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are born from parents who who are born from parents who are illegal �*unauthorised in country. in icountrijhe migrants in this country. the court so far have not agreed migrants in this country. the court so on have not agreed migrants in this country. the court so on have butigreed migrants in this country. the court so on have but therei migrants in this country. the court so on have but there is with him on that, but there is this third case coming up in boston today. i5 this third case coming up in boston today.— ——— ultimately? supreme court ultimately? it is, absolutely. it is expected supreme court ultimately? it is, absolutely. trump pected supreme court ultimately? it is, absolutely. trump and �*ed supreme court ultimately? it is, absolutely. trump and his that president trump and his allies, who very allies, who believe very much in the hard line on migration, they will take this to the that they will take this to the supreme court where there is a ssseme “st hee the’eise , ~ ~ , , ~ , conservative ssseme “st hee the’er'ee , —— ~ , , ~ , conservative majority, 6—3 conservative majority, including justices including three justices nominated by trump nominated by president trump in his administration. nominated by president trump in his - administration.— his first administration. onto foreian his first administration. onto - foreign aid _ his first administration. onto i - foreign aid - usaid, the foreign aid agency, usaid, unions are that it unions are concerned that it be left with a of could be left with a handful sf 300 compared the staff, 300 compared to the 40,000 it currently has, under the plans that the trump

administration is at. the plans that the trump admi is tration is at. the plans that the trump admi is tration is to at. the plans that the trump admi is tration is to challenge what is happening to challenge that? ., , ., that? the unions are arguing fairl that? the unions are arguing _ fairly - thatl ssnsethihq tairty sinsstethet ~ — ~——— — ——— has second money —— congress has second money —— for usaid, and funding for usaid, and that funding and it is not within remains and it is not within the powers of a president to simply change that and effectively out or effectively hollow out or almost shelve the department. atmsst shelve the desartrsehtswt 7 ww . w ww has already almsst shelve the desartrsehtswt e ,,.., . w ww has already been alrssst shelve the desartrsehtsw— e ,,.., — ,, ww has already been placed usaid has already been placed under the auspices of us under the auspices of the us state which was state department, which was previously a separate srgehisetisht are arguing organisation. the are arguing that trump does not have the power to do that. if that trump does not have the power to do that.— minds g a_k ma—k to g ack to the cast their minds back to the january to six riots, president trump subsequently said that he was determined to go after people he felt not acting his interests or the in his interests or the interest of his supporters. this next case i want to ask this next case i want ts ask, involves number of fbi about involves a number of fbi who investigated

agents who investigated of donald trump sseeerters etrgehele “ems , ~ involved in those allegedly involved in those riots, some of them convicted. they subsequently convicted. they are trying to names are trying to stop their names being made public, aren't they? they are, because are they are, because they are worried about violent action being taken against them by the fbi. that is quite a line—l taken against them by supporters of the january to being taken against them by supporters of the january to six riot or six riot or insurrection, whatever you wish to call it. = _: �* you wish to �*you wish to call it. whatever you wish to call it. it worth in it is worth noting in defence it is worth noting in defence of the fbi agents that no of the fbi agents that no specific wrongdoing has been specific wrongdoing has been 1—5: alleged, it is simply that the it 77 fthat it 77 tithatthe alleged, it is simply that the �*trump alleged, it is simply that the �* trump wants new trump administration wants a list produced a people who list produced a people who have worked onjanuary worked on january the 6th a list produced a people who have worked on january the worked on�* trump the 6th line—up, a list produced a people who have worked onjanuary the 6th cases. president trump offered worked on�* trump offered cases. president trump offered sweeping clemency of people sweeping clemency of people convicted of january the convicted of january the six—related offences, but this but this six—related offences, but this is going deeper, trying to is going deeper, trying to secure the list of anyone in the list of anyone in secure the list of anyone in the fbi who worked on those the fbi who worked on those cases. . ., , cases. so in the court it is cases. so in the court it is the justice _ the justice _ cases. so in the court it is the justice department. cases. so in the court it is - the justice department versus the justice department versus the fbi. that is quite a cases. so in the court it is the justice department i cases. so in the court it is i the justice department versus the justice department versus the fbi. that is

the allegations of wrongdoing and says the incidents simply never occurred . the latest allegations come in the wake of a bbc daniel de simone has more. report distressing. initially, ali felt calmer than mohamed, so i kind of thought maybe he will be kinder to me, but he wasn't. store and younger brother of mohamed al fayed, during a work trip to ali fayed's house in the usa, she says the abuse escalated. in my bra and my pants. he was literally inside my bra,

inside my pants, just trying to get on top of me. and i knew what his intention was. frances says the assault was interrupted when one of his young children called to him. ali fayed, who is now 82 and lives in the usa, bought harrods in the 1980s with his brothers, amy was in her early 20s when she says mohamed al fayed ali, to help with paperwork. no efforts were made to even create something for me to do.

