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[00:00:09] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:12] News. Millions prepare to vote on
[00:00:14] on the eve of Americas crucial midterm
[00:00:17] midterm elections. Can Donald Trump
[00:00:19] Trump and the Republicans keep control control of the US Congress? We want
[00:00:22] want them out. We want them out. out. And I am excited that if we
[00:00:26] we can flip Kansas, we give
[00:00:32] Flip Kansas, we give hope to the rest of the country. He says says what he's going to do and just
[00:00:35] just I have a lot of faith in the the man. We'll get the latest from from our correspondents on the ground
[00:00:39] ground in some of the key battleground battleground states will also hear hear from the former chair of the the Democratic National Committee.
[00:00:43] Committee. Our other main headlines headlines the Home Secretary scraps
[00:00:45] scraps plans for migrant care workers workers already in the UK to wait
[00:00:49] wait 15 years for permanent settlement.
[00:00:52] settlement. Cyber attacks on the the emergency warning systems of
[00:00:55] of both Russia and Ukraine. Residents
[00:00:57] Residents in Kyiv were sent false
[00:01:00] false radiation alerts. Supermarkets Supermarkets in seven European countries
[00:01:03] countries report problems with their
[00:01:06] their refrigeration systems in a
[00:01:08] a suspected cyber attack. And the
[00:01:10] the King will address Commonwealth Commonwealth leaders about the lasting
[00:01:14] lasting pain of the transatlantic transatlantic slave trade during
[00:01:16] during the final leg of his Caribbean
[00:01:19] Caribbean tour. Hello and welcome
[00:01:30] welcome to BBC News. We start in in the US on the eve of the crucial
[00:01:33] crucial midterm elections. There There is a huge amount at stake.
[00:01:36] stake. Millions are preparing to to vote and these elections will
[00:01:40] will decide who controls Congress, Congress, the House and the Senate.
[00:01:43] Senate. Well, these are the live live pictures from Washington and and from Capitol Hill. Democrats
[00:01:47] Democrats are hoping to take control control of the House of Representatives.
[00:01:50] Representatives. They also have their their sights on flipping the Senate.
[00:01:54] Senate. Well, that has big implications implications when it comes to what what Donald Trump will be able to
[00:01:58] to do in his last two years as president
[00:02:01] president domestically and on foreign foreign policy. We have correspondents
[00:02:04] correspondents in most of the key
[00:02:06] key battleground states Ohio, Iowa,
[00:02:09] Iowa, Kansas, Texas and Alaska. Remarkably, Remarkably, traditionally Republican
[00:02:12] Republican states like Texas are are in play for Democrats. Kansas,
[00:02:16] Kansas, which also could switch, switch, hasn't sent a Democrat to
[00:02:19] to the Senate since 1932. Well, national
[00:02:22] national polling for Donald Trump Trump has been terrible. The war
[00:02:24] war with Iran, the cost of living living corruption, all making this
[00:02:28] this a tough, tough set of elections elections for Republican candidates.
[00:02:31] candidates. So let's get out on the the road. Let's go to Ohio and to
[00:02:34] to Tom Bateman and Tom just set the
[00:02:35] the scene for us. Well, the last
[00:02:40] last 24 hours of campaigning on the
[00:02:42] the campaign trail here in Ohio,
[00:02:45] Ohio, Matthew, where the Democrats Democrats feel that they could clinch
[00:02:48] clinch a Senate seat and flip. Crucially,
[00:02:51] Crucially, a Senate seat from red
[00:02:53] red to blue. Can they do that in
[00:02:57] in that time which would as you've you've been saying, try and achieve
[00:03:00] achieve their objective of making
[00:03:02] making the Senate a Democratic majority.
