first the high commissioner for barbados followed by the high commissionerfor barbados followed by thenment and that the prime minister has offered us this opportunity to interact with the prime minister. surely this should never have happened in the first place. we are grateful we are here and we're looking forward to what she has to say to us. do you think the uk government has been too slow to act? not really. i think it has moved very swiftly over the last few days and we are reasonably happy about progress that's been made. you're happy with the progress. do you know if there were any people that have been deported because of this? i'm not aware of any. no. the problem seems to be mainly with jamaica and barbados. i'm from guyana and i haven't come across any persons from a country that have been affected in that way. ok, what will you say to the prime minister about this? i thinkjamaica will do most of the talking, and barbados perhaps because they are affected more than anyone as far as i know. as of recently, very well. i wasn't here then. well, as you see, a fairly restrained

ijust presumed i had all that because i was leaving barbados to come and live with my family, notjustiday. you heard the home secretary, amber rudd, apologising saying she thought policy had got in the wake of people, what is your response tonight? i don't accept the apology because they have been giving me the run around and nobody is telling me where to go or what to do. they are just talking about money that i haven't got. i cannot claim benefits, i am not working so where will i get the money to apply for these things they are asking for? what do you think the damage is that has been done to you personally? i don't know, numb. sometimes i want to give up. crying, stressed. tonight, the home office has been in touch and we have explained your case to them and they said they will be in touch with you tomorrow. your reaction to that? i sent the necessary paperwork and you wrote me back and told me i didn't have the right paperwork. now all of a sudden tonight, i have the right for them to give me a phone call. let me read this out. your no time limit biometric permit application has

people like sonia williams who came here from barbados in the 1970s when she was just 13. from barbados she wasjust13. i can't from barbados in the 1970s when she wasjust 13. i can't drive, i can't work, i can't claim benefits, i can't do anything. when they took away my driving licence in 2016 i started to put it together and i thought, this is all connected and they are saying i'm illegal immigrants. as commonwealth leaders gather in london for a summit, the prime minister has reversed a decision not to discuss the issue with them. but only after her home secretary was forced to apologise.” do not want any of the commonwealth citizens who are here legally to be impacted in the way they have an frankly, some of the way they have been treated has been wrong, has been treated has been wrong, has been appalling and i am sorry. citizens of the british empire coming to the mother country with good intent. 70 years after the first of the windrush generation arrived, the government has now promised to resolve all disputed cases within two weeks. john donnison, bbc news. let's get the latest o

countries or british regions all territories of the commonwealth i am from pakistan i resembled islands barbados most places represented were once part of the british empire the games are a colonial legacy of course some of the world's biggest sporting nations like the united states china france germany japan they're all missing some athletes don't think that matters a commonwealth medal may not be as prestigious as an olympic one but in certain sports the commonwealth games can hold their own in my field hundred metres there's a low caribbean countries he was some of the world's best jamaica trinidad there's a lot of stuff after cons of foster marvin as well so you know if you look at the olympic final there's those i mean you know two or three i'm out to americans and as the rest of the world i'm a lot of to come off nations. the commonwealth games also reserve spaces for sporting minnows yet jim cook will box when a row a tiny pacific island nation most famous is the place australia sends on wanted refugees its entire population is thirteen thousand people is quite a big deal back in the role

he came to britain from barbados when he was nine years old more than fifty years ago his father had a job in the post office michael married in britain had children grandchildren worked in education thought he was british until the government told him he didn't have the right documents he lost his job as he fought for the right to stay here if i was the porter i don't know what i would to take someone under threat of i could have no no worse because that is what. you know about work what you know what you could do for what you've done to help britain be the better place that it was a rival of more than four hundred happy to make on the so-called generation named after a ship that carried the first arrivals from the caribbean in the one nine hundred forty eight invited to britain given citizenship it's many of the children who travelled with their parents who are now facing difficulties some of been caught out by strict new laws specifying documents they need to prove how long they've been hearing this rao could not have blown up i don't more embarrassing time for the british governm