she says ali suggested they go for a swim at a local sports centre, but the pool was deserted. he pulled me in and groped, he pulled me in and groped, fondled and trapped... fondled and trapped... ..very much trapped. ..very much trapped. i was terrified to think, how am i going to get out of this? another woman told us mohamed al fayed ordered her to this london building, to this london building, where the brothers owned where the brothers owned apartments, to meet ali fayed. apartments, to meet ali fayed. it was here, she says, ali it was here, she says, ali fayed sexually assaulted her. she says she felt shared fayed sexually assaulted her. between the brothers. a spokesperson for ali fayed says he unequivocally denies all allegations of wrongdoing and that the alleged incidents simply never occurred. simply never occurred. they also said mr fayed will not be scapegoated. both mohamed al fayed both mohamed al fayed and his other brother, salah, who have both died, have been accused of multiple

and his other brother, salah,

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of congo risks spreading rwandan—backed m23 fighters took the city of goma last week. of child soldiers. usher, who is in nairobi. there had been hopes that the presidents of the drc and presidents sf the ass and ' w w ,, could presidents sf the ass and , ww w w could get together and rwanda could get together and docks that might lead end this conflict. is awew 7a”), any further development there any further development on mats? , , ., on mats? yes, there is a - summit- on mats? yes, there is a - summit planned l on mats? yes, there is a i - summit planned for special summit planned for tomorrow, saturday. it is organised two african regional groupings, the east african community the african communi . feleutherh efrisah setrt't't'ttzlrtitiifs" tt t tt tttt leaders have said they beth leaders haversaidrthey . ~ , ~ — attend. if they go in

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rebels; it has earn: eeeeertn tt .... t other countries. from other african countries. the congolese says this is not about the rebels, they are about the m23 rebels, they are the puppets, we want to the puppet although to the puppet masters, although they have agrees that word. they don't want be they don't want to be speaking to a force that is not things on the ground. directing things on the ground. they have also designated them as terrorists. i don't know if they have also designated them as t can tists. i don't know if they have also designated them as t can tists. those know if they have also designated them as t can tists. those two w if they have also designated them as t can tists. those two things you can bring those two things together. what they will be asking for meeting are for a while to come a sanctions for a while to come a call all unwanted foreign call for all unwanted foreign forces to leave and a ceasefire. it is how 7m|ght s a ..ww; m|ght get to 7777mightg7et7to7that you might get to that ceasefire. certainly it is not clear at all that there could a deeper resolution 77 the concern right now is that. the concern right now is to the advance of the to stop the advance of the ants stop the .m violense fsrrtleng ensrdgh to get talks going. violence for long esoogbtoget i talks going. some talks going. of the m23 fiahters, some talks going. of the m23 fighters. are _

some talks going. of the m23 fighters, are they _ some talks going. of the m23 fighters, are they saying i fighters, are they saying anything? they have not really been talking — anything? they have not really been talking about _ anything? they have not really been talking about the - anything? they have not really| been talking about the summit, no. they are not involved in the peace process. the congolese don't accept them as csngslese dsn�*t accest then'! as www w . . ww what csngslese dsn�*t accest then'! as wwww w . . ww what they sayin - 77 7 sayin- is saying is about their advance. have over goma, sta77rted over goma, started to put taken over goma, started to put an administration in place. the leadership says, a rebel alliance of which the m23 is part, they said they want go ggrt. they said they want to go the way to can chatter and all the way to can chatter and overthrew the congolese with china and has considered issuing its own passports. his government had been "blindsided". the pacific country receives financial and defence are new zealand citizens. is leading a five—day visit to china next week. a plan to issue separate