[00:03:05] majority. Now, Ohio was once a swing swing state in the era of Donald
[00:03:09] Donald Trump. It has been a reliable
[00:03:11] reliable Republican state. Both the the Senate seats currently in the
[00:03:15] the hands of the Republicans. The The governor's mansion to most of
[00:03:19] of the congressional districts for for the House of Representatives
[00:03:22] Representatives also Republican. Republican. But the opinion polling polling is putting the Democrats
[00:03:26] Democrats ahead. And so if they can can take this state, they may well
[00:03:29] well be on course to flip Congress Congress their way. The absolutely
[00:03:33] absolutely critical issue is going going to be about turnout. Now, in
[00:03:37] in very rural areas like this, they
[00:03:39] they are deeply Republican. Donald
[00:03:42] Donald Trump's party expects to capitalise capitalise on the vote here in the
[00:03:46] the cities nearby here, Columbus. Columbus. They lean Democratic now,
[00:03:50] now, we were out last night at one one of the polling stations there,
[00:03:53] there, speaking to people out in in the early in-person voting and
[00:03:56] and picked up a sense of the energy
[00:03:59] energy among voters there. People
[00:04:01] People are dying. People are starving.
[00:04:04] starving. They're starving. You don't don't know whether to buy gas or
[00:04:08] or get a piece of Bologna, a slice
[00:04:11] slice of bread. I've just been waiting waiting maybe like a little over
[00:04:14] over an hour. Why was it important important for you to come and vote
[00:04:17] vote today? Change, change. I'm so so sick of what's going on right
[00:04:21] right now. It's insane. Prices have
[00:04:23] have not gone down. Wars have not
[00:04:25] not stopped. They've continued and
[00:04:29] and we just have to. We have to work
[00:04:32] work on taking first steps to get
[00:04:35] get back to what we you know, we
[00:04:38] we just need to change. This is not
[00:04:39] not the right direction. Tom. Fascinating Fascinating listening to those voters.
[00:04:43] voters. Give me an idea of the big
[00:04:44] big issues that have been in play.
[00:04:47] play. Well, as you are hearing, they they are of course, the cost of living,
[00:04:50] living, the price of gas, petrol petrol and also health care costs
[00:04:54] costs coming up a lot actually. But
[00:04:56] But the other big thing in especially especially rural Midwestern states
[00:05:00] states like this and elsewhere is is the right growing issue of data
[00:05:03] data centres. Matthew, because Ohio Ohio is one of the places where over
[00:05:07] over the years it's opened its doors doors to these huge cloud computing
[00:05:10] computing and artificial intelligence intelligence data centres. One of
[00:05:13] of those is planned for the field field right behind me here there
[00:05:16] there is a big company buying up up the land now that has caused a
[00:05:19] a huge amount of consternation locally
[00:05:22] locally here. I've been speaking speaking to the farmer who lives
[00:05:25] lives here. Her family or her husband's husband's family bought this land
[00:05:29] land back in 1861. Just over this this way. They are desperately trying trying to prevent it and this has
[00:05:33] has been a huge issue between the
[00:05:36] the two parties likely to actually actually affect the vote tomorrow.
[00:05:38] tomorrow. She told me that she traditionally traditionally voted Republican. She
[00:05:41] She voted for Donald Trump three three times. She is not sure now
[00:05:44] now how she's going to vote tomorrow. tomorrow. There is a perception that
[00:05:48] that the Republican candidate for
[00:05:50] for the Senate, Jon Husted, is somebody somebody who hasn't done enough,
[00:05:53] enough, in their view, to prevent prevent these data centres. His opponent,
[00:05:57] opponent, Democrat Sherrod Brown, Brown, saying calling Mr Husted the
[00:06:00] the face of data centres here in in Ohio. Mr Husted, for his part,
[00:06:04] part, has said that the Democratic Democratic candidate or the Democrats
[00:06:06] Democrats actually blocked his plans plans to restrict data centres when
[00:06:10] when he was working on that in Congress. Congress. Tom, a final thought, because
[00:06:13] because just in the last few minutes minutes as you were talking, let
[00:06:16] let me tell you that Donald Trump's Trump's administration has asked
[00:06:19] asked the. US Supreme Court today
[00:06:22] today to temporarily block California California from counting mail in
[00:06:24] in ballots from more than 20,000
[00:06:27] 20,000 registered voters who federal federal officials allege are likely
[00:06:30] likely non-U.S. Citizens. The firing
[00:06:33] firing gun has clearly been started
[00:06:35] started on what could be just a number
[00:06:37] number of legal challenges, contesting contesting all sorts of things in
[00:06:41] in these elections. Yeah, absolutely.
