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00:00:40bio data. Join me, Paul Carter for
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00:00:46West on BBC News. Will voters. Strengthen
00:00:53Strengthen Donald Trump's hand or or change the balance of power? Our
00:00:56Our team explore what it means to to America and the rest of the world.
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00:01:02News. The US midterm Elections 2026
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00:01:18These are the latest headlines from BBC News. Millions prepare to
00:01:21to vote on the eve of Americas crucial
00:01:24crucial midterm elections. Can Donald Donald Trump and the Republicans
00:01:26Republicans keep control of the US US Congress as Democrats look to
00:01:30to flip the House of Representatives
00:01:32Representatives and the Senate? Ukraine Ukraine and Russia's emergency Alert
00:01:35Alert app are both hit by apparent apparent cyber attacks, with users
00:01:39users alerted of nuclear and other
00:01:42other threats. A business jet has has crashed in a neighbourhood in
00:01:45in Florida, killing all nine people people on board. It had departed
00:01:48departed from Austin in Texas and
00:01:50and was headed to the Bahamas. Supermarkets
00:01:53Supermarkets in seven European countries countries report problems with their
00:01:57their refrigeration systems in a
00:01:59a suspected cyber attack. King Charles
00:02:02Charles will address Commonwealth Commonwealth leaders about the lasting
00:02:05lasting pain of the transatlantic transatlantic slave trade during
00:02:07during the final leg of his Caribbean
00:02:09Caribbean tour in Antigua and the
00:02:12the Italian driver Kimi Antonelli Antonelli makes history in Mexico
00:02:15Mexico as he becomes Formula One's One's youngest ever world champion
00:02:19champion at the age of just 20. Now
00:02:28Now here in the UK, the Home Secretary Secretary is expected to speak shortly
00:02:32shortly about how she wants to revise
00:02:35revise immigration rules for legal legal migrants. Let me show you the the live pictures from the House
00:02:39House of Commons. We're expecting expecting her to start speaking in
00:02:41in the next few moments. After facing facing criticism in her own party
00:02:45party over her plans to increase increase the qualifying period for
00:02:49for indefinite leave to remain. It It is understood that Shabana Mahmood
00:02:52Mahmood will now include an exemption
00:02:54exemption for most of those currently currently working in social care.
00:02:58care. The timeline that she mapped mapped out months ago, it came in
00:03:01in for quite a lot of criticism within
00:03:05within her own party and now MPs
00:03:07MPs will be watching to see how much
00:03:09much of that gets rolled back. There
00:03:12There was a consultation period and and the government will actually
00:03:15actually make clear. Shabana Mahmood Mahmood will make clear the rules
00:03:19rules going forward. So that announcement announcement is going to be made
00:03:22made in the Commons in the next few few minutes, when the Home Secretary Secretary stands up, will return
00:03:26return and hear what she has to say.
00:03:29say. Now let's get more on the US US midterm elections, which are just
00:03:33just one day away. These are live live pictures from Washington. Tomorrow,
00:03:36Tomorrow, millions of voters across across the country will determine
00:03:38determine the balance of power in in Congress. And while the Democrats
00:03:42Democrats are widely predicted to to flip the House of Representatives,
00:03:45Representatives, the Senate is still still also up for grabs. Ross Atkins
00:03:49Atkins explains why these midterm midterm elections matter so much.
00:03:52much. Let's remind ourselves of what's what's at stake. The midterms are
00:03:56are all about who controls the two two houses of Congress. The House
00:03:59House of Representatives and the the Senate. This matters because because it's the part of the US government
00:04:03government that makes laws for the the country as a whole on everything
00:04:06everything from immigration to taxes taxes to defence. And right now both
00:04:10both houses are controlled by the the Republicans, as you can see,
00:04:13see, which is very helpful to President President Trump. Now, the House of
00:04:16of Representatives is where proposed proposed laws are introduced and
00:04:20and debated. Each state gets a number number of seats proportionate to
00:04:23to its population. Members serve serve two-year terms, which means
00:04:26means that all of the seats in the
00:04:28the House are up for grabs in this
00:04:31this election, there are 435 of them. them. So to control the house, a
00:04:34a party needs at least 218. And according
00:04:38according to the polls, the Republicans Republicans may have their work cut
00:04:40cut out. Holding on to the House House of Representatives. Then there's
00:04:44there's the Senate. One of its main main jobs is to approve or reject
00:04:47reject those laws proposed by the
00:04:49the House. Each state has two senators, senators, so there are 100 in total.
