heard let me first react manston toda ? ~ m let me first react manston toda ?ons and making things ten times worse. conditions and making things ten times worse-— times worse. is? times worse. - is? i i times worse.- - is? | think times worse. honest�* i think times worse. honest�* i th there times worse. ho: and i th there bullet and unfortunately we have had home secretary going for successive home secretary going for headline grabbing measures rather than looking at evidence led policies that can make a difference so instead of spending hundred and £20 million on trying to send folk to rimando, a policy that has achieved nothing and will achieve nothing and cost a fortune —— real wonder. you could have hired 4000 caseworkers to ease the backlog in the asylum system and do more in terms of close work with france, but on top of that we need to look at safe, legal roots. when we left the european union we lost our membership of the dublin convention which means folk who have an obvious reason to have their asylum claim heard in the uk do not have that option an

out at manston-— and we see it playing out at manston. . , , ., ., ., manston.— because of the record numbers coming across the _ because of the record numbers coming across the channel, 40,000, november was the _ across the channel, 40,000, november was the highest number last year. we haven't_ was the highest number last year. we haven't seen — was the highest number last year. we haven't seen the end of it. a record number— haven't seen the end of it. a record number of— haven't seen the end of it. a record number of albanians, 12,000 up from 'ust number of albanians, 12,000 up from just 52 _ number of albanians, 12,000 up from just 52 years _ number of albanians, 12,000 up from just 52 years ago. following on from his question, what exactly is the arrangement with albania about returns? —— just 50 two years ago. how— returns? —— just 50 two years ago. how many— returns? —— just 50 two years ago. how many albanians have so far been returned _ how many albanians have so far been returned in_ how many albanians have so far been returned in the last 12 months? h

at manston. ., . , manston.concerns were first highlighted _ manston. there are. those concerns were first highlighted in _ manston. there are. those concerns were first highlighted in the - manston. there are. those concerns were first highlighted in the full- were first highlighted in the full glare of publicity by the chief inspector of immigration last week who described the situation as dangerous. and a situation that left him speechless. he said he wasn't usually left speechless. the concern is that a centre that was built for around 1600 people at a 24—hour processing facility has turned into a sort of long—term holding facility for some people. the inspectorfound somebody who had been there for 32 days, she was a mother with children, they were sleeping on mats and in a marquee, effectively they had been camping for a month on a disused airfield 20 miles from dover. the problem is there is no accommodation for people to go on to. normally people would go on to hotels or immigration detention centres but

that attack at doveh _ outbreak at manston. that attack at dover. home _ dover. there have been other serious home affairs — dover. there have been other serious home affairs issues this morning including — home affairs issues this morning including serious cybersecurity allegations. the person who should be responding on your programme this morning _ be responding on your programme this morning is— be responding on your programme this morning is the home secretary. she should _ morning is the home secretary. she should he _ morning is the home secretary. she should be putting a statement into parliament as well, but is unable to do so _ parliament as well, but is unable to do so because she can't answer her own about — do so because she can't answer her own about security breaches. there was a tweet from suella braverman overnight about the situation in dover that we have been covering this morning but we have not heard from the home secretary about some of the more substantive issues around manston. we've not heard her talk about the lapse in secu

that facility operated _ centre in manston in kent.in manston in kent. trust facility operated very efficiently indeed until five weeks ago. when, i'm afraid, the home secretary took the policy decision not to commission further accommodation. and it is that which has led to the crisis at manston. on no occasion did i block hotels or veto advice to procure extra emergency accommodation. multiple sources have told the bbc that officials warned the government was acting outside the law by failing to provide alternative accommodation. suella braverman said she never ignored legal advice. the home secretary has also been trying to clear up what she did and did not do less than a fortnight ago when she found herself resigning from the veryjob she is now back doing again. she stood down because she twice broke the ministerial code. in a letter to mps she said on the morning she ended up out of a job, she'd been on a car journey to the home office. "i only had my personal phone and e—mailto hand." she used that phone and account to send a gov

normally the migrants at manston _ fit for that purpose.t booked. last week the chief inspector of immigration described the situation at manston as dangerous. here is our home affairs correspondent on the sort of living conditions that people are facing. they found somebody who had been living there for 32 days, a mother with children and they were sleeping on mats and in a bar key. effectively they had been camping for a month. the question is, why weren't the hotels booked? sir roger gale thinks it was a deliberate decision. iloathed booked? sir roger gale thinks it was a deliberate decision.— a deliberate decision. what i am sa in: on a deliberate decision. what i am saying on pretty _ a deliberate decision. what i am saying on pretty good _ a deliberate decision. what i am saying on pretty good authority. a deliberate decision. what i am - saying on pretty good authority from the information i have been given is that a policy decision was taken at the top in the home office to not commission more hotel space. thshd commission more hote