[00:06:46] absolutely. And President Trump throughout throughout the campaign and is a
[00:06:49] a lot closer to polling day, has
[00:06:51] has tried to make these allegations allegations of voter fraud. We've
[00:06:54] We've seen that in California. Also, Also, of course, in Alaska with this
[00:06:58] this very contentious race, there
[00:07:00] there is no evidence to suggest the
[00:07:02] the scope of these claims at all. all. Certainly for the Democrats,
[00:07:06] Democrats, they are suggesting that that Mr Trump will go down the playbook
[00:07:09] playbook of 2020. Of course, when
[00:07:11] when he falsely suggested the presidential presidential election was stolen
[00:07:14] stolen from him. And I think this this is now setting the stage for
[00:07:17] for what could be an extremely contentious contentious and acrimonious said
[00:07:21] said a few days. If those opinion
[00:07:22] opinion polls turn out to be right.
[00:07:25] right. In terms of Democrats taking taking critical seats in Congress.
[00:07:28] Congress. But of course, remember remember on that front, two polls polls have proved to be wrong in
[00:07:32] in the past and can tend to underestimate
[00:07:35] underestimate the Republican vote. vote. Tom Bateman with the latest.
[00:07:38] latest. Thanks very much. Well, let's let's stay on the road. Listen to
[00:07:41] to some of our other correspondents correspondents out and about across
[00:07:45] across the US taking the political political pulse. Let's start with with our North America editor, Sarah
[00:07:49] Sarah Smith. She's in Washington. Washington. Here at the White House.
[00:07:53] House. There will be watching the the results of these elections very
[00:07:56] very carefully. Donald Trump will will stay in office whatever happens.
[00:07:58] happens. But the results will determine determine what he's able to do over
[00:08:01] over the next two years. If Democrats
[00:08:03] Democrats win control of the House House of Representatives, they can
[00:08:07] can try to block many of his actions. actions. They could start to investigate
[00:08:10] investigate some of his most controversial controversial decisions. They could
[00:08:13] could even try to impeach him again.
[00:08:15] again. If Democrats also win the the Senate, then they could try to
[00:08:18] to pass their own laws and they might might try to force Donald Trump to
[00:08:22] to end the war with Iran. The President
[00:08:25] President is not on the ballot, but but his agenda and its implementation
[00:08:29] implementation very much is. It's
[00:08:31] It's quite astonishing that a place place like North Carolina could send
[00:08:34] send a Democrat senator back to Washington
[00:08:37] Washington for the first time in in almost 20 years. The Republicans
[00:08:40] Republicans have ruled the roost roost here, but they're in trouble
[00:08:44] trouble in these elections. Many Many we've spoken to say the economy economy is their big concern, and
[00:08:48] and the cost of living is simply simply too high. We found a two mile
[00:08:52] mile long queue of people trying
[00:08:54] trying to get help from a food bank. bank. Farmers here say they're angry
[00:08:58] angry about tariffs and trade policy,
[00:09:00] policy, though some maintain they'll they'll stick with the Republicans.
