our political correspondent iain watson has the details. correspondent iain watson has the details-—f the people who are going to _ the details. some of the people who are going to become - the details. some of the people who are going to become hair . who are going to become hair and small boats will now be housed on another form and small boats will now be housed on anotherform of vessel, on ferries but in addition to that, the government possibly by the end of next week too are going to confirm the use of two literary bases to giles migrants as well — to house migrants. there are around 50,000 people who have come to the uk, the military bases between them will accommodate between 3000— 4000 people so you can see this will not be a solution in itself to getting rid of inaudible . security forces in france remain — . security forces in france remain on _ . security forces in france remain on high _ . security forces in france remain on high alert - . security forces in france remain on high alert afterj remain on high alert after registration to raise the state pension age caused m

iain watson, bbc news, darlington.mes as political leaders condemn an outbreak of violence which has seen a series of attacks on homes linked to a drugs feud. families are being caught up in the tensions — sparked by a fall—out within a loyalist paramilitary group, as emma vardy reports. in broad daylight, masked men pursuing a fight over turf and drug money. this was the scene yesterday in one of four towns affected, as a school and nursery nearby were advised to lock their doors. and this afternoon, a man was assaulted by a masked gang in a shopping centre. in nightly attacks on homes, petrol bombs have been thrown through windows, a pipe bomb was used and properties have been smashed with hammers. many had children inside. these attacks are incredibly reckless, and place our communities at grave risk. and we are working closely with our colleagues in the paramilitary crime task force to counter the threat posed by these gangs. what is the impact of attacks on homes like that? a number of people have left their home

iain watson, bbc news, darlington.despread bullying, harassment and discrimination in every fire service in england. a new report includes examples of language often excused as banter, including male firefighters telling a female colleague they would rape her and a senior officer using a racial slur. both were described by the perpetrators as a joke. the home office has said the findings are "deeply concerning". 0scar pistorius, the former paralympian who murdered his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, in 2013, has been denied parole in south africa. the 36—year—old had been seeking early release after serving half of his 13—year sentence. ms steenkamp�*s mother told the parole board she opposed his release as she felt pistorius was not remorseful. it emerged that officials had made a mistake and he needs to spend more time in prison before he is eligible for parole. the 0scar winning actress gwyneth paltrow has been awarded a symbolic sum of $1 after winning a two—week court battle over a skiing collision in utah in 2016. t

iain watson, bbc news.y of major disruption to transport and public services — including schools — as unions push on with protests against plans to up the pension age from 62 to 64. stephanie prentice reports. people across france are readying themselves for the sixth day of strikes and protest since mid january. there are said to be the biggest yet with more than i million people expected to turn out in paris and other major cities. it is all about proposed changes to pension reform, and issue the government is showing no sign of backing down on. 0rganisers say they are prepared to bring the country to its knees as transport and public services growing to a halt. in the days ahead they will be called to extend the strengths and key sectors such as power generation and gas terminals. translation: i generation and gas terminals. translation:— generation and gas terminals. translation: i hope that there will be more _ translation: i hope that there will be more movement, - translation: i hope that there will

iain watson, bbc news.d wales is at its lowest level since public surveys began a0 years ago. according to the british social attitudes poll, just 29% said they were satisfied with the health service last year, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns. the survey showed the public most valued the nhs being free at the point of use, and the quality of care when they were seen. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. back in december, tony griffiths was living with leukaemia when he suffered a fall at home in somerset. it took hours for an ambulance to reach the 83—year—old. i mean, it was it was just all the waiting and the different stages. his son gareth, driving from manchester, got there faster than the ambulance crew did. then tony, with gareth by his side, faced a long night on a trolley waiting in a&e. it's the feeling that, you know, you've spent all those years paying your tax and national insurance and that you end up in a corridor after waiting five hours for an ambulan

here's our political correspondent, iain watson.s are a symbol of anti—social behaviour. the gas they contained, nitrous oxide, can lead to feelings of euphoria when inhaled. but ministers say it can also harm the health of young people in particular, and this littering that blights the communities is no laughing matter. public spaces that should be safe and orderly and much to begin to achieve these public spaces, they say anything goes and then as you know, what appears to be small infringements and the degree of lawlessness. there are already restrictions on the supply of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, but the government will overrule its own expert advisers on drugs by banning its possession. sales are already illegal and littering is already illegal and using while driving is already illegal. you don't need to criminalise half a million young people to tackle this problem. we just need to use the system controls and laws that are in place. this feels like a political theatre. labour is in favour of taking a stronger