00:04:53total. They serve six year terms terms every two years. Roughly a
00:04:57a third of Senate seats are contested,
00:05:00contested, so it's 35 this year to
00:05:02to control the Senate, a party needs
00:05:05needs 51 or more, though if it's it's 50-50, the Vice President can
00:05:08can cast the deciding vote. So that
00:05:11that favours the Republicans at the the moment. So there is a lot at
00:05:14at stake. And who controls Congress Congress is not just relevant to
00:05:17to the laws that get made for America America as a whole. Of course, it's
00:05:20it's also relevant to whoever is is president. As Donald Trump goes
00:05:24goes into the last two years of his his presidency. Well, when voters
00:05:27voters are making their choices in in this election, of course they're they're telling us something about
00:05:31about what they think of the two two main parties, but they're also
00:05:34also telling us something about what what they think of their president.
00:05:38president. Well, that was Ros Atkins. Atkins. Let's get back out on the the road ahead of the midterms, Clive
00:05:42Clive Myrie visited North Carolina Carolina and looked at how the cost
00:05:44cost of living crisis could impact
00:05:47impact these elections. It's quite quite astonishing that a place like
00:05:51like North Carolina could send a a Democrat senator back to Washington
00:05:54Washington for the first time in in almost 20 years. The Republicans
00:05:58Republicans have ruled the roost roost here, but they're in trouble
00:06:02trouble in these elections. Many Many we've spoken to say the economy economy is their big concern, and
00:06:06and the cost of living is simply
00:06:07simply too high. We found a two mile
00:06:10mile long queue of people trying
00:06:12trying to get help from a food bank. bank. Farmers here say they're angry
00:06:16angry about tariffs and trade policy,
00:06:18policy, though some maintain they'll they'll stick with the Republicans.
00:06:21Republicans. The Democrats are confident
00:06:23confident they can win and if they they do, that could spell big trouble
00:06:27trouble in Washington for Donald
00:06:30Donald Trump. Well, that was Clive
00:06:32Clive Myrie. Let's look at the bigger bigger picture because what does
00:06:35does this all mean for the President President himself? Here's our North
00:06:38North America editor, Sarah Smith.
00:06:41Smith. Here at the White House. There There will be watching the results
00:06:44results of these elections very carefully. carefully. Donald Trump will stay
00:06:47stay in office whatever happens. happens. But the results will determine determine what he's able to do over
00:06:51over the next two years. If Democrats
00:06:53Democrats win control of the House House of Representatives, they can
00:06:56can try to block many of his actions. actions. They could start to investigate
00:06:59investigate some of his most controversial controversial decisions. They could
00:07:02could even try to impeach him again.