[00:09:03] Republicans. The Democrats are confident
[00:09:05] confident they can win and if they they do, that could spell big trouble
[00:09:09] trouble in Washington for Donald
[00:09:12] Donald Trump. A shock here in the the high profile Michigan Senate
[00:09:14] Senate race is rocking the Democratic Democratic Party. Congresswoman Haley
[00:09:18] Haley Stevens has very publicly endorsed endorsed the Republican Mike Rogers
[00:09:21] Rogers over her own party's nominee, nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, who she
[00:09:24] she lost to in the primary. In recent recent days. She has gone after him
[00:09:28] him again for his stance on Israel. Israel. In reaction, El-Sayed, who
[00:09:31] who hopes to become Michigan's first first Muslim senator, said he wasn't
[00:09:34] wasn't thinking of Haley Stevens Stevens but the concerns of voters
[00:09:37] voters in these final hours, this this last minute stunning break with
[00:09:40] with her party has been swiftly condemned condemned by Democrats here, who
[00:09:44] who almost certainly need to hold hold the state to have a fighting
[00:09:47] fighting chance of retaking the Senate. Senate. Many of her own staffers
[00:09:50] staffers have resigned, including including her chief of staff, who
[00:09:52] who said the election was too important
[00:09:54] important to sow. Division and Democratic Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said
[00:09:58] said the party was united against against Mike Rogers, who he called
[00:10:01] called a tool of Donald Trump. But
[00:10:03] But this remarkable public feud points
[00:10:05] points to the deep divisions among
[00:10:07] among Democrats. This state is shaping shaping up to be one of the most
[00:10:11] most consequential contests in these these elections. I'm in Texas, where
[00:10:15] where the battle for a single Senate Senate seat could end up deciding
[00:10:18] deciding who controls Congress. More
[00:10:21] More than half $1 billion has been been spent on advertising alone,
[00:10:24] alone, making it the most expensive
[00:10:26] expensive non-presidential race in
[00:10:29] in American history. Democrat James James Talarico and Republican Ken
[00:10:32] Ken Paxton are in a race that's too
[00:10:35] too close to call. Democrats haven't
[00:10:38] haven't won here statewide since
[00:10:40] since 1994. If they manage it this
[00:10:43] this time around, it'll be the big
[00:10:45] big story of the night. Well, fascinating fascinating that assessment on the
[00:10:49] the ground worth just breaking down down what Americans are actually
[00:10:51] actually voting for tomorrow. The The Republicans have held both houses
[00:10:55] houses of Congress since Donald Trump Trump retook the White House back
[00:10:58] back in 2024. All the seats in the the House of Representatives on Capitol
[00:11:01] Capitol Hill are up for grabs tomorrow, tomorrow, along with a little over
[00:11:05] over a third of the Senate. Both Both those chambers in Congress passed
[00:11:08] passed laws applicable right across across the country, and they can
[00:11:12] can act as a check on presidential presidential power. Well, Tom Perez
[00:11:15] Perez is the former chair of the the Democratic National Committee.
[00:11:19] Committee. This was his assessment assessment about what is at stake stake in these elections. Well, both
[00:11:23] both houses of Congress are at stake.
[00:11:25] stake. And right now, if you look
[00:11:27] look at the polling, President Trump Trump is at historically low levels.
[00:11:31] levels. The last time a president president entered a midterm election
[00:11:35] election this low in, in popularity,
[00:11:37] popularity, it was Harry Truman in
[00:11:40] in 1950. And so the question in the
[00:11:42] the House is not whether the Democrats Democrats will take it. It's what
[00:11:45] what the margins will be. And my
[00:11:47] my best guess is it's going to be
[00:11:50] be somewhere between 20 and 30 seats
[00:11:52] seats that will will flip in the
[00:11:55] the Senate. What you're reporting
[00:11:57] reporting that you just had is remarkable remarkable because you had Texas,
[00:12:00] Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, you're
[00:12:03] you're not going to the traditional traditional states that you would would go to. And that is because
[00:12:07] because the issues that are animating animating people are very straightforward. straightforward. It's the economy.
[00:12:10] economy. Stupid. Yes. And it's so so interesting because that's where where Donald Trump has constantly
[00:12:14] constantly returned to. And those those are ordinarily in his pocket,
[00:12:17] pocket, but they are in play exactly exactly as you're saying. And talk
[00:12:20] talk me through. Then those other other races that the territory we
[00:12:23] we were talking about the Texas,
[00:12:25] Texas, the Kansas, the Alaska, what
[00:12:28] what you think might happen because because they're all tight races. races. They could go the other way.
[00:12:32] way. They could stay Republican. Republican. Well, they're all tight tight races. But what's happened
[00:12:35] happened in the country right now
[00:12:38] now is that again, affordability affordability in Iowa. You talk to
[00:12:41] to soybean farmers and they've taken taken a huge hit because of tariffs.
