tom symonds, bbc news, calais.e us, south korea and japan are meeting at camp david, a presidential retreat in the state of maryland. the meeting will be the first time the leaders of the three nations hold a stand alone summit instead of gathering on the sidelines of an event. america's two strongest allies in asia have often had a contentious relationship, but recent diplomatic outreach has seen seoul and tokyo look to put their historical grievances aside in the face of challenges from north korea and china. i'm joined now by naoko aoki, an associate political scientist at the rand corporation. thank you very much forjoining us. historically, japan and south korea have not seen eye to eye. both have made progress injust the past year alone, but what do they hope to get out of this camp david meeting? yeah, i think this is a great opportunity for the three countries to foster a stronger, more stable partnership which is good for deterrence and contingency planning at a time when china is acting assertively in the

tom symonds, bbc news, calais.ow people navigate such dangerous waters. well, the primary factor is the weather. they all have, the migrants who are hoping to cross the channel, apps on their phones where they can check what the winds doing, what the waves are doing. they know as much about the weather as a sailor might do navigating these waters, and that's because if the waves here are really more than a metre, then those inflatable dinghies that are often used to cross the channel really are impossible to get across on. and so that's one of the key considerations. and what happens is, as we have had, if you get 2—3 weeks of very bad weather where the waves are too high, the wind is too high, and then a period of calmer whether, as it is today, waves of less than a metre, then a big rush of people try to cross the channel. there are other factors, too. people—traffickers control all of this. people in the camps wait to be told by the people they have probably paid thousands of euros for a passage across to the uk

tom symonds, bbc news, calais.eportedly agreed to go to a hotel room in magaluf with one man and was then sexually assaulted by several others. six suspects are in custody. the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, has been invited to visit the uk, the country's embassy has told the bbc. downing street said rishi sunak had a call with the crown prince today but that there was nothing in the diary yet. it would be the first trip to the uk since the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi, who was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. authorities in pakistan have prohibited public gatherings for seven days in the city of jaranwala in the province of punjab. crowds of people set fire to five churches after two men were accused of desecrating a copy of the koran. they were once commonplace in the uk but were wiped out by predators. now 200 water voles have been released by conservationists into a restored nature reserve in the lake district, as part of efforts to reintroduce the species to the area. ex

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is outside the old bailey. tom.e a problem in the courts in major cases. it wasn�*tjust lucy letby. in this court, the killer of sabina nessa refused to attend when he was being sentenced, and in another case, that of zara alina. a deprives the families of seeing justice done in front of their eyes. judges are currently able to make an order requiring someone to attend which could result in a contempt of court if it is not obeyed. but the ministry ofjustice says it has only found one case in ten years where a judge has done that, hence two years will be added to the senses are given as an additional sentence if someone refuses to attend to hear their sentencing. the problem is, can you force somebody literally kicking and screaming into the dock? well, the custody officers who bring people to court do have the sort of training to allow them to do that, but they will, i am told, be able to say it is simply not safe to drag somebody who is intent on fighting their way out of the dark in front of a judge. they may also

our correspondent, tom symonds, has the latest from calais.to live in limbo. there's food, water, phone chargers, even lessons for the kids provided by aid agencies. but these tracks lead to the coast, to the small boats, to britain. karim, who asked not to be identified, paid people—smugglers 2000 euros for a place on the boat which then sank. he said they promised him they're going to send him to uk in good boat. in a good boat? did they say what a good boat was? translation: big boat, 10 metres, 15 metres. i but in the end, it was three metres or four metres. and how many people were on that boat? they put 70 people on the boat, but there was no space and they left ten people behind. karim was one of them. two friends stayed on board. he thinks they're dead. but 22—year—old idris survived. translation: there were far too many passengers. - the waves were very strong, and the boat split up. - some people fell into . the water and drowned. i never believed i would survive. i was fast losing the strengthl to swim, but i kept trying very hard t

our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds is here. what exactly is changing with this?lem in a recent big trials, notjust lucy letby. you have the families of murder victim is unable to see justice done because the killer won't turn up to be sentenced. now, judges do actually have general powers to force somebody to come to court, including for a sentencing, but the minister ofjustice tell me they have found only one example of that happening in the last ten years, because there is no specific power relating to the sentencing process. so, that is what is changing. it's going to be a two year additional sentence for people who will not comply. increasingly it is obvious with lucy letby that she has been told she will spend the rest of her life in prison, so it will not so much affect her. the other question is, is it possible to drag the body kicking and screaming into a courtroom to keep them quiet during the process? custody staff do have the training to do that. they have the training to do that. they have powers, they are getting more powers with these changes. but t

tom, for now, thank you. joining to us discuss this further is refugee and migrant rights program director at amnesty international uk , steve amnesty international uk, steve valdez—symonds'm guessing you're going to say you feel vindicated . oh amnesty's vindicated. oh amnesty's concerns about the way in which people are being treated and in being accommodated on this hulking block on water are much more profound than than this particular issue. >> but yes, there is some if you like, vindication, don't celebrate that about the expression of concern about whether either the home office is properly treating people as human beings and respecting their rights and safety . their rights and safety. >> of course, it's important , >> of course, it's important, important that this bacteria, which can prove to be deadly, has been detected and people have now been moved off. and of course , it's welcome, if it's course, it's welcome, if it's correct that no one has contracted the disease because we can't get away from the fact that it was barely less than a week ago that people were moved on. so it does beg the question , why were not the testing of the water supply done before pe