our political correspondent, iain watson, has the details.ple coming here in small boats will then be housed in another form of vessel, on ferries, but in addition to that, the government possibly by the end of next week will confirm the use of two military bases to house migrants as well. at this stage, the thing is there are around 50,000 people in hotels who have come to the uk. the military bases between them will accommodate between them will accommodate between 3000 and 4000 people, as you can see this will not be as you can see this will not be a solution itself to getting rid of the hotel use. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has called on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to halt controversial plans for an overhaul of the justice system. the proposed laws have divided the country and resulted in weeks of protests. itamar ben—gvir, the far right police minister, has called for mr gallant to be sacked. shelley phelps reports. tens of thousands of israelis took to the streets of tel aviv on saturday as protests against govern

here's our political correspondent, iain watson.ars ago, fewer than 300 migrants attempted to cross the channel in a small boat. last year, more than 16,000 undertook the hazardous journey. and as the numbers grew, so too did the political pressure on the government. so injanuary this year, the prime minister made this pledge. we will pass new laws to stop small boats, making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed. and the government will begin the process of passing a new law today. it would place a duty on the home secretary to remove anyone who comes here by an illegal route and it would prevent them from claiming asylum in the uk. those who are removed won't be permitted to return or to seek british citizenship. the prime minister and home secretary have written in conservative supporting newspapers this morning. in the sun, rishi sunak has said, "this new law will send a clear signal that if you come to this country illegally, you'll be swiftly removed." and in the telegraph, suell

here's our political correspondent, iain watson.ese little silver canisters are a symbol of anti—social behaviour. the gas they contain, nitrous oxide can lead to feelings of euphoria but it can also harm the health of young people in particular in this littering the plates the communities is no laughing matter. is a plates the communities is no laughing matter.— plates the communities is no lau~ahin matter. , , . , laughing matter. is a public spaces that should — laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be _ laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be safe _ laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be safe and _ laughing matter. is a public spaces that should be safe and orderly - laughing matter. is a public spaces| that should be safe and orderly and much to begin to achieve these public spaces, they say anything goes and then as you know, what appears to be small infringements and the degree of lawlessness. there are any restrictions _ and the degree of lawlessness. there are any restrictions on _ and the d

iain watson, bbc news. our correspondent, lucy williamson sent this from calais. this from calais. news of the government's ne policy as news of the government's new policy trickles through camps in northern france here, there is a sense that it is not in and of itself going to slow the flow across the channel. policy announcements by themselves have not tended to change many minds here. if you think back to the rwanda policy, when that was announced, there was a few days when many migrants here were considering whether it was worth it, there was a little bit of anxiety, but it passed pretty quickly, particularly when there were no concrete measures taken. i think this raises the question of how the government is going to implement this new policy, particularly when it comes to removing people from the uk when they land on those shorts. the rwanda policy is still mired in the courts in france is so far been adamant it won't take back migrants return from the uk, at least not without a wider eu policy. so the sense here in northern france this morning is that this

iain watson, bbc news. 905? propose something similar in the 90s? ., ., g , propose something similar in the 90s? ., ., ., . propose something similar in the 905? ., ., . , propose something similar in the 90s? ., ., . 90s? today's announcement is an admission of— 90s? today's announcement is an admission of failure _ 90s? today's announcement is an admission of failure by _ 90s? today's announcement is an admission of failure by the - admission of failure by the government because it is not a proposal to cut hotel use or provide an alternative to the costly hotel use at all but instead this is additional and it is also not dealing with the height of the problem which is they have this huge backlog of asylum decisions, so much so that 98% of last year's small boat arrivals simply have not even been decided or processed so they have got to do with that backlog and thatis have got to do with that backlog and that is why labour has set out a proper plan to end hotel use and also to clear the backlog and to get