[00:12:45] tariffs. A tariff is a tax and they've
[00:12:48] they've been just really undermined
[00:12:51] undermined by that. You look at Texas
[00:12:53] Texas and Ken Paxton was impeached
[00:12:56] impeached by his own Republican House House of Representatives. And so
[00:12:59] so candidate quality does matter. matter. Adam Hamilton in Kansas,
[00:13:03] Kansas, the pastor of the largest largest church in Kansas, talks about
[00:13:07] about the return to common decency decency and the one of the big issues
[00:13:11] issues coming up for all voters,
[00:13:13] voters, Republicans and Democrats Democrats alike is corruption. Just
[00:13:17] Just a couple of sentences because because we're short of time and I've
[00:13:19] I've got a lot still to ask you in
[00:13:21] in terms of the polling in this country. country. We used to have a phrase
[00:13:24] phrase of shy Tories, people who who were reluctant to come forward forward and say we would vote conservative.
[00:13:28] conservative. But then they did. did. The same is true in the States,
[00:13:31] States, isn't it? Around maca 2020 2020 for Maga because they got it
[00:13:35] it wrong. The polling. Well, polling
[00:13:38] polling is never perfect. And so so the only polling that counts is
[00:13:42] is tomorrow. What I've seen in Texas Texas and I've been out there and
[00:13:46] and I've gotten to know James Talarico,
[00:13:49] Talarico, there's a lot of folks folks coming up to him, and it's it's a variant on what you said.
[00:13:52] said. And they say, I don't want want your I don't want your lawn
[00:13:55] lawn sign. I don't want your bumper bumper sticker. I'm voting for you.
[00:13:58] you. The Democrats and Congress have have been rather impotent over the
[00:14:01] the last two years. They haven't haven't been able to rein in the
[00:14:04] the President. There is the potential potential that that continues if
[00:14:07] if that case plays out. Well, when
[00:14:09] when you control the House and the the Senate, you have the power of
[00:14:13] of the gavel. You have subpoena power.
[00:14:14] power. You have the ability to hold hold others accountable. And that's
[00:14:18] that's what you will see the American American people. You will see that.
[00:14:22] that. Oh, corruption. A Fox News
[00:14:24] News poll showed that corruption
[00:14:27] corruption was ahead of costs. It It was the top of the order. But
[00:14:30] But you can't if there are executive executive order after executive order,
[00:14:33] order, whether it's wars, whether whether it's tariffs, Congress can't
[00:14:36] can't stop that. I sure hope that that President Trump comes together.
[00:14:39] together. You know, he wrote the the book the Art of the deal. The
[00:14:43] The American people want folks to to work in a bipartisan fashion.
[00:14:46] fashion. Democrats are ready to do
[00:14:48] do that. But we also need to hold
[00:14:51] hold this administration accountable accountable for so many of the actions
[00:14:55] actions that are hurting people on on health care, hurting people in
[00:14:57] in the war in Iran, hurting people
[00:15:01] people in their pocketbook. That That was Tom Perez talking to me me a little while earlier. Don't
[00:15:05] Don't forget, live from Washington, Washington, DC, we have the results
[00:15:09] results programme with Clive Myrie Myrie Sumi Somaskanda and Caitriona
[00:15:12] Caitriona Perry. It starts tomorrow
[00:15:15] tomorrow at 11:30pm we're going to to take a short break around the
[00:15:18] the world and across the UK. You You are
[00:16:22] right here on BBC News. Welcome back.
[00:16:30] back. Now cyber attacks appear to to have hit both Ukraine and Russian
[00:16:33] Russian apps designed to tell people people about imminent danger, with
[00:16:37] with fake warnings of nuclear and and other attacks being issued to
[00:16:39] to the public in both countries. countries. Moscow said it didn't
[00:16:42] didn't know who was behind the cyber cyber attacks. Ukraine said Russia
[00:16:45] Russia was likely to blame Joe Inwood
[00:16:48] Inwood has this report. There are
[00:16:51] are parts. Of Ukraine where this this is still the reality of war
[00:16:55] war in the 21st century. They call
[00:16:57] call this her son's kill zone, an
[00:17:00] an area along the front lines inaccessible inaccessible for most of the war.