00:07:05again. If Democrats also win the the Senate, then they could try to
00:07:08to pass their own laws and they might might try to force Donald Trump to
00:07:11to end the war with Iran. The President
00:07:14President is not on the ballot, but
00:07:16but his agenda and its implementation implementation very much is. Sarah
00:07:20Sarah Smith some of the key battleground
00:07:24battleground states are obviously obviously we've been looking at those
00:07:26those in detail, but when do you you expect the results to actually
00:07:30actually come in? It could take hours. hours. It could take days. Well,
00:07:33Well, Caitriona Perry looks ahead ahead at that question. When will
00:07:36will we know the outcome of the US US midterm elections? Well, there's
00:07:39there's no easy answer to that. We We won't get any results until the
00:07:43the polls start closing beginning beginning at 6pm eastern, 11pm in
00:07:46in the UK. And even then it may take take some time. The results in areas
00:07:50areas where one party is dominant dominant could come in quite quickly,
00:07:53quickly, and that may give us a sense sense of any swing against President
00:07:56President Trump's Republican Party. Party. But unlike a presidential presidential election this time it's
00:08:00it's about which party will be in in control of the House of Representatives
00:08:04Representatives and the Senate. So So we're not waiting on the outcome
00:08:06outcome of a single person, but rather rather the whole team. And only then
00:08:10then will we know who's in control control of Congress. Now for races races that are close, it could take
00:08:14take days or even weeks to count count the votes, but it's completely
00:08:17completely normal. The latest polls polls don't close until it's evening
00:08:20evening time in Alaska, which is is 1am here on the East Coast Wednesday
00:08:23Wednesday morning, 6am in the UK. UK. And indeed this year that could
00:08:27could be one of the seats we're waiting waiting on that will decide the balance
00:08:31balance of power in the Senate. Well, Well, that's Caitriona Perry you
00:08:34you can watch a special programme programme with Katrina and Sumi Somaskanda
00:08:37Somaskanda here on BBC News, bringing bringing you the results of those
00:08:41those US midterm elections as they
00:08:42they happen. That's live from Washington
00:08:45Washington Clive Myrie there. Sumi. Sumi. Joining Clive Katrina joining
00:08:48joining Clive. That's tomorrow at
00:08:52at 11:30 pm. Now let us move from
00:08:56from that to show you live pictures
00:08:58pictures from the courthouse in Massachusetts,
00:09:01Massachusetts, in Plymouth, because because the proceedings have started
00:09:04started there. And this is a hearing
00:09:07hearing that is in front of Judge Judge William Sullivan, scheduled
00:09:10scheduled to hear arguments there
00:09:14there about whether Lindsey Clancy
00:09:16Clancy will face a retrial for killing killing her three young children.
00:09:20children. You remember that trial? trial? It ended in deadlock. The
00:09:23The first trial over the killing killing of her three children. At
00:09:26At this hearing, the judge will hear
00:09:27hear a bid to dismiss the charges
00:09:30charges altogether. Also, he will
00:09:32will consider a potential potential
00:09:34potential retrial timetable that that will be discussed. The defence,
00:09:37defence, of course, argue a retrial
00:09:39retrial would violate double jeopardy, jeopardy, but those proceedings they've
00:09:43they've just got under way in the the last 10, 15 minutes with various
00:09:46various legal representation. So So we're keeping an eye on that and
00:09:49and we'll return if there's anything
00:09:52anything significant and substantial. substantial. Now let's return to
00:09:56to Ukraine and Russia, who both say say their emergency alert apps have
00:09:59have been hit by cyber attacks. Late Late on Sunday, Ukraine warned that
00:10:03that its air alert app appeared to
00:10:06to have been compromised after citizens
00:10:07citizens received false notifications notifications about a radiological
00:10:11radiological threat and other attacks. attacks. Ukraine's Centre for Strategic
00:10:15Strategic Communications blamed Russia Russia for that hack in a post on
00:10:18on its X account. It showed some some of the alerts asking residents
00:10:22residents to disregard any strange strange messages they might have
00:10:25have seen in the app, as well as as warnings of a radiological threat.
00:10:27threat. The false notifications warned warned of a chemical attack as well
00:10:31well and even possible street fighting
00:10:33fighting in Kyiv. Our Ukraine correspondent correspondent Dan Johnson explained
00:10:36explained what it was like for people people reading those messages. It's
00:10:39It's an app that many people use use and there are different variants
00:10:42variants of it all based on the same same data. So whichever app people
00:10:45people have, if they do indeed have
00:10:47have it, they will have got these
00:10:50these warnings starting with incoming incoming ballistic missiles and drones,
00:10:53drones, the sort of warnings that that they get repeatedly here. But
00:10:55But then they were followed by warnings
00:10:57warnings of a nuclear threat, chemical
00:11:00chemical attack, combat in the streets
00:11:03streets and artillery shelling, which which are all unusual warnings to
00:11:07to have received. And I think although although that did unnerve people
00:11:09people at first, the fact that so
00:11:11so many of those warnings are of of such extreme danger all came through
00:11:15through in the space of just 5 or or 10 minutes, I think indicated
00:11:19indicated to lots of people that that this was down to some sort of
00:11:22of glitch or technical problem in in the app, even if they hadn't realised
00:11:25realised it was the result of hacking. hacking. So I think although this
00:11:28this did cause some concern, it did did not lead to widespread panic
00:11:32panic because it was quite quickly quickly apparent to people that something something wasn't quite right with
00:11:35with this, I've been speaking to to Ukrainians this morning who said,
00:11:38said, yeah, you see the word nuclear. nuclear. You're very fearful. But
00:11:40But then you see something like combat combat in the streets and it doesn't
00:11:43doesn't quite add up, especially especially not in combination with with it all coming together. The
00:11:47The Air Force also issued a statement statement very quickly within 15
00:11:5115 minutes of this starting, saying saying that the app had been compromised
00:11:54compromised and that there was indeed indeed no radiation threat and that
00:11:57that people did not need to panic.
