norfolk coast. let's drill down into today's numbers now and show you the different elements of the total and how the picture has changed in recent years. our home editor mark easton is here to do that. thank you, mishal. 606,000. it's a big number. the biggest ever foreign addition to the uk population for a calendar year. so what's driving the rise? with brexit and the end of free movement, people thought the number would go down. and for eu citizens it has — in fact, 50,000 more left than arrived last year. but people coming from outside the eu added 660,000. so who are they? visas issued by the home office give us a clue. excluding short—term visitors, 1.5 million visas were issued in the year to march, up from less than one million the year before. 630,000 of those were for international students, of which 150,000 were wives, husbands and children —

an area the government has promised to clamp down on. the students have come principally from india, nigeria and china. then there are skilled workers, close to 500,000 given visas last year and that includes 210,000 nurses and carers. india, nigeria and zimbabwe were the biggest source countries. there were 170,000 special humanitarian visas for hong kong and ukrainian citizens. we also got figures on asylum today, and despite rishi sunak�*s promise to eradicate much of the backlog this year, the number has actually gone up to 173,000 people. the government has pledged to stop the small boats, but for each migrant stepping ashore in dover, 25 have entered the uk having been given the green light by the home office. mishal. let's hear from chris mason again, now back in westminster. how do we square the prime minister saying these numbers are too high

when they are the result of visas issued by the home office? well, quite. today is a day about a big stark number, but as we've heard sitting on an ocean of nuance, yet there hasn't been much nuance in the political debate. we've had successive prime ministers making big promises that they've not been able to deliver, big promises when until recently they didn't even have the full toolkit, the full set of levers to grapple with those problems. they do now but there is the question about the extent they'll be willing to use them. so take rishi sunak. he has moulded, you might have noticed in the last week the conservative promise on net migration. back in 2019 the promise was to cut it, it stood then at about 250,000 a year. rishi sunak is now saying he wants to cut it from the number he inherited, which is about double that, speaking to people today, that does look

achievable. 0ther people today, that does look achievable. other political leaders like keir starmer will have to set out their instincts and visions too and there are trade—offs every which way you look. societal, economic and political. they are all huge. chris mason, political. they are all huge. chris mason. thank — political. they are all huge. chris mason, thank you. _ police scotland's chief constable has responded to a review of his force's culture by saying it is institutionally racist, sexist and discriminatory. sir iain livingstone said this didn't mean officers were prejudiced, but that acknowledging the issues was vital for change. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. they are there to keep us all safe, but today, the chief constable of the uk's second largest force acknowledged that the public don't always get the service that is their right. that police scotland has to change. right. that police scotland has to chance. �* , ., change. it's the right thing for me to do as chief _ change. it's the right thing for me to do as chief can _ change. it's the right thing for me to do as chief can do _ change. it's the right thing for me to do as chief can do state - change. it's the right thing for me to do as chief can do state that i

to do as chief can do state that clearly state institutional racism, sexism, misogyny and discrimination exists. police scotland is institutionally racist and discriminatory.- institutionally racist and discriminatory. institutionally racist and discriminato . ., , . discriminatory. from the service roviders discriminatory. from the service providers to _ discriminatory. from the service providers to the _ discriminatory. from the service providers to the public - discriminatory. from the service providers to the public to - discriminatory. from the service providers to the public to the . providers to the public to the culture within the force itself, this former firearms officer received almost £1 million in damages after a tribunal found she'd been victimised in raising concerns about a boys' club culture in armed response. she welcome today's comments but... i’m response. she welcome today's comments but. . .— response. she welcome today's comments but... i'm angry because had been identified _ comments but... i'm angry because had been identified years _ comments but. .. i'm angry because had been identified years earlier- comments but... i'm angry because j had been identified years earlier my court _ had been identified years earlier my court case _ had been identified years earlier my court case may not have needed to happerr _ court case may not have needed to happen. there are other court cases going _ happen. there are other court cases going on— happen. there are other court cases going on now. you've got a chief constable — going on now. you've got a chief constable coming out now admitting it's institutional problems. i'd like to— it's institutional problems. i'd like to see him supporting officers that are _ like to see him supporting officers that are currently going through with court casesjust that are currently going through with court cases just now. that are currently going through with court casesjust now. with court cases 'ust now. there is also an ongoing — with court casesjust now. there is also an ongoing public _ with court casesjust now. there is also an ongoing public inquiry - with court casesjust now. there is also an ongoing public inquiry into| also an ongoing public inquiry into the death of this man. the 31—year—old died after being restrained by police officers in

