. —— in luanda. —— rwanda. want to present to the world, it is a modern country, one of africa's fastest developing economies, but critics are members of the opposition says the country is not yet in a position to accept asylum seekers, is still a developing nation, should be taken care of its owner. they have also been concerns raised by human rights groups as to whether asylum seekers sent here would be treated fairly, would be given a fair shot, or would be sent back to countries that could potentially be dangerous. these are all criticism that the rand and government has dismissed, it says this country is perfectly safe —— that the government of rwanda. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. thames water has announced it made a profit of £188 million pounds in the six months to september. but the company remains under severe financial pressure due to its debts, and says it will take time to turn the situation around. the uk's largest water company will deal with debts which rose by 7% to £1

the government still hopes in covid it wants to get migrants onto planes to luanda by spring. —— to rwandauels. and a new billion—dollar version of grand theft auto. hello, welcome to bbc news now,

the home secretary is in luanda today.ress conference, so let's listen. i rwanda. he is giving a press conference, so let's listen. i thank ou for conference, so let's listen. i thank you for your— conference, so let's listen. i thank you for your kind _ conference, so let's listen. i thank you for your kind attention. - you for your kind attention. applause foreign minister, thank you for welcoming me and my delegation here to rwanda. you and i have had the opportunity to work in the past in my former capacity as the uk's foreign secretary, and in all our dealings, i have always found both you personally and your government to be professional, thoughtful, and serious partners on the world stage, and i think this is exemplified by the migration and economic development partnership that we have developed over recent months, and which we now strengthen and enhance through this treaty. as you have said, rwanda has now established a strong reputation for the humane and professional administration of refugees and migrants. this

to do with the changes we saw this week, this new treaty which the home secretary went to sign in luanda0 million, partly to do with set—up costs, training, economic development in veranda and there will be more costs associated with this but at the moment, up until now, the government haven't been completely transparent about it and in the last few minutes, there are some senior committee chair people saying it is time now the government was much more open about this and the costs. ., ., , ., ,. , the costs. how would you describe the costs. how would you describe the fractures _ the costs. how would you describe the fractures in _ the costs. how would you describe the fractures in the _ the costs. how would you describe the fractures in the conservative i the fractures in the conservative party over the issue? it is the fractures in the conservative party over the issue?— the fractures in the conservative party over the issue? it is a huge roblem party over the issue? it is a huge problem for _ party over the issue? it is a huge problem for rishi _ party over the issue? it is a huge pr

the european convention on human rights and in addition to that, the supreme court has already said luandaw a piece of legislation going through parliament that says . well, parliament that says. well, yarbu, you smelly old judges, we say it is. it is a safe country. but again, they're they're in a complete minefield over rwanda policy. it has to be said that apart from the fears of breaching international obugafions. breaching international obligations . and breaking all obligations. and breaking all manner of different laws, what it has done is tear the conservative party in half and as we know, the legislation about saying rwanda is safe after all, is going to cause all manner of friction and disagreements within the conservative party over the coming months. and my suspicion is that when rishi sunak finally comes to write his political obituary , that's to say his obituary, that's to say his memoirs, he will say, my biggest goof was to go for the rwanda policy . in fact, what i'd say is policy. in fact, what i'd say is it's not so much rwanda , rwanda . it's not so much rwanda, rwanda.