[00:17:03] war. Until last week, a brief humanitarian
[00:17:07] humanitarian ceasefire that allowed allowed rescue teams to get to people
[00:17:09] people who had been entirely cut
[00:17:12] cut off like Natalia. You can see
[00:17:14] see my house has been damaged by
[00:17:17] by drones, she says. The 53-year-old 53-year-old is one of a handful of
[00:17:20] of people who stayed in the village village of Coxsackie. Her life has
[00:17:24] has been reduced to basic survival
[00:17:26] survival drinking rainwater, gathering
[00:17:28] gathering firewood and staying alive.
[00:17:32] alive. They've dropped mines everywhere. everywhere. You can't get through.
[00:17:35] through. I gather firewood for my my stove. I don't hide. If a drone
[00:17:39] drone hovers over me for too long. long. I come out holding a white
[00:17:43] white cloth. The ceasefire has given
[00:17:48] given her some respite, but she knows
[00:17:50] knows it is only temporary. We need
[00:17:58] need silence. We need to talk and and negotiate. Because war in the
[00:18:01] the 21st century is nonsense. And And modern war is presenting a whole
[00:18:05] whole new set of challenges for those those fighting it. Warnings of attacks
[00:18:09] attacks like this are usually sent sent to an app that many Ukrainians
[00:18:12] Ukrainians use. But last night it
[00:18:14] it appears to have been hacked, sending
[00:18:16] sending dire warnings of fighting fighting in the streets of an impending
[00:18:20] impending chemical weapons attack, attack, even of a nuclear strike.
[00:18:23] strike. None of it was real. And
[00:18:26] And on the streets of Kyiv, people
[00:18:28] people seem to have taken it in their
[00:18:31] their stride. On the one hand, you
[00:18:34] you can laugh about it, but on the the other they were able to hack
[00:18:38] hack the programme, but it did not not trigger the kind of reaction
[00:18:40] reaction in society that they expected. expected. Speaking at a meeting in
[00:18:44] in Brussels, the UKs Defence Secretary Secretary warned the hack was part
[00:18:47] part of a wider threat. We don't
[00:18:50] don't yet know who is behind this
[00:18:52] this particular cyber attack in Ukraine. Ukraine. We'll follow those developments
[00:18:55] developments closely. But what we're we're in no doubt about is that right
[00:18:59] right across Europe we have seen,
[00:19:02] seen, you know, these hybrid or state
[00:19:03] state sponsored terrorist attacks
[00:19:06] attacks driven by Moscow. But it's it's also reported that a similar
[00:19:09] similar message was sent to Russians,
[00:19:11] Russians, which apparently read risk risk things could get lively. Don't
[00:19:14] Don't worry. Nuclear warheads have have been launched at all regions
[00:19:17] regions of Russia. It's not yet confirmed
[00:19:20] confirmed who was behind either message. message. Back with the rescue teams
[00:19:23] teams in Kherson and what was the the most successful ceasefire of
[00:19:26] of the war has now come to an end.
[00:19:29] end. The realities of conflict in
[00:19:31] in the 21st century once again upon
[00:19:33] upon those who live through it. Joe
[00:19:36] Joe Inwood, BBC News. Let's stay
[00:19:39] stay with Ukraine and a breaking breaking development. Just in the
[00:19:41] the last few moments as we were watching watching that because President Zelensky
[00:19:45] Zelensky has just posted on social
[00:19:48] social media that 18 people have have died in a Russian bombing of
[00:19:51] of an aid distribution centre and
[00:19:53] and a shelter in the Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia region. That is the
[00:19:57] the post that you currently see on on the screen. That's in southeastern
[00:20:01] southeastern Ukraine. So a major major Russian strike with Ukraine's
[00:20:04] Ukraine's president saying it has
[00:20:06] has killed 18 people. And President President Zelensky saying that was
[00:20:10] was an aid distribution centre very
[00:20:13] very early details. That is all we we know at the moment. So we will
[00:20:16] will keep an eye on that. And as as more comes in, we'll obviously
[00:20:20] obviously return to that story. Now Now the Home Secretary has unveiled
[00:20:23] unveiled a major overhaul of the the rules for migrants seeking permanent
[00:20:26] permanent settlement here in the
[00:20:28] the UK. Shabana Mahmood has dropped dropped plans to make existing migrant
[00:20:32] migrant care workers wait up to 15
[00:20:34] 15 years for what's known as settled
[00:20:36] settled status, after criticism from from within the Labour Party and
[00:20:39] and the care sector. But under the the new system, many migrants will
[00:20:43] will still face a longer wait, with with ten years becoming the standard
[00:20:46] standard route to settlement. Higher Higher earners from see some key
[00:20:50] key public sector workers and eligible eligible care workers will continue
[00:20:54] continue to qualify after five years,
[00:20:57] years, so have a listen. A five year year path will remain open to all
[00:21:00] all higher earners on salaries of
[00:21:04] of over £50,000 and those who have have contributed in healthcare and
[00:21:07] and education in professions like like doctors, nurses and teachers.