barbados kill more trees than any other kind of insect or disease in north america then you just look across the landscape and you see this kind of patchwork of dead trees mortality is quite dramatic this tree here is full of thousands of bark beetles does that mean that all the trees around here are now susceptible right. now from what i've seen it's just basically across the entire landscape have you ever seen this but not here in california. so just ten minutes where we're looking at the devastation caused by the pine beetles and now we are here and you can see the damage done by forest fires and there's a lot going on here so even though the wildfires actually gone through an area and cause major mortality it will still see bark beetles coming in afterwards scientists studying our forest are concerned about the impacts from drought not just in california but also around the world now what we're starting to worry about is whether these droughts are somehow all interrelated in length of a global scale seems a lot of force of the world or in trouble droughts putting pressure we don't

grandfather michael braithwaite moved from barbados to the uk when he was nine.s teaching assistant the 66—year—old was let go because he couldn't provide proof of his legal living status. when you heard the words, illegal immigrant, how did that make you feel?|j heard the words, illegal immigrant, how did that make you feel? i fell to pieces inside, i didn't actually feel it externally until i came home andi feel it externally until i came home and i sat down and i cried. and how has it been over the last two years 01’ has it been over the last two years orso? has it been over the last two years or so? two years i think i have rationalised a lot of things inside myself basically. citizens of the british empire coming to the mother country with good intent. empire windrush began the beginning of mass multiculturalism in the late 19405 but many of the children from that generation never applied for a passport or had official documents to prove their right to stay, which has now led to this unprecedented meeting between some of the uk passports caribbean high commi

indies to britain after the second world war maybe affected phillips reports he came to britain from barbados when he was nine years old more than fifty years ago his father had a job at the post office michael married in britain had children grandchildren worked in education thought he was british until the government told him he didn't have the right documents he lost his job as he fought for the right to stay here if i was deported i don't know what i would to take someone and i could have no no worse because that is what they do. you know it's about work what you know what you could do for you to help britain being a better place than it was a rival of more than four hundred. the so-called women dress a generation named after a ship that carried the first arrivals from the caribbean in the one nine hundred forty eight invited to britain given citizenship it's many of the children who travelled with their parents who are now facing difficulties some of been caught out by strict new laws strict new laws specifying documents they need to prove how long they've been hearing this could not hav

countries or british regions all territories of the commonwealth i am from pakistan i resembled islands barbados most places represented were once part of the british empire the games are a colonial legacy of course some of the world's biggest sporting nations like the united states china france germany japan they're all missing some athletes don't think that matters a commonwealth medal may not be as prestigious as an olympic one but in certain sports the commonwealth games can hold their own in my field hundred metres there's a low caribbean countries he was some of the world's best jamaica trinidad there's a lot of stuff after cons of foster marvin as well so you know if you look at the olympic final there's those i mean you know two or three i'm at two americans and as the rest of the world i'm a lot as a couple of nations. the commonwealth games also reserve spaces for sporting minnows yet jim cook will box when a row a tiny pacific island nation most famous is the place australia sends on wanted refugees its entire population is thirteen thousand people is quite a big deal back in the role

had only found out in the past three or four months and yet it has since emerged the government in barbadosd the government back in 2016. she was unable to answer questions again about whether anyone has been deported as a result of the scandal, and yet i doubt that amber ruddis scandal, and yet i doubt that amber rudd is going to be forced to walk the plank. we've heard from downing street expressing full confidence in amber rudd, tory mps lining up en masse to support her and amber rudd herself clearly signalling she has no intention of quitting, telling mpsi no intention of quitting, telling mps i am the person to put this right. in the last few minutes it is understood the home office now saying they plan to get rid of all internal targets for removing illegal immigrants. that suggests to me that amber rudd is determined to conquer down and tough this one out. —— hunker down. the number of violent crimes recorded by police in england and wales went up by 21% last year compared to the year before. the figures, published by the office for national statistics, show a significant increase i