there is pressure on both sides of the system and manston is caught in the middle. aha, manston is caughtrude things about them that they were not really doing theirjob properly, it was not a way to build consensus. what the government has to understand is that the french will assist us if we give them something in return. it may well be that there has to be some kind of asylum processing centre in northern france, may be as a pilot scheme, by which people can make their claims and then, if they are found to have been rejected, go on a small boat, cross into the uk, then those claims are automatically rejected and france has to take them back. there has to be some kind of agreement like that. there will also have to be more safe and legal route that refugees can come to the uk, so they don't have to make thatjourney. interesting. they are practical ideas that could easily situation. what do you make of the current ideas in place, the scheme to send people to rwanda? i ideas in place, the scheme to send people to rwanda?— ideas in place, the scheme to send people to rwanda? i have said fro

at manston in september unsuitable or stop i foresaw the - concerns at manston in september and deployedlear, like the majority of the british people i am very concerned about hotels. what i have never blocked their usage. the government — never blocked their usage. the government hopes to deter asylum seekers by prosecuting arrivals and threatening to send some to rimando, but the courts may yet have a say on such measures and ministers must know that there can be no quick fix to the uk's deepening asylum prices. —— sent some to rimando. —— rwanda. as well as facing pressure on overcrowding at manston migrant centre, home secretary suella braverman was also questioned in the house of commons this afternoon about her breach of the ministerial code, which led to her resignation, before she was reappointed by rishi sunak last week. here's our political editor, chris mason. a collection of marquees in east kent, the latest challenge for a home secretary under intense scrutiny. manston is an overcrowded processing centre for migrants. are ou the processing centre for migrants. are you the ri

this is down in manston and ramsgate which _ this is down in manston and ramsgate which is _ this ists who are there. they are only meant to stay there for 24 hours _ only meant to stay there for 24 hours and _ only meant to stay there for 24 hours and they have been kept there for up _ hours and they have been kept there for up to— hours and they have been kept there for up to four weeks and according to the _ for up to four weeks and according to the chieftains of immigration, david _ to the chieftains of immigration, david neil, an absolutely wretched conditions. the problem for suella braverman — conditions. the problem for suella braverman if she says, well, basically— braverman if she says, well, basically they can stay there, and of course — basically they can stay there, and of course this would never stand up in court _ of course this would never stand up in court. what she should be doing is looking — in court. what she should be doing is looking for alternative accommodation for them. so, is looking for alternative accommodation forthem. so, it is looking for alternative a

suella braverman came in response to an urgent question in the house, about the conditions at the manstonsylum centre, on the south coast. the facility on a disused airfield was opened earlier this year to take 1500 people and to process them daily, before moving them on. but when the chief inspector of immigration visited last week, he found horrendous overcrowding. some people had been there over a month. and there've been at least eight cases of diphtheria even a case of mrsa. the home secretary was responding to sir roger gale. who visited this weekend, said things have gone badly because the new home secretary ignored advice from her officials and refused to procure alternative hotel accomodation. that facility operated absolutely magnificently and very efficiently indeed until five weeks ago, when, and afraid, the home secretary took the policy decision not to commission further accommodation, and it is that that has led to the crisis at manston. the home secretary denies that was the case. on no occasion have i blocked the procurement of hotels or alternative accommodation to ease

let's take a quick look at tomorrow's front pages: the metro leads with searing criticism of the manstonrocessing centre for asylum seekers — from a report by hm inspectorate of prisons. the i has the home secretary fighting for her political survival, with cabinet ministers questioning whether she is up to the job. the guardian says suella braverman is ramping up the rhetoric on asylum seekers and denying that she is to blame for the crisis at the manston refugee centre. the mail, meanwhile, highlights the home secretary's claims that the asylum system is broken and illegal migration is out of control. large tax rises and spending cuts ahead — that's the warning in the telegraph, which says rishi sunak and jeremy hunt have agreed a plan to fill the government's fifty—billion fiscal black hole. while the ft carries news of the troubled uk battery manufacturer britishvolt, apparently on the brink of collapse. so, let's begin. let's start with the metro which is got a very, arresting and disturbing picture, of course, children behind mesh fence and welcome to the uk migrants camp exposed.