[00:21:11] teachers. For those who make an exceptional exceptional contribution, even faster
[00:21:15] faster routes are available. The
[00:21:16] The highest rate taxpayers earning
[00:21:19] earning over £125,000 will, over
[00:21:20] over the course of their lifetime,
[00:21:24] lifetime, contribute £1.5 million. million. This funds the critical critical services that many, including
[00:21:27] including the poorest in these in in this country, rely upon. So under
[00:21:31] under these reforms they will be be able to apply for settlement after
[00:21:34] after three years, as will those those who arrive on our highest talent
[00:21:37] talent schemes. Everyone else will will be placed on a ten year path,
[00:21:41] path, including all those earning earning less than £50,000. Settlement
[00:21:44] Settlement will still be available available to them. They will simply
[00:21:47] simply have to show a sustained contribution contribution to this country and
[00:21:50] and they will be able to renew their their existing temporary visas until
[00:21:54] until that point. Conditionality
[00:21:57] Conditionality runs both ways. Those Those who commit an immigration breach
[00:22:00] breach will see settlement pushed pushed back to 20 years, while those
[00:22:03] those who have claimed benefits must must have had five continuous years
[00:22:07] years without falling on the state state before they make their application.
[00:22:10] application. A number of groups will will see their path to settlement
[00:22:14] settlement remain as today. These These include Hong Kong British nationals
[00:22:18] nationals overseas members of our our armed forces, those with a British
[00:22:22] British connection and those on legacy legacy routes such as Windrush. So
[00:22:25] So that was the Home Secretary. Let's Let's go to Westminster and our political
[00:22:29] political correspondent Jack Fenwick. Fenwick. So Jack, the Home Secretary
[00:22:31] Secretary has backtracked from the the original position. So tell us
[00:22:34] us more about those key changes. changes. That's right. While the
[00:22:37] the broad principle of changing most most people's settlement routes from
[00:22:41] from 5 to 10 years is still happening, happening, this announcement has
[00:22:45] has changed compared to the plans plans that were announced last year
[00:22:47] year by the Home Secretary, Shabana Shabana Mahmood. The biggest change
[00:22:51] change is around social care workers. workers. Under the original plans,
[00:22:53] plans, many social care workers would
[00:22:55] would have to wait 15 years before
[00:22:58] before they were eligible for settlement. settlement. That has now changed.
