Month: November 2022

Getty Images By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Calais, France French patrols often describe their mission as a game of cat-and-mouse, played against the clock, in the dark. The northern French coastline offers a smorgasbord of hiding places for smugglers. Trees give good protection from surveillance planes, World War Two bunkers are ideal accommodation for passengers,

PA Media By Kate Whannel & Alexandra Binley BBC News Home Secretary Suella Braverman is to travel to Paris to sign an expanded deal to try to stop people crossing the English Channel in small boats. The amount the UK pays France to cover the cost of increased patrols at their end will go up

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Laura Kuenssberg & Kate Whannel BBC News Everyone will have to pay more tax under plans due to be announced on Thursday, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says. Offering a message few ministers would risk saying out loud,

Getty Images By George Wright BBC News The Democrats will retain majority control of the US Senate after winning a pivotal race in the state of Nevada. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to defeat Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, who was backed by former President Donald Trump. The results amount to the best midterm performance

Getty Images By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Spending cuts of about £35bn and plans to raise some £20bn in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out in Thursday’s Autumn Statement. None of Jeremy Hunt’s decisions have been officially confirmed, but I understand most of the extra revenue will

Getty Images By Jude Sheerin in Washington & George Wright in London BBC News US President Joe Biden’s Democrats have inched closer to keeping control of the Senate, with a projected win in Arizona following the midterm elections. Three days after Americans voted, the BBC’s US partner CBS estimates Democrat Mark Kelly has beaten Republican

UNIAN By Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent When Kherson is fully back in Ukrainian hands, which now only seems a matter of time, this will represent a hugely consequential moment in a war now in its ninth month. The loss of Kherson is on a par with Russia’s humiliating withdrawal from its positions outside the capital

The UK appears to be heading into recession after the latest official figures showed the economy shrank between July and September. The economy contracted by 0.2% between July and September as soaring prices hit businesses and households. A country is in recession when its economy shrinks for two three-month periods in a row, and the

Getty Images By James FitzGerald BBC News The Ukrainian army says it has made major gains over the last day around Kherson, after Russia said it was withdrawing from the southern city. Ukrainian troops say they have taken back the key town of Snihurivka, 50km (30 miles) to the north of Kherson. Kyiv has also

Getty Images By Jude Sheerin BBC News, Washington US President Joe Biden has expressed relief after Democrats fended off major Republican gains in the midterms. Republicans are inching towards control of the House of Representatives, but Mr Biden noted that a “giant red wave” did not materialise on Tuesday night. Either party could still win

Russian Defence Ministry By Paul Kirby and Frank Gardner in London, and Jeremy Bowen in Kherson BBC News Russia’s military has been ordered to pull out of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, the only regional capital it captured after invading in February. Russia’s commander in Ukraine, Gen Sergei Surovikin, said it was no longer possible

By Christy Cooney BBC News Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing questions about his judgement following the resignation of cabinet minister Sir Gavin Williamson after bullying claims. Mr Sunak is set to face MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions and is expected to be asked when he learned the full details of the allegations. Sir Gavin

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a “mistake”. Blatter, 86, was president of world football’s governing body when Qatar was awarded the tournament in 2010. The Gulf state has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, human rights record and treatment of migrant

By Branwen Jeffreys & Hazel Shearing Education editor and education correspondent Many schools in England are considering cutting teachers or teaching hours to save money, says the head teachers’ union, NAHT. Of the 11,000 respondents to NAHT’s snapshot survey, 66% said they will have to make teaching assistants redundant or cut their hours. Half say

By James Waterhouse BBC News in Kremenchuk, Ukraine Russia’s continuing assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with missile and drone strikes has seen the country’s power reportedly cut by a third, with the grid operator now urging people to cut their electricity usage as much as they can. In the central city of Kremenchuk, residents are

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jasmine Andersson BBC News The fight against climate change can become “a global mission for new jobs and clean growth”, Rishi Sunak will tell world leaders at the COP27 summit. The prime minister will also say