the announcement could come as soon as next week. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has the detailsin anotherform of vessel, on ferries, but in addition to that, the government possibly by the end of next week will confirm the use of two military bases to house migrants as well. at this stage, the thing is there are around 50,000 people in hotels who have come to the uk. the military bases between them will accommodate between 3000 and a000 people, as you can see this will not be a solution itself to getting rid of the hotel use. let's get some of the day's other news. hundreds of people evacuated following the first wild fire of the season in spain are facing another night away from their village. the fire has affected more than a,000 hectares of forest forcing 1,700 villagers from their homes. while wild fires are common in the region, this is the earliest in the year that one has cropped up after a dry winter. venezuela's attourney—general has confirmed 21 people have been arrested for alleged corruption at the state owned oil company. tarek william saab, said they were involved

the announcement could come as soon as next week. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has the detailsall boats will be now housed on another form of vessel, on ferries. but an additional to that, the government, possibly by the end of next week has confirmed the use of two military bases to house migrants as well. now at this stage, there are around 50,000 people in hotels who have come to the uk. the military bases between them will accommodate between them will accommodate between three and 4000 people. so you can see, this will not be a solution in itself. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute — and outbreaks of violence — forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. meanwhile, there've been separate demonstrations in western france linked to concerns over water usage by large—scale agricultural producers. earlier our paris correspondent bethany bell sent us this update. the big day of action that took place here was thursday and that is

iain watson reports.owling from both the government and opposition is picking up that voters are not only concerned about antisocial behaviour, but they feel that those concerns are being ignored. so now there is something of a competition between the parties to come up with pans to make plans to come up with pans to make plans to bear down on the bad behaviour which applies to many communities. —— come up with plans. rishi sunak says he needs responsibility to be taken by offenders for their own actions. ., ., actions. one thing we will do going forward is make _ actions. one thing we will do going forward is make sure _ actions. one thing we will do going forward is make sure that - actions. one thing we will do going forward is make sure that people l forward is make sure that people have rapid justice. if people are caught doing those things, littering or graffitiing, not only will we have biggerfines for or graffitiing, not only will we have bigger fines for those things, we will make sure those peop

iain watson, bbc news.to speak to suella braverman a bit later in the programme. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. nick, we have the detail of the policy, but what happens next? this is just the this isjust the beginning of the process through parliament? yes. process through parliament? yes, this needs to _ process through parliament? yes, this needs to pass _ process through parliament? yes this needs to pass through parliament. the government is hoping it can do that pretty quickly, getting it to the house of commons in the next few weeks, before easter and then getting the whole thing passed through parliament and into law by the summer. it is at that point you are likely to see the legal challenges that have been talked about over the past 2a hours. i think the government is expecting that to happen and we had the prime minister said yesterday that he was up minister said yesterday that he was up for the fight on this. he thinks the government has a solid, legal case

iain watson, bbc news.lla braverman has been on media outlets, defending the policy — insisting the measures are lawful. here she is speaking to bbc breakfast a short time ago these measures do not withdraw us from the european convention on human rights, they will enable us to take very bold and forward leaning steps in order to reduce the rights of people to claim and to thwart their removal. they will ensure that people who come here illegally who jump the queue and break our laws in doing so will not have a right to settlement in the united kingdom and it will enable, in fact, impose a duty on the secretary of state to remove people who fall under our scheme. these are necessary and compassionate measures that we need to take to stop the small boats. well, that was suella braverman saying the new law is "necessary and compassionate", but how will the government tackle the legalities of this bill and get it through parliament? here's our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, on what happens next.

i'm joined now by our political correspondent iain watson.n will we find out what he has submitted? iligie’iiii out what he has submitted? we'll find out between _ out what he has submitted? we'll find out between now— out what he has submitted? .11 find out between now and wednesday when he is going to be in front of the privileges committee, a committee of senior mps chaired by a member of the labour opposition but with a conservative majority so a majority of the mps come from boris johnson's own party, they are likely to grill him for up to four hours on wednesday. he wants his evidence, this dossier to be published as soon as possible, but if it is 50 to 60 pages long, it is likely members of the gritty will want to go through the gritty will want to go through the document first before they make it available to the wider public. but in a sense they have got their retaliation in first. the document sets out effectively the questions that boris johnson sets out effectively the questions that borisjohnson has to answer. there are various o