on arrival, migrants are taken here, a short—term holding centre at manston in kent.he independent inspector of borders paid a visit to the overflow tents hurriedly erected in the grounds. today, mps were told conditions at manston were so dangerous the inspector had been left speechless and had written to warn the home secretary. i spoke to an afghan family who had been in a marquee for 32 days, with kit mats on the floor, with blankets, for 32 days. and a syrian family who had been there for two weeks as well, the mother of whom was terribly distressed because she didn't know where they were going, so this is pretty, pretty wretched conditions. home office officials say the nationalities of those crossing the channel is changing, with albanians now the number one category. in 2020, just 50 albanians arrived in small boats. last year, it was 800, this year, already, its 12,000 and, of that number, 10,000 are single men, representing more than 1% of albania's adult male population arriving in the uk this year. the rise has been exponential, and we think that is in the

of overcrowding and outbreaks of disease at another migrant processing centre in ramsgate called manstonis weekend too in the times and sunday times, disputed by suella braverman, that she decided not to transfer migrants dad to a hotel to help with theissue migrants dad to a hotel to help with the issue and did not act on government legal advice the government legal advice the government was illegally detaining thousands of migrants there. her colleague michael gove today said that she didn't ignore legal advice, she was balancing conflicting demands and there were unprecedented numbers of migrants arriving to the uk. the local dover mp natalie elphicke has also said that the immigration minister robertjenrick is due to visit both dover and manston soon, but i think there will be big questions about why not the home secretary suella braverman herself, as she continues to face questions about her own attitude to security. questions about her own attitude to securi . ., ~ , officials in western india say at least 60 people have died after a suspension bridge collapsed. hundreds were thoug

on arrival, migrants are taken here, a short—term holding centre at manston in kent.ted in the grounds. today, mps were told that conditions at manston were so dangerous that the inspector had been left speechless and had written to warn the home secretary. i spoke to an afghan family who had been in a marquee for 32 days, with kit mats on the floor, with blankets, for 32 days, and a syrian family who had been there for two weeks as well, the mother of whom was terribly distressed because she didn't know where they were going, so this is pretty, pretty wretched conditions. home office officials say the nationalities of those crossing the channel is changing, with albanians now the number one category. in 2020, just 50 albanians arrived in small boats. last year, it was 800, this year, already, its 12,000 and, of that number, 10,000 are single men, representing more than 1% of albania's adult male population arriving in the uk this year. the rise has been exponential, and we think that is in the main due to the fact that albanian criminal gangs have gained a foothold i

the attack at dover. 0ther at manston. the attack at dover. has to be an urgent action to clear the backlog. there is a huge increase in the back lot because the home office is not taking decisions. they are only taking decisions. they are only taking 14,000 decisions a year. they used to take twice as many asylum decisions as that. there is a big increase in the backlog and that has caused problems. of course you need much stronger action to prevent dangerous bait crossing which are putting lives at risk. that is why labour would have a new increase, a new unit as part of the national crime agency to crack down on criminal gangs. those criminal gangs have hugely privileged related over the last four years and that is what is driving a lot of the boat crossing. is driving a lot of the boat crossing-— is driving a lot of the boat crossinu. ~ ., ,, ., ., crossing. we will talk about that in a moment- — crossing. we will talk about that in a moment. let's _ crossing. we will talk about that in a moment. let's talk _ crossing. we will talk about t

concerns about overcrowded conditions and disease outbreaks at the manston migrant processing centrerespond to next week, while some of then continue to question whether she is the right person for thejob. ione wells, bbc news. the united nations, turkey and ukraine say they're planning to continue the movement of cargo ships through turkish waters on monday despite russia pulling out of a deal that allowed vital ukrainian grain exports to resume. the body overseeing the agreement said the three parties would inspect a0 outbound vessels on monday. it said russia was informed of the plans. nato has accused russia of trying to weaponise food supplies and urged it to reconsider its decision to pull out. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse sent us this update. look, there are urgent talks we understand that are going to stretch into tomorrow. you've heard what the un makes of this pause, describing it as deeply concerning. turkey, who also brokered this deal, have also echoed those calls for the grain agreement to resume. and interestingly, an official was quoted as saying that there were

concerns about overcrowded conditions and disease outbreaks at the manston migrant processing centreto hear ms braverman respond to next week, while some of then continue to question whether she is the right person for thejob. ione wells, bbc news. ione wells reporting. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... the president of somalia says at least a hundred people were killed and 300 wounded — in two car bomb blasts outside the education ministry in mogadishu on saturday. witnesses say the car bombs struck within minutes of each other, the second as people and ambulances were arriving. the al qaeda—linked islamist group al shabaab admitted doing it — blaming the ministry for teaching children a christian—based syllabus. lebanon's health ministry has recorded 16 cholera deaths among 371 cases. the world health organization says there's been an unprecedented rise in cases of cholera around the world. since the start of the year, 29 countries have reported outbreaks of the disease. a vaccine programme has had to be suspended due to a shortage in the global supply. t