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handling of cases of misconduct but it will be ultimately down to his successor to change the culture of policing here in scotland. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. a us court has handed down the longest sentence yet over the capitol hill riots two years ago, giving an 18—yearjail term to far right leader stewart rhodes. he's been convicted for his role in the events of january 6th 2021, when supporters of donald trump stormed congress in washington to try and prevent his election defeat being certified. jessica parker, our correspondent, is live on capitol hill now. what did stewart rhodes do that day? well, he and one other of the members of the oath keepers, the group that he founded, have been sentenced to die on the charge of seditious conspiracy, which is a civil war era crime, essentially the crime of attempting to overthrow or oppose the government by force. during the trial the court heard the

group had stashed weapons in a nearby virginia hotel. he said while he had not personally entered the capitol building prosecutor said he had acted like a battlefield general. he's a former us army paratrooper, a yale educated lawyer as well and he was defiant in court today. he said it was a political prisoner, not characterisation the judge accepted. judge said rhodes—macro was an ongoing threat, he said you are smart, charismatic and compelling in a way that frankly makes you dangerous. now, hundreds of people were arrested in the wake of people were arrested in the wake of the january the six riots and donald trump, who of course wants to get back into the white house, recently said he would likely pardon many of those convicted, so these cases are justjudicial matters —— are notjustjudicial matters of the past, they are current political ones as well.— past, they are current political ones as well. ,, ., ,, ., ~ ones as well. jessica parker, thank ou. and now to some of the day's other news. a man has been arrested after a car appeared to crash into the gates of downing street.

it happened at around four o'clock this afternoon when the silver kia was seen driving across whitehall. no one was hurt and counter terrorism police are not involved. british airways has apologised after more than a0 flights at london's heathrow airport were cancelled this evening. the airline has blamed a technical failure affecting online check—in. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann have finished a three—day search at a reservoir in southern portugal. the operation has been led by german police — who have named christian brueckner as their main suspect. he is currently serving a prison sentence for a rape in the same area. most households in england, scotland and wales will see their gas and electricity bills come down this summer, after regulators said the price cap would be lowered from july. a typical energy bill will then be just over £2,000 a year, that's a drop of more than £a00. it is the first fall in prices for nearly three years. but bills are still around

double what they were before the energy crisis. here's our cost of living correspondent colletta smith. hello, kirat. you're here! last time we chatted, kirat was very worried about what the winter ahead would hold. so let's have a look and see what you told me a year ago. are you ready? there's more chances of us going into debt with the rises of all the electricity. you were saying there, with higher prices, you're more likely to get more into debt. has that happened over the last year? yes, iam in debt, and i have to ask my family for support. just to cover those energy bills. energy bills, yes, because of the... just to afford them. yeah. kirat and herfamily, like 4 million others, are on a prepayment meter. you just topped up yesterday, right? yes, idid. ok, so there's £39.80 there. how much did you put on yesterday? £50. ok, so you've spent £10 just on electricity in a day.

in a day, yeah. she'd hoped today's announcement would help her more. wholesale pricesjumped massively when the war in ukraine began, but now they're down to roughly the same level that they were in 2021. so the regulator's under pressure to do more to protect customers, because — here's the rub — the rate that we're being charged, even with today's announcement, is roughly double the amount we were paying in 2021. it's taking all your disposable, it's taking it all away from you. you're living day—to—day, basically. anything what's coming down, it helps, doesn't it? _ and it shows that things might be getting a little bit better, - even only by a small margin. the problem is we've also all lost that extra support we've been getting from the government each month. so although we'll be charged less, customers will have to pay their whole bill themselves. the 17% reduction will not cover the £66 end of