here's our political correspondent, iain watson.aviour, the gas they contain can lead to feelings of euphoria when he would put ministers say it can also harm the health of young people in particular and the communities is no laughing matter. is are public spaces that should be safe and orderly and once you begin to retreat from these public spaces what you see anything goes, as we know, what appears to be small infringements turns to be a degree of lawlessness. the infringements turns to be a degree of lawlessness.— of lawlessness. the supply of nitrous oxide _ of lawlessness. the supply of nitrous oxide also _ of lawlessness. the supply of nitrous oxide also known - of lawlessness. the supply of nitrous oxide also known as l of lawlessness. the supply of - nitrous oxide also known as laughing gas, but the government will overrule its own expert adviser on trust by banning its possession stop littering is already an illegal and we do not need to criminalise to tackle these problems. we just need to use the controls and laws that ar

i'm joined now by our political correspondent iain watson.tical theatre it's going to be. it's going to last several hours. how high would you say are the stakes for borisjohnson and his political career? it boris johnson and his political career? , ., , boris johnson and his political career? , ., ., career? it should be fascinating on wednesday- _ career? it should be fascinating on wednesday. get _ career? it should be fascinating on wednesday. get the _ career? it should be fascinating on wednesday. get the popcorn. - career? it should be fascinating on wednesday. get the popcorn. forl career? it should be fascinating on | wednesday. get the popcorn. for a four hour session. the stakes are very high for borisjohnson because if he has misled parliament or has lied to parliament, and if that was intentional, potentially he could face quite a big sanction from this cross party committee of senior mps. they could say, for example, he should be suspended from the house of commons. if that's for more than ten days than that could trigger what's

refugee council has described the proposals as "entirely unsuitable". 0ur political correspondent iain watson through parliament which will prevent people who arrive in small boats from claiming asylum. but many of his mps are worried about the costs of housing those who are already here. the home secretary says accommodating migrants temporarily in hotels is costing £6 million a day. so, today, the government confirmed that alternative accommodation would be used. the government will use military sites being disposed of in essex and lincolnshire and a separate site in east sussex. these will be scaled up over the coming months and will collectively provide accommodation to several thousand asylum seekers. this is the airbase in lincolnshire, once home to the world war ii dambusters. the local mp had this to say about it in the house of commons. the moment this is confirmed might constituency will issue intermediate judicial review and injection against this thoroughly bad decision which is not based on good governments but the politics of trying to do something. they are also considering usi

announced the plans in the house of commons a little bit earlier on. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonminister is biggest by promises that he announced recently. he sees this as politically critical, doesn't he? he he sees this as politically critical, doesn't he? he sees this is critical because _ critical, doesn't he? he sees this is critical because it _ critical, doesn't he? he sees this is critical because it was - critical, doesn't he? he sees this is critical because it was one - critical, doesn't he? he sees this is critical because it was one of i is critical because it was one of the five promises he unveiled on generate 50. to be clear about what the premise was, the promise was to introduce new laws to stop the boats. in that sense he can fulfil the promise by introducing the legislation. whether legislation is successful would be remaining scene. whether it can be done as quickly as possible or means to be seen. we then get into the question of whether there will be legal challenges because what i found interesting in what suella braverman was talking about pushing the lim

our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster.ning me now is caroline slocock — director of the independent think basically the privilege committee just be clear who they are as a committee of eight mps appointed by the whole house of commons and are answerable to the house of commons. the conservative majority on a committee so borisjohnson�*s party, some of his own mps in majority on a committee of its chaired by harriet harland, the former labour deputy leader. we've been looking at this for some time. this is not their final report today, it is an update looking at the kind of areas they want to explore further with boris johnson as he appears in person and indeedin johnson as he appears in person and indeed in public as this will be broadcast later this month on the week beginning the 20th of march. so this isn't the final verdict but there are some clues, is a very strong clues to their thinking if you bear with me i will run through a few of these. the accusations indicated borisjohnson misled parliament which is a euphemis

earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent iain watson about how the government is responding tothe inquiry is the right place to deal with the evidence. there is no guarantee at all it will report before the next general election. keir starmer said not a single government minister has spoken to the inquiry, but they've hundred every single whatsapp message in the hands of the daily telegraph from matt hancock. what was interesting as of the argument has been made from have an whately, the health minister, that this is only giving a partial picture —— helen whately. she said that whilst there was a whatsapp must saying matt hancock was only willing to test people coming into care homes, there was a wider message about it.— wider message about it. there is an e-mail following _ wider message about it. there is an e-mail following this _ wider message about it. there is an e-mail following this exchange - wider message about it. there is an e-mail following this exchange that| e—mail following this exchange that says we _ e—mail following this exchange that says we can test straigh