touring these migrant centres today, it seems as if there is insufficient security there, in the manston a grip of the situation, it is the home secretary's job to do so, and i think this week something must be done on this. hotel rooms be obtained for the super? but that we actually formulate a policy as to what we are going to do about the migrant issue, and let's not have all kinds of rhetoric about rwanda. i believe that whenever suella braverman talks about rwanda it is a very easy way to divert public attention away from all of the crucial day—to—day problems but there are to do with money in these detention centres, it is just not civilised. d0 detention centres, it is 'ust not civilised. ., ,, ,, ., civilised. do you also think suella braverman _ civilised. do you also think suella braverman will _ civilised. do you also think suella braverman will go? _ civilised. do you also think suella braverman will go? she - civilised. do you also think suella braverman will go? she is - civilised. do you also think suella braverman will go? she is under| braverman will go? she is under pre

concerns about overcrowded conditions and disease outbreaks at the manston migrant processing centres braverman respond to next week, while some of then continue to question whether she is the right person for the job. ione wells reporting. a new exhibition's opened in the french city of strasbourg — showcasing dozens of artworks looted by the nazis during the second world war. an unknown number of paintings and sculptures were stolen by hitler's regime, and many remain unaccounted for. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. works of art, works of plunder. portraits, still life, each and every one of them stolen from their rightful owners. this exhibition is a reminder of humanity's capacity, both for creativity and cruelty. translation: you should know there were two privileged - recipients from the looting. first of all, there was hitler's project for a central museum in linz, very close to his hometown. then the second one, and you have to imagine it was pure theft, it was for goering's private collection. archive: in this aladdin's cave of stolen art treasures, - everything that gl

it's also growing concerns about overcrowded conditions at the migrant processing centre in a manstonla braverman decided not to move more migrants there into hotels to ease pressures, reports which she disputes. the local conservative mp, sir roger gale, with the immigration minister robertjenrick and he said it was the wrong decision for the home secretary not to commission more hotels for migrants to move into and it was more hotels for migrants to move into and it w short, more hotels for migrants to move into a facing short, now a is lots a is lc contact 1in l... r: --.. f f» is lc contact —— w” l... r: --.. f f» what remains of the footbridge. families were out together at the end of a week of holidays for diwali festivities. locals were the first to respond, helping pull people out. some even swimming out to rescue those stuck in the middle of the river. at one of the banks, people tried to form a human chain to reach as many as they could. the bridge, built in the 19th century, was closed for renovation for six months, reopened less than a week ago. schools were off, and so lo

bbc news has obtained pictures of the conditions inside the manston migrant processing centre.deal brokered by the un. government proposals to slaughter turkeys early and freeze them have been woolly and look for —— lukewarm, that is the way that some poultry farmers have seen them. this is because of bird flu. some have said it will not be workable. this is a butcher in beccles in suffolk. you can get more traditional than this. the firm has been in the town for more than a hundred years. every christmas it sells 300 free range turkeys. what they won't be doing is what the government has recently suggested, which is that some turkey producers, to avoid the threat of bird flu, is that they process their birds early, freeze them and then thaw them for sale. here, that is simply not workable. the farmers have their workers _ simply not workable. the farmers have their workers coming - simply not workable. the farmers have their workers coming in - simply not workable. the farmers | have their workers coming in from abroad, they are booked in months in advance. to change that day

february and comes as the head of a watchdog described conditions in a migrant processing centre at manston kent, as "wretched". the owners of a care home have apologised after a video was posted on social media, showing members of staff dressing up and dancing in adult nappies. century health care, which runs gillibrand hall nursing home in chorley, says it's "extremely disappointed" as mairead smyth reports. dancing down the corridor in adult nappies, needed by some residents here, worn by some staff having a laugh on tiktok. a staff member rising from a reclining chair to the tune of the westlife cover you raise me up. and an apology from century health care who own gillibrand hall nursing home in chorley. they say they're extremely disappointed at the actions, behaviour and posts made on social media that have subsequently been taken down. the owners say they've informed their regulator, the care quality commission. the cqc told us... we've also heard from the local mp for chorley, sir lindsay hoyle. he says that he was disturbed to see the video posted, and can understand why this has