passports has now been put with me is alice wilkins, a new zealand reporter alice, tell us a bit more about the relationship new eft? féléiififisfiié fiétfiééfi. h??? and cook islands. there is a specialrelat'ronship in 1965 the between the two. in 1965 the cook islands became self—governing in free association with new 77777lq§r¢auy77777 basically means 7 basically means the 7 basically means the cook which basically means the cook islands responsible for its islands is responsible for its affairs at home and on the own affairs at home and on the global stage, own affairs at home and on the globalstage, but own affairs at home and on the global stage, but it is cook —— global stage. but it is gggga, ....a.7a-.....7 cook globalstage,. but it is desist—re— . ....... cook island hold it's cook island citizens hold new zealand passports and have there is free full citizenship. there is free and travel between the two and easy travel between the two cook alan have nations, cook. alantjudge have to new hospitals access to new zealand hospitals and new zealand some and new zealand has some financial support commitments to the cook islands. that is we saw play out in something we saw play out in the covid pandemic. the wake of the covid pandemic. has been suggestion

there has been some suggestion recently that that could change. the prime change. mark brown, the prime minister, could seek separate cook islands passport and new zealand has citizenship. new zealand has offered an ultimatum, saying it one of 77one of the77 7 7 77one of the77othe7r. 7 777o7ne7of7 th7e77oth7e77r7. this 7 77ons backre77othe7r. this t.tt . t7” 77ons back to7 )the7r. this t.tt . t7” 77ons back to7 the7r. this t.tt . t7” 77ons back to7 the7forefrontt . t7tt 7 77o7ns7 ba7ck to77the7forefront this7 * come back to the forefront this with mark bryant taking a wgezekgwithmark bryant taking a to china for a state delegation to chinanor a state he is expected to an a-reement an a - reement there. 777 , sign anwaaree-�*nenttheref . china interested sign antaaree-�*nenttheref . china interested in sign antaaree-�*nenttheref t china interested in cook population 17,000 islands, population 17,000 it islands, population 17,000 people? it is ala- a’i�*rth ' t 't" 7 whole people? it is alfta—aia’i�*rth ' t 't" 7 whole strateuic location. they whole strategic importance for security and in recent years china focused 7 focused on strengthening has focused on strengthening ties in the pacific through has focused on strengthening ties in the pacii development and for example it was diplomacy. for example it was recently involved in a multi—million dollar water project comic contributing to that in the islands and in that in the cook islands and in 2022 china a security

with the solomon islands. pact with the solomon islands. that's part concern. new pact with the solomon islands. that's p is concern. new pact with the solomon islands. that's p is it >ncern. new pact with the solomon islands. that's p is it could |. new pact with the solomon islands. that's p is it could beiew pact with the solomon islands. that's p is it could be left out the loop. 7 the loop. the 7 is of the loop. the new zealand is monitoring china's movements in the pacific, perhaps not the pacific; perhaps not 777 enou-h the pacific; perhaps not . . . enough because it said closely enough because it said it had been left out of the loop with most recent e ou in recent years along its border with myanmar and visa regulations.

well, there are few places on earth stranger than this one. i mean, it looksjust like a provincial chinese city. the buildings, and chinese staff are running the place. yet this isn't in china. isolated parts of asia, where an insurgent group has been waging war against the state for more than 70 years. so why has a chinese company called yatai built all of this? it's promising a $15 billion project, complete with casinos, luxury villas and cyber parks. the reason, say yatai's critics, is scam centres, yatai's boss, a chinese man called she zhijiang, a while now and this really

is the most technically, we are in the middle of a war zone in myanmar, and yet the scale of the building, the ambition of this project is breathtaking. trafficking, but looking around at all this, it's you just from to fund it.

cold, easterly winds are set to dominate our weather something akin to beast from the east, well, this area of high pressure. so whilst it's cold today, temperatures actually lift and mainly on the hills. because we've got outbreaks of rain developing

a little bit wintry over the higher ground. here, a keen breeze, though, gusting 30—40 miles out of the sunshine. will develop a bit more widely and into the night across parts of wales, central and southern england. slight dusting of snow possible on some of the hills too, and later in the night into the north—east of england, further north and west, clearest of the skies, lowest of the temperatures tonight and a widespread frost here into tomorrow morning. through tomorrow. a few more wintry showers for eastern scotland. lots of cloud for england and wales. some will stay dry. where temperatures will actually be higher than today,

with that easterly wind. so temperatures will be on the rise at twickenham for those heading off to italy for the wales—italy match some rain at times. it's all linked into a developing area of low re—establishes itself for us into sunday. so, for sunday, a fair bit of cloud around once again. and northern ireland.

today at one, the government says it'll force landlords to insulate rental houses properly, to help tenants lower their energy bills. also on the programme... grenfell tower will be sensitively

taken down over the next two years, the government confirms. of sexual assault. of the skies for 350 years. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news... is it one defeat too far for ange postocoglu, at the hands of liverpool?