the winter support payment. so next winter, in practice, most households will be paying more than they did the winter hasjust gone. but competition could be back on the cards, with some suppliers likely to offer cheaper fixed rates. but before you switch, make sure it's below the newjuly price cap. you can find out more information on how the price changes will affect your bills by going to the tackling it together pages on the bbc news website. there's hope that the cap will come down more in the autumn, but kirat doesn't think it will be enough to make a difference. we've not been able to do the stuff that we normally would do as a family. it's just really hard to manage. oh, look at this, what is this? colletta smith, bbc news, in bradford. in ukraine, mercenaries who have been fighting on behalf of russia for the eastern town of bakhmut say they're withdrawing and handing their positions over to the russian army. bakhmut has been fought over since last august and ukraine says its forces still control

part of it. 0ur verify team has been looking at images from bakhmut that show the extent of the destruction in these months of fighting, with the bbc�*s 0lga malchevska. this is the bakhmut before russia invaded ukraine. 0nce famous for its sparkling wine and thousands of rose bushes, this is bakhmut now, reduced to a landscape of ruin and death. but not defeated. the ukrainian army told us. ~ . . but not defeated. the ukrainian army told us. ~ ., ., ,, but not defeated. the ukrainian army told us. ~ ., ., , told us. ukrainian troops stay in south-western _ told us. ukrainian troops stay in south-western part _ told us. ukrainian troops stay in south-western part of _ told us. ukrainian troops stay in| south-western part of bakhmut. south—western part of bakhmut. ukrainian army keep pushing the enemy. ukrainian army keep pushing the enem . z: z: z: z: ukrainian army keep pushing the enem. :: :::::: , , ., enemy. 70,000 people used to live here before — enemy. 70,000 people used to live here before russia's _ enemy. 70,000 people used to live here before russia's full-scale - here before russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. i was here in 2018 when the city was still full of life. this satellite image shows a

street in bakhmut in may last year with civilian blocks of flats surrounding a school and two nurseries. and here they are now after months of shelling. the bbc has been tracking the extent of this destruction. this used to be a famous site in support, the rose garden. ukrainian's largest with over 5000 bushes and here it is in april this year. on the eastern side of bakhmut is the winery. the world's deepest underground winery. we have verified footage showing it is now used by the russian mercenary group wagner. here is the military group's found at the winery on the 23rd of february. several months later, he is there again using visible terrain structures we managed to match the video with the

winery's entrance. as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it is a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia's booter bombardments. moscow's intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble. russia may claim bakhmut is best but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. the long battle for bakhmut has caused heavy casualties on both sides, with thousands thought to have been killed. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has the story now of one ukrainian family and what bakhmut has meant for them. ukraine's paying a heavy price for this war. the cost no greater than for

the family of these two brothers. maxym was 22, ivan just 18, when russia invaded last year. their innocence and youth slowly stripped away by months of brutal fighting. but they were inseparable. translation: he was my best friend. all the times we fought we were in the same trench, in the same positions, in the same unit, in the same team. he was always with me and i was with him. this is where they were last alive together — bakhmut, the place their mother now calls "hell". the city that had claimed the life of maxym, but only after he'd saved that of his brother.

this is them engaged in house—to—house fighting before a russian shell landed right next to ivan. translation: | fell and felt - something warm, then i realised that i was bleeding heavily. because i'd already experienced war i knew that i wouldn't survive, but my brother didn't let me die. he saved me. this graphic video of ivan's injury still holding ukraine's flag went viral. too dangerous for medics to enter the city, maxym pierced his brother's airway to stop him choking. he stayed by his side for the next nine hours, before they could be rescued. but rather than leave

with his brother, maxym chose to remain and fight. he was killed in a week later by a russian sniper. his act of self—sacrifice the one comfort for his mum. translation: he knew that he would never return from there. _ we still can't believe it. my soul has been ripped out. i have to live only for the fact that he saved his younger brother ivan. i no longer have a soul and no more heart. maxym and ivan were their only children. ukraine won't say how many more have been killed, but the cost to this family shows it's extremely hard to bear. jonathan beale, bbc news. eight hospitals that the government pledged to rebuild by 2030 will not be completed on time. that announcement came today from the health secretary, steve barclay, who said the government still planned to build or rebuild a0 hospitals