in 1961. from barbados in 1961.ed. i have been carrying the knot in my stomach for the last two years, up to maybe a few months ago, say three months ago, and a pain between my head. total confusion, baffled, walking around like a headless chicken, you could say. what's going to happen to me now? you know, if i go home and the door bell rings, will it be someone trying to come and take me away from my family? every day was like that, every day, every day, that thought of the door bell ringing, or knock on the door. to the government asking for an immediate and effective response to you are not here any more, michael, you knowwith the situation quickly. they are ignoring mps as much as they are ignoring these people, many of whom have lived here, work, paid taxes the decade after decade and are being messed around by bureaucrats in the michael spanner says the government needs to get to grips with the situation quickly. they are ignoring mps as much as they are ignoring these people, many of whom have lived here, but

for decades but are now being treated as illegal immigrants according to the high commissioner of barbados the problem could affect as many as fifty thousand members of the so-called wind rush generation named after one of the first ships to bring west indian immigrant workers to britain tens of thousands of citizens of commonwealth countries arrived in the u.k. in the one thousand forty's fifty's and sixty's filling jobs in factories transport and the health service their children settled in british schools and went on to work and pay tax in the u.k. for the rest of their lives but many that not go through formal process of naturalization or apply for a passport but proof of citizenship is now being demand that the access a range of services and that means aging residents are being refused jobs or n.h.s. treatment and even in some cases threatened with death for taishan as illegals parliamentarians have branded it the screes this is a national shape and it has come about because of the whole start in farm. focusing that was big on the prime minister this woman as it is if you let it down

barbados, however, made the biggest jump in the rule of law category with big gains in judicial effectiveness and reducing corruption. slovenia was the most improved in the concept of limited government with a big effort to get its budget deficits under control and control of government debt. tunisia had big gains in both trade freedom and investment freedom and pushed its open market score up by almost 10 points. ukraine made gains in all three of the regulatory categories, business freedom, labor freedom and monetary freedom. that, i think, shows that economic progress need not stop for countries facing internal or external political challenges. we measure these categories independently. they do interact with one another. progress in one area can enhance the benefits from policy challenges in another. the importance of a particular category may vary, depending on a country's level of development. there's one category that stands out as especially relevant to countries at all levels of development. that's the freedom to trade. the freedom to trade is highly correlated with overall economic f

. >> i went to barbados on a rihanna pilgrimage, i went to rihanna's house. >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> yes i dropped a suitcase on my foot and broke my toes. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> still, rihanna. >> she's telling people it's because she's been kicking ass. >> jimmy: i know you write a lot of shows at once, do you ever write them with your feet to save time? >> i do not, i do not, so they're safe. >> jimmy: thank you for coming, i appreciate you being here. [ cheers and applause ] it's kind of sad. you guys always come and we're always -- we've done so many fun things together. how did you -- like how did you first meet and decide that you were going to do this show together? >> oh, wow. >> together? oh, i remember you first coming in. >> okay, first came in. i had been meeting like all of these actresses. everybody wanted this part. >> yeah, it was a big, big meeting thing. you came in. >> oh-oh. >> no, it was amazing. you came in, and i think it was literally like two seconds in. you started talking about politics. and i knew that i wanted kerry for the part. but i have one of those fa

last week we spoke to grandfather michael braithwaite, originally from barbados.assistant because he didn't have the right paperwork. michael, you've had some really good news in the last couple of days. fantastic news. it's given me a sense of freedom. no more nightmares. so there we go, that's it. it says your whole name. and it's until 2024. he's now got his residence permit. his case is solved. a big sigh of relief for michael, but this issue is farfrom over, with tens of thousands of people thought to be still in limbo. adina campbell, bbc news. nissan has become the latest car manufacturer to be hit by the fall in demand for diesel vehicles. it's to lay off hundreds of workers at its plant in sunderland after its sales fell 35% in britain in the first quarter of this year. demand has also fallen across europe. tributes have been paid to the renowned swedish dj avicii who has died at the age of 28. according to his agent, avicii, whose real name was tim bergling, was found dead in oman earlier today. the dj and producer, who has collaborated with the likes of

