What's happening with asylum claims in Ireland? 🇮🇪

Is there evidence of a spillover from the UK's Rwanda scheme?

What does the data suggest?

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There were some striking statistics cited by Rishi Sunak yesterday about Vietnamese people crossing the English channel in small boats.
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What does the official data say?

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From blackouts to broadcast blockbusters – BBC Two turns 60 this weekend.

To mark the occasion, here’s a #Newsnight mash-up of some of its best moments.

Made by Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈

The BBC has won Broadcaster of the Year at the New York Festival Radio Awards for the second year running! Congratulations also go to BBC News and World Service winners including:

🏆Investigative Journalism Podcast (Gold): The Shamima Begum Story S2 of I’m Not a Monster from…

Liz Truss addresses the infamous “lettuce-cam”

In an interview with Chris Mason the former UK PM calls the live webcam “pathetic”

Listen to the full #BBCNewscast interview

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LISTEN: My 45 mins ish interview with the former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Hear it on #BBCNewscast now on BBC Sounds or whenever you get your podcasts: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

From 10pm tonight: my interview with the former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Watch in full on BBC iPlayer, listen to #BBCNewscast on BBC Sounds and catch the best bits on #bbcnewsten , BBC Radio 4 Today, BBC Breakfast and across BBC News (UK)

Middle East [email protected] UK time:
- drones launched from Iran, ‘hundreds’ acc to Israeli reporting
- Netanyahu stresses ‘direct’ attack, ie from Iran not proxies
- quite possible that proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen will launch too, so large numbers arrive at same time

This is similar language to that used about Russia and Ukraine prior to that invasion. The US is moving additional ships and aircraft into the region in case of possible Iranian action

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EXCL: w/Charlotte Rowles

“Gang culture” at neurosurgery department, doctor alleges

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The remarkable Hannah Barnes did more than anyone else to raise Qs over NHS' treatment for young people questioning their gender

Brave and dogged reporting over many years for Newsnight & wrote the book while on maternity leave - always focused on welfare of those being treated

“It was trying I think to flirt but I don’t think it was very effective because I just kept replying ‘WHO ARE YOU? and what do you want?’”.

BBC Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman tells his story of the Westminster Honeytrap

#Newsnight

❤️ BBC News (UK) Podcasts ❤️

You’ve watched the critically acclaimed Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods by Jamie Roberts on BBC iPlayer ➡️ bit.ly/3TzxW7y
Now listen to Jamie Roberts in conversation with Katya Adler on #TheGlobalStory to hear about the making of “one of the most vital, remarkable pieces of…

Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods by Jamie Roberts (Jamie Roberts) for BBC Two has received 5⭐️reviews in today's papers.

It's been described as 'gripping', 'unflinching' and 'one of the most vital, remarkable pieces of filmmaking to emerge from the conflict.”

Watch on BBC iPlayer…

The Shamima Begum Story podcast has been nominated for 2 x Banff Rockie Awards NYF Radio Awards and 3 x The Radio Academy #ARIAS awards. Credit to our brilliant team Joshua Baker Joe Kent & Sara Obeidat
We're really proud of this forensic investigation.
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“Fellow podcaster!!!” It’s like me saying I once played ⚽️ with my “fellow footballer” Diego Maradona. Anyway once you’ve all listened to this week’s already chart-topping The Rest Is Politics main pod, Q&A and LEADING interview with Kosovo PM, you’re allowed to listen to 👇🏻

The world has been distracted by other wars and other suffering - but Sudan matters. Brilliant episode with ⁦Feras Kilani فراس كيلاني⁩ ⁦Mercy Juma⁩ ⁦lyse doucet⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

The courage of journalists who stay... #Haiti