by the end of the decade, but some of the projects would take longer than initially thought. five other hospitals at risk of collapse have been added to the list. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. it's no secret that some nhs hospitals in england are past their best. but the promise to build a0 new ones by 2030 was always going to be complicated, especially when you add this to the mix — nhs hospitals being propped up because they might collapse. they were built using a lightweight concrete known as raac. two raac hospitals were already on the list. now there's another five. these hospitals are not safe to operate beyond 2030 and today, i can confirm to the house that we will expand our new hospitals programme to include those five hospitals built with significant amounts of raac. news welcomed by the raac hospitals.

oh, i'm absolutely delighted, really thrilled, and it's such positive news for our patients, our staff. three mental health hospitals have been added too. but the new priorities mean other places lose out. listen for the sting in the tail here. not all work will be completed by 2030 and this is a reflection of the disruption that two years of the covid pandemic has caused as well as the pressure from construction inflation. but the government insists it remains on track to meet its 2030 target. now, this one takes some mental arithmetic. essentially, there were a0 names on the list this morning and there are a0 names on the list now — just not the same ones. ministers have added eight new places and taken eight old ones off, including here — st mary's in london. they have the biggest maintenance bill in the country here, but won't see a new hospital this decade. we are now into a game of whose hospital is the most likely to fall

down or is the most dangerous, which is not where we ought to be. the government has committed to another £16 billion funding, but there are still questions about where that money will come from and will it be enough. catherine burns, bbc news. hundreds of people gathered in london today for the funeral of a second world war veteran who — at the time of his death in december — had no known relatives. 96—year—old peter brown had flown in lancaster bombers for the raf during the war, after coming to the uk from jamaica. after a public appealfamily members were tracked down — and many others gathered in tribute in central london. the surface was at st clement danes, the raf church in london. football, and manchester united have secured champions league football next season with a comfortable a—1 victory over chelsea at old trafford. ben croucher watched the action.

has it been a good season for manchester united? good is not good enough though according to erik ten hag. quite how he would have rated their defending against chelsea, not much better. it didn't take united long to get their heads in the game. with the military precision, casa mia row card chelsea open before the ball bounce anthony martial. salutations for champions league football returning to old trafford. they may want to be a little more clinical but fortunately for christian eriksen, his miscue hurt his pride more than his side. especially when bruno fernandes, marcus rashford really did. before they scored was more than any league game this season, a perfect night, perhaps not but manchester united only needed a point. they got three and that is more than good enough. time for a look at the weather.

here's chris fawkes. we had some warm sunshine around today. the warmest spot in south—east wales. 0nly today. the warmest spot in south—east wales. only a tenth of a degree on the highest temperature recorded all year. talking about temperatures, temperatures are really important for clouds. take yorkshire where we started off with these clear, blue, sunny skies this morning. as soon as the temperature reached 17 degrees we got these cumulus clouds forming and with warmer air cumulus clouds forming and with warmerair high up cumulus clouds forming and with warmer air high up in the atmosphere, as soon as the clouds hit that layer, they spread out and it was cloudy across swathes of yorkshire. if you look at the streak of cloud here, see how it grows across a good part of north—east england, around the pennines as well. that cloud, now that temperatures are below 17 degrees, starting to thin and break up but overnight it is a night where most

of us will have clear spells and temperatures around seven to 9 degrees. colder in northern scotland, sheltered lens could get close to freezing. tomorrow a fine day with blue skies to start off with but late morning we will hit that temperature and the cloud will start to spread out again across parts of yorkshire and around the pennines, probably into the midlands as well. the best of the sunshine across the south and west of the uk and here we will see the highest temperatures, the warmest spot is hitting 23 degrees. high pressure is still with us for the weekend but a weak weather front comes in from the north bringing spots of rain to northern scotland and quite chilly air working into the shetland isles, just 11 or 12 degrees here. away from that most of the uk on saturday will have higher temperatures, more sunshine and we should hit 23, may be 2a degrees. for a bank holiday long weekend, both sunday and monday

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