they're not setting _ laura kuenssberg show. they're not setting out _ laura kuenssberg show.'re not setting out plans for - not setting out plans for change. we know for example that government is opening up more _ that government is opening up more hotels across the country, we know — more hotels across the country, we know that they're focusing on the — we know that they're focusing on the process, which whilst that— on the process, which whilst that is— on the process, which whilst that is important, because it is, nonetheless it is also about— is, nonetheless it is also about how we deter people from coming — about how we deter people from coming here in the first place if they're _ coming here in the first place if they're not coming through lawful— if they're not coming through lawful methods. and so i think these — lawful methods. and so i think these are _ lawful methods. and so i think these are some of the issues that— these are some of the issues that the _ these are some of the issues that the government is really going — that the government is really going to _ t

she's been speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning.olitical correspondent damian grammaticas. yvette cooper has been speaking to the bbc about this today. yes, and this is a priority issue, as in many countries, for the government. what she has been saying is that although these numbers, about 35,000 this year, yes, it is a bit of an increase on last year, where it was around 30,000, yes, and 30,000 last year, higher in the previous year, higher in the previous year than any of these, 45,000. she says this is a priority, a complex issue, but the government, she said, is not going to resort to gimmicks, this is what she told laura kuenssberg. we have made clear that border security— we have made clear that border security is— we have made clear that border security is a foundational issue. _ security is a foundational issue, before we get to any of the missions. the approach are step—by—step, we are putting in place _ step—by—step, we are putting in place the — step—by—step, we are putting in place the things that we need, the agreement

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome.s it's struggling to cope with the number of cruelty cases being brought in. the rspca team in north yorkshire are concerned the problem could get worse due to financial hardship at christmas. it comes as the charity has seen a 25 per cent rise in pet neglect compared to last year across the uk. 0ur repoter kate sweeting has more. starved, isolated and neglected. these are just some of the hundreds of animals rescued in the last year. there definitely is more cruelty cases, unintended cruelty cases, i may add, from covid. and we've seen a lot more families relying on ourfood banks for animals. cruelty is around the animal's behaviour, cruelty for being left alone. that's separation anxiety. it's sad to see those behaviours coming through in this generation of animals. beautiful. bella and george came in needing urgent care that their owner couldn't afford. and the rspca says across the country, animals bought in lockdown are being rescued because their owners no longer have the time or

this is what she told sunday with laura kuenssberg this morning.ly one of the foundational issues. before you even get to any of the missions, the approach yes, it's a bit of an increase on last year where it was around 30,000 or, yes, around 30,000 last year. higher the previous year, though, than any of these 45 odd thousand. she says this is a priority. it's a complex issue. but the government, she said, is not going to resort to gimmicks. this is what she told sunday with laura kuenssberg this morning. we've made clear that the border security is actually one of the foundational issues. before you even get to any of the missions, the approach we're taking to this is really step by step. we are putting in place the things that we need, the agreements with other countries, asking people to be. patient then with the existing situation. those who don't have a right to stay in the uk there to be dealt with in rwanda. that's a scheme that has cost £700 million. no enforced returns had been sent at all before the election. but chris philp, the shadow

sorry, forgive me, the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, was on that laura kuenssberg be doing. targets for net migration in the country haven't worked well the country, numerical ones. so you are not going to have one? you might remember david cameron's target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands. what has happened is it has gone up an awful lot in recent years. we do want to bring it down. but the exact number that you need will always ebb and flow, depending on the needs of the economy. so you are not going to have a target? we are not going to have a numerical target for net migration. 0k. but we are going to make sure that we do more to train our own workforce. no numerical target pat mcfadden was the for migration, but they want to bring numbers down. we can expect a figure on house building, early years education, the government saying they want to 0r building an nhs fit for the future. and what the prime minister wants to do this week is put specific milestones and targets that the public can judge them by, isuppose, by the time of the next election

place on election night, july 4th, that was transformed into downing street for my colleagues laura kuenssbergd that all—important exit poll. big ben chimes. and, as big ben strikes ten, the exit poll is predicting a labour landslide. blimey, just take a look and take in those numbers! applause. teams of volunteers, the length and breadth of the country raced to count ballots. singing sweet caroline. the lib dems were delighted with their results, but from the conservatives... thank you to everybody and goodnight. - and from labour... we did it! cheering. the aftermath of georgia's election wasn't peaceful. the party georgian dream has governed there for the last 12 years, moving the country away from the european union and closer to russia. despite being accused of fraud by the opposition, the ruling party claimed victory in the autumn election. that's when the government said it was suspending talks onjoining the eu and people headed out onto the streets. over there, the riot police started moving in. they're slowly marching towards the protesters. riot police are in several areas, so they'r