"national review," and he -- they left from lisbon and went to madera and made their way over to barbados. the little epilog is a little meditation of what the affair meant. i'd like to read by way of conclusion the last couple of lines from that epilog. i think they're quite moving. the sea has always something lying in wait for you. perhaps in my last years i'll deny it the opportunity. to vex me. but if so, how can i draw from it those fleeted moments? you have shortened the sail just a little because you want more steadiness than you're going to get at this speed. the wind up to 22, 24 naughts, and it is late at night and there are only two of you in the cockpit. you're moving at racing speed parting the buttery sea as with a scalpel and the waters roar by themselves exuberantly subdued by your powers to command your way through them. the stars also seem to be singing together for joy. that's how i like to remember bill. parting the buttery sea like a scalpel while the stars are above shouting together for joy. >> well, thank you, roger. do you -- do you own his boat now? >> actually

he came to britain from barbados when he was nine years old more than fifty years ago his father had a job in the post office michael married in britain had children grandchildren worked in education thought he was british until the government told him he didn't have the right documents he lost his job as he fought for the right to stay here if i was the porter i don't know what i would to take them on earth if they had no no worth because that is what they. you know it's about work what you know what you could do for you to help britain be the better place than it was a rival of more than four hundred. the so-called women dress a generation named after a ship that carried the first arrivals from the caribbean in the one nine hundred forty eight invited to britain given citizenship it's many of the children who travelled with their parents who are now facing difficulties some of been caught out by strict new laws specifying documents they need to prove how long they've been hearing this could not have blown up at a more embarrassing time for the british government the very week in wh

decades but who are now being treated as equal immigrants according to the high commissioner of barbados the problem could affect this many as fifty thousand members of the so-called wind rush generation named after one of the first ships to bring west indian immigrant workers to britain tens of thousands of citizens of commonwealth countries arrived in the u.k. in the one nine hundred forty s. fifty's and sixty's filling jobs in factories transport and the health service their children settled in british schools and went on to work and pay tax in the u.k. for the rest of their lives but many did not go through the formal process is process of naturalization or apply for a passport but proof of citizenship is now being demanded to access a range of services and that means that aging residents are being refused jobs or health treatment and even in some cases threatened with deportation as illegals or parliamentarians have branded this the scrapes. this is a day of national shame and it is come about because of a whole start in pharma the other thing that was big government under prime min

we heard about the high commissioner of barbados who had raised it with somebody. broader question — did ministers know about it and ignore it? this is what amber rudd had to say. i became aware over the past few months, i would say, that there was a problem of individuals that i was seeing. this was covered, as far as i could see, from newspapers and mps bringing it forward, anecdotally, of the past three or four months, and i became aware there was a potential issue. i bitterly and deeply regret ididn't issue. i bitterly and deeply regret i didn't see it is more than individual cases that had gone wrong that it needed addressing. i didn't see it as a systemic issue until very received. what happens when they high commissioner is raised this issue with the foreign office in may 2016? i am not yet clear how this was followed up, but i will be looking into it. so you don't know whether the foreign secretary at the time rested with the home secretary at the time? i don't have that information, i am aware it was race, but i do not have the information how it was follo

countries or british regions all territories of the commonwealth i am from pakistan i resembled islands barbados most places represented were once part of the british empire the games are a colonial legacy of course some of the world's biggest sporting nations like the united states china france germany japan they're all missing some athletes don't think that matters a commonwealth medal may not be as prestigious as an olympic one but in certain sports the commonwealth games can hold their own in my field hundred metres there's a low caribbean countries he was some of the world's best jamaica. and there's a lot of suffolk ans of foster marvin as well so you know if you look at the olympic final there's those i mean you know two or three i'm out to americans and as the rest of the world and a lot of a couple of nations. the commonwealth games also reserve spaces for sporting minnows yet jim cook will box when a room a tiny pacific island nation most famous is the place australia sends on wanted refugees its entire population is thirteen thousand people is quite a big deal back in the role and. ev