[00:23:01] changed. So for social care workers workers who came to the UK before
[00:23:05] before May 2025 and earn at least least £25,000, they will now be able
[00:23:09] able to qualify for settlement over
[00:23:12] over a five year period for other other social care workers. Outside
[00:23:16] Outside of those requirements, it it will be the standard ten which
[00:23:19] which is being introduced today. today. Now the rules also count for for social care workers dependants
[00:23:23] dependants as well. So what does does all of this mean? Well I'm told
[00:23:26] told that under the plans announced
[00:23:28] announced last year it would have
[00:23:31] have meant 799,000 people had their their settlement eligibility delayed
[00:23:35] delayed under the plans announced
[00:23:37] announced today, that number has
[00:23:40] has dropped to 517,000. So 282,000
[00:23:43] 282,000 people who would otherwise otherwise have had that eligibility
[00:23:46] eligibility delayed today are being being told, actually you will qualify
[00:23:49] qualify after five years. And what what has been the reaction? There
[00:23:53] There was unhappiness in certain certain quarters within Labour with
[00:23:57] with the original announcement. Un-British,
[00:23:59] Un-British, I think was how it was
[00:24:01] was famously described by one of of the senior MPs. So how has it
[00:24:05] it gone down and how has it gone gone down with the other opposition opposition parties? So the reason
[00:24:09] reason these plans are different different to the ones announced last
[00:24:11] last year is because a sizeable chunk
[00:24:13] chunk of Labour MPs, including senior senior figures such as the housing
[00:24:17] housing secretary, Angela Rayner, Rayner, weren't very happy. Now there there were two things they weren't
[00:24:20] weren't very happy about in the main main one were those social care worker
[00:24:23] worker rules. The other was the fact fact that this was working retrospectively,
[00:24:27] retrospectively, that people who who came to the UK expecting to qualify
[00:24:29] qualify for settlement after five five years would now have to wait
[00:24:33] wait longer. Now, of course, as I've I've just been explaining, those those social care changes have now
[00:24:36] now been watered down, so I doubt doubt we'll get any Labour MPs being
[00:24:40] being annoyed about that. But the the retrospective nature is still
[00:24:42] still there. That's the thing that that people inside the Home Office Office will be looking out for to
[00:24:46] to see if Labour MPs criticise now now the early evidence from the House
[00:24:50] House of Commons is that actually actually that anger doesn't seem seem to be there. Some backbench
[00:24:53] backbench Labour MPs who you might might expect to be critical, have
[00:24:56] have sort of pulled their punches. punches. The opposition again, as
[00:25:00] as you would expect, are saying this this is a huge U-turn and that Shabana
[00:25:03] Shabana Mahmood has let down the the people who supported those initial
[00:25:06] initial proposals. Jack, thanks very very much for the latest. Now supermarkets
[00:25:10] supermarkets across seven European European countries have reported reported problems with their refrigeration
[00:25:14] refrigeration systems because of of a suspected cyber attack. These These pictures are from a Belgian
[00:25:18] Belgian supermarket chain. The refrigeration refrigeration systems at more than
[00:25:21] than 40 of their supermarkets were were disrupted by what they call
[00:25:24] call it problems. The fridge temperatures temperatures increased overnight,
[00:25:27] overnight, spoiling the food inside. inside. Local media say millions
[00:25:30] millions of euros of food in Luxembourg Luxembourg had to be thrown away.
[00:25:33] away. Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands, Netherlands, Estonia and Finland
[00:25:36] Finland also affected. Now do stay stay with us because here in the
[00:25:40] the next half hour we'll have more more coverage of King Charles's visit
[00:25:44] visit to Antigua as he continues continues his tour of the Caribbean
[00:25:47] Caribbean tomorrow. Of course, he he addresses Commonwealth leaders leaders at their summit, where he's
[00:25:51] he's expected to acknowledge the the legacy of the transatlantic slave
[00:25:54] slave trade. Andy Burnham, also due due to arrive there for that meeting,
[00:25:58] meeting, has indicated he was open open to a formal apology on the issue.
[00:26:02] issue. More on that and our headlines headlines here in a
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[00:30:16] News. The headlines. Well Sudan filed filed complaints with the United
[00:30:20] United Nations and the African Union Union accusing Ethiopia of allowing
[00:30:24] allowing the paramilitary Rapid Support
[00:30:26] Support Forces to launch drone strikes strikes from its territory. What
[00:30:30] What the RSS is attempting to do, do, especially as it concerns staff,
[00:30:33] staff, is trying to raise the costs costs of governance within a SAF
[00:30:37] SAF controlled territories without without actually needing to take
[00:30:39] take them. Meanwhile, has life become become safer for citizens since the
[00:30:43] the coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and
[00:30:45] and Niger? Well, Sudanese-british Sudanese-british billionaire businessman
[00:30:48] businessman and philanthropist Mo
[00:30:50] Mo Ibrahim says the evidence suggests
[00:30:53] suggests otherwise. We see major
[00:30:57] major deterioration in security rule rule of law and