this is what she told sunday with laura kuenssberg this morning.onal issues. before you even get to any of the missions, the approach we're taking to this is really step by step. we are putting in place the things that we need, the agreements with other countries. asking people to be patient then with the existing situation? well, ithink we're being kind of very clear and straight with people about the complexity of this, because the gimmicks did not work. what we had previously was a whole lot of gimmicks. everybody promised it was going to solve it immediately. and what we're doing is the very serious action. we've already substantially increased. we've had over 25% increase in terms of the returns. we're having over 30% increase in enforcement raids. so we're already increasing step by step. but of course this is complex. and of course this takes time. so accusing the previous conservative than the figures that were published a couple of weeks ago. and it will also be far, far lower than the 0br forecast accompanying the budget. that was 350,000

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome.office has announced the creation of a new �*joint international irregular migration unit', drawing on expertise from the fcdo and home 0ffice.according to the department, the new unit will: �*coordinate the extensive work already being done across the fcdo and the home office to tackle irregular migration, recognising that it requires international collaboration. us lawmakers are expecting further classified briefings which may address the unexplained drone sightings across a number of american states. the fbi says its had more than three thousand reports since the flying objects first started to appear in the skies over the state of newjersey about a month ago. here s our north amnerica correspondent, rowan bridge. another drone. it's the mystery that is gripping america. all the drones in the sky. they are not scary per se, they are not looking through your window or crashing into your house, but it is still concerning because there are these mystery ufos — unidentified flying objec

this is france's foreign minister, jean—noel barrot, talking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg on sundayon previously didn't rule out putting troops on the ground. so can you see a day when french troops might be deployed in ukraine? what president macron said is that we should not set an express red lines. we should set a strategic ambiguity and not say what we ought or what we ought not to do. and this is the reason why we do not discard any option publicly. and again, in close cooperation with our allies, with the uk, with the europeans, with the us and with the ukrainians. we decide on what strategies to undertake. is everything, though potentially on the table? we will support ukraine as intensely and as long as necessary. why? because it is our security that is at stake. ambassador sullivan, do you see that as being inevitable that there will need to be european troops on the ground? i can't tell you. what i can tell you is what that's i agree completely with that statement about the need for, more caution in what we say publicly about what we in the west, we in the united states w

this is france's foreign minister, jean—noel barrot, talking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg on sundaysly didn't rule out putting troops on the ground. so can you see a day when french troops might be deployed in ukraine? what president macron said is that we should not set an express red lines. we should set a strategic ambiguity and not say what we ought or what we ought not to do. and this is the reason why we do not discard any option publicly. and again, in close cooperation with our allies, with the uk, with the europeans, with the us and with the ukrainians. we decide on what strategies to undertake. is everything, though potentially on the table? we will support ukraine as intensely and as long as necessary. why? because it is our security that is at stake. ambassador sullivan, do you see that as being inevitable that there will need to be european troops on the ground? i can't tell you. what i can tell you is what that's i agree completely with that statement about the need for, more caution in what we say publicly about what we will we in the west, we in the united states wil

speaking to laura kuenssberg, she said the issues facing wider society were even greater.robots going, and driverless cars, and there'sjust certain things, ithink, and i'm not a curmudgeon. i'm a very curious human being. and i just look at these things and think, i don't really know what that's bringing anybody. sometimes there's this experimentation for its own sake — which is creativity to one... when you look at it in one way, but then it's also incredibly destructive, which of course is the other side of creativity. and do you think that there is...can you, you know, can you see a day where actors actually could be replaced by ai creations? is that something that worries you? i'm less concerned with myjob prospects than i am concerned about the impact it's going to have on the average person, on old age pensioners, on, you know, people who are already working three jobs to try and be below the poverty line. you know, that's my concern. i'm worried about us as a species. it's a much bigger problem! stay with us here on bbc news hello. meteorologically speaking, saturda

she's been speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning.can our viewers expect to see the number of people making small boat crossings, putting their lives at risk, trying to get to the uk? when can they expect that to come down? so of course we want to continue to see progress. of course we want to see the boat crossings come down as rapidly as possible. what we're not going to do is do this by slogans. so, you know, rishi sunak did say he said it's not about slogans. this is not about slogans. when it comes to something like waiting lists. and in the nhs the government's very happy to put targets publicly on that and say measure us by whether we hit those. when it comes to kids education, the government's been very happy to put a target on that, saying, judge us by this measure. when it comes to this issue, you won't give us a yardstick by when we could know when people can actually expect there'll be a significant difference. why not? because it makes it feel like it's not a priority to the government in the way that some other issues ar