we now know that the government in barbados apparently alerted the foreign office in 2016.ad that? ithink amber how do you read that? i think amber rudd should be ashamed to say she knew in the past few months. as you said, caribbean governments tried to raise it with her, and if she was paying attention to what was happening in her department, the pattern of casework from early 2014 would have shown that there was a problem, but she doesn't seem to have paid attention. that is why she has to go. we had that package of measures outlined by the home secretary at the start of the home secretary at the start of the week, and yet this crisis rumbles on. how in anyway have windrush families felt, do you think, seeing this political shock wave ripple through westminster?m has been appalling for the windrush families of that generation. i moved from westminster last week, and 500 people in the house of commons in different committee rooms, people are very upset, both victims on the wider community. diane abbott, thank you very much for your time. downing street expressing full con

the issue at the moment primarily affects migrants who came from countries like barbados in the easternchive footage from the time. the people at the centre of this story arrived with their parents when they were children. and they were never given any proper documentation to prove they had the right to remain in the country — which they did and which they do. this is the experience of one of them who came to the uk aged eight. last year he was threatened with deportation, then detained by the british authorities for more than two weeks. it was a shock because i always thought that i was legal, i was british, i've been here from i'm 8, i didn't give it another thought because i just thought they were mixing me up, a nyway u nfortu nately they were mixing me up, it was me they were after and it was me they were looking at. today we heard from the british home secretary. i am concerned that the home office is becoming too concerned with policy and strategy and sometimes lose sight of the individual. and this is about individuals. the government has now set up a task force, and has promise

one of those is guy hewitt, barbados high commissioner. he joins us from london.h will arrived in britain before 1971 who have irregular status and as a consequence of that status, they are being shut out of the system. they can't work, they are denied access to healthcare, are denied access to government services. some have been detained, others deported. what is the process those people are having to go to at the moment? that sounds very harrowing. it is harrowing. as your port started, it is a tragedy that this is happening as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of empire windrush. many of these persons who came after the second world war on a call from this country to address acute labour shortage is came from countries which were still colonies. they came as british subjects. they were granted leave to remain. they went to school, they gotjobs, they established families, they pay taxes, they helped rebuild this country in the post—war era but because they came here as british subjects, they never realised that they needed to regularise their stat

people like sonia williams, who came here from barbados in the 19705 when she was just 13.t claim benefits, i can't do anything. when they took away my driving licence in 2016, i started to put it together and i thought, no, this is all connected, and they're saying i'm an illegal immigrant. as commonwealth leaders gather in london for a summit, the prime minister has reversed a decision not to discuss the issue with them. but only after her home secretary was forced to apologise. i do not want any of the commonwealth citizens who are here legally to be impacted in the way they have, and frankly, some of the way they have been treated has been wrong, has been appalling, and i am sorry. to the mother country with good intent. 70 years after the first of the windrush generation arrived, the government has now promised to resolve all disputed cases within two weeks. john donnison, bbc news. police are investigating the fatal stabbing of another teenager in london. a man, thought to be around 18, was killed in forest gate last night. so far there have been no arrests. police ar

the minister of foreign affairs of barbados.lause the president of the senate of malaise here. applause a5 malaise here. applause as they are introducing various foreign ministers of commonwealth countries, that could take some time, we can talk to ben brown. what sort of things are on the agenda for these commonwealth nations?” sort of things are on the agenda for these commonwealth nations? i think it will take some time, there are 53 leaders to be introduced and then we will hear from the prince of wales, the prime minister theresa may and the prime minister theresa may and the queen as well. after that, a 53 garden salute to represent all 53 members of this family of nations. what are we going to be discussing at this heads of government over the next few days? climate change is clearly one of the key issues where the british government thinks the commonwealth can act together. also on the agenda is fighting cyber warfare. from britain's point of view, i think in the post—brexit world, trade is absolutely crucial. after the