speaking to laura kuenssberg, she said the issues facing wider society were even greater.rless cars... there's just certain things, i think. i'm not a curmudgeon. i'm a very curious human being and ijust look at these things and think i don't really know what that's bringing anybody. sometimes it's just experimentation for its own sake, which is creativity to one, when you look at it in one way, but then it's also incredibly destructive which, of course, is the other side of creativity.- is the other side of creativity. is the other side of creativi . �* ., , ., ~' creativity. and do you think that there _ creativity. and do you think that there is... _ creativity. and do you think that there is... you - creativity. and do you think that there is... you know, l creativity. and do you think. that there is... you know, can you see a day where actors actually could be replaced by ai creations? is that something that worries you? i’m ai creations? is that something that worries you?— that worries you? i'm less concerned _ that worries you? i'm less concerned with _ that worrie

we heard earlier today from the tv chef hugh fearnley—whittingstall, who told the sunday with laura kuenssbergwider point here about how much the industry knew and what was done about these allegations. so my original investigation into gregg wallace, the allegations we were hearing, we heard from 13 people across a 17 year period, across five shows, and that was from 2005 right up to 2022. and what we do know is that complaints were raised during that period. we know that they were raised in 2017. we've heard that today in the sunday times. we also know that a complaint was raised in 2018 on the bbc show impossible celebrities. we also know from kirsty wark, the veteran broadcaster, who told us that she raised concerns way back in 2011. so the question then is what action, if any, was taken? officials in nigeria say they have now recovered 54 bodies following the sinking of a packed passenger boat on the niger river. there were more than 200 people on board when it capsized on friday and dozens are still missing. in october, nearly 200 people died when a boat overturned and sank on the same r

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome.ull interview on sunday with laura kuenssberg at nine o'clock this morning on bbc one and iplayer. it's time now for the rest of this morning's news and it's over to ben. thank you, sarah. five people have died in shootings near the port of dunkirk, in northern france. four of the victims were killed close to a migrant camp. a fifth person was fatally shot earlier in the town of wormhout. a 22—year—old man has turned himself in to police. the motive for the killings is not known. one person is critically ill in hospital and seven others have been injured after a bus crashed into a railway bridge in glasgow. part of the roof of the double—decker vehicle was torn off. it's the second such accident at the bridge in the last two years. 0ur reporter simonjones has more. the bus wedged under the railway bridge, part of its roof ripped off. the crash happened at about six o'clock yesterday evening. this footage was taken shortly afterwards, showing shocked onlookers. because is under investig

the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, was on the laura kuenssberg show this morningg. targets for net migration _ doing. targets for net migration haven't - doing. targets for net - migration haven't worked very well— migration haven't worked very well in — migration haven't worked very well in the country, numerical ones — well in the country, numerical ones. well in the country, numerical ones, well in the country, numerical ones. ., well in the country, numerical ones. , ., ., ., well in the country, numerical ones. ., ., ., ones. so you will not have one? you might _ ones. so you will not have one? you might remember— ones. so you will not have one? you might remember david - you might remember david cameron has micro target to reduce — cameron has micro target to reduce net migration to the tens— reduce net migration to the tens of— reduce net migration to the tens of thousands. it has gone up tens of thousands. it has gone up an— tens of thousands. it has gone up an awful lot in recent years _ up an awful lot in recent years. we want to bring it down, _ years.

on sunday with laura kuenssberg here on the bbc, there was a stark warning from james reed, the bossop recruitment agency, who said he's already seen a slump in jobs vacancies. the budget has spooked business, and we have seen that, this big black hole of £22 billion we have heard so much about has become a million black holes in company balance sheet up and down the country. all these businesses are looking at what we do about this, and the answers to that question is not good. are we going to cut hiring, we will make people redundant, we won't invest, we will offshore jobs. so that is a big issue and i would urge a rethink on this because i think taxing jobs right now is not a good idea and there are better things to tax. you could tax fuel, you could tax gambling, you could tax... high—value property, you could tax imports but notjobs, please. let's bring in neil carberry, chief executive at the recruitment and employment confederation. good morning to you. is this the perfect storm for employers, a combination of attacks increased, minimum wage going up, and then what is due down