00:11:59panic. So officials were pretty quick quick to try to reassure people.
00:12:02people. But they have now got the the challenge of ensuring that that
00:12:05that app is secure so that people people can rely on future warnings
00:12:08warnings that come there is an air air raid alert in place at the moment.
00:12:11moment. We've just heard the sirens sirens sound and there are explosions explosions on the edge of the city.
00:12:15city. So that demonstrates how important important this system is because
00:12:18because not everybody can hear the the sirens in the streets. So they
00:12:21they have a job on to maintain faith faith in this system, even at the
00:12:25the best of times, because the number number of attacks is so relentless
00:12:29relentless and the amount of times times those sirens sound each day,
00:12:32day, lots of people have grown weary weary of it and frankly have given
00:12:36given up taking any action in response response to it. So officials already already faced a challenge there.
00:12:40there. Now they've got to rebuild rebuild faith and confidence so that
00:12:43that the next time those alerts go go off on people's phones, they do
00:12:46do actually respond. Dan Johnson
00:12:48Johnson in Kyiv now investigations investigations are under way after
00:12:51after a private jet crashed in Florida, Florida, killing all nine people
00:12:54people on board. Let me show you you the moments. The jet actually
00:12:57actually crashed. It is dashcam footage
00:13:00footage we are showing you there.
00:13:02there. And the Learjet 60 which was was heading to the Bahamas, came
00:13:05came down in Palm Beach County. A
00:13:08A large, large crater formed in the the middle of that multi lane road
00:13:11road with fires burning right across across it. Nobody on the ground was
00:13:14was hurt and the cause of the crash crash is still unclear. Well, the
00:13:18the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, spoke with reporters after
00:13:21after the crash and he described
00:13:23described it as cataclysmic. This This was a cataclysmic plane crash.
00:13:27crash. It looked like a missile going going down. It left a big crater
00:13:31crater on the side of the road. I I want to commend the Palm Beach
00:13:34Beach County Sheriff's Department Department as well as the fire rescue.
00:13:38rescue. They were here immediately.
00:13:40immediately. There was a lot of debris
00:13:42debris that was spewing as a result result of this crash. We've also
00:13:45also been in contact with the FAA.
00:13:48FAA. There will be some folks here.
00:13:50here. Obviously they do an investigation investigation in situations like
00:13:53like these. As you see here, military
00:13:56military trail. We're going to take take a short break
00:14:59in our bio data. Join me, Paul Carter Carter for Explore Japan from east
00:15:03east to West on BBC News. Welcome
00:15:10Welcome back. Now the King is in
00:15:12in Antigua as he continues his tour tour of the Caribbean. These pictures
00:15:15pictures from the last hour or so
00:15:16so show him at an engagement at government
00:15:19government House tomorrow. He addresses addresses Commonwealth leaders at
00:15:22at that summit where he's expected expected to acknowledge the legacy
00:15:25legacy of the transatlantic slave slave trade. Buckingham Palace says says the King will speak about the
00:15:30the UK's role with what it calls
00:15:32calls unflinching honesty and sincere sincere sorrow. Andy Burnham is also
00:15:35also due to arrive in Antigua for for the Commonwealth Heads of Government
00:15:39Government meeting, after he indicated indicated he was open to a formal
00:15:43formal apology on the issue. Here's
00:15:44Here's our correspondent Lauren Moss.
00:15:50Moss. The King and Queen received received a warm welcome at Antigua
00:15:54Antigua and Barbuda's annual Independence
00:15:56Independence Day parade, but it soon
00:15:58soon became a very wet one when the
00:16:00the heavens opened, torrential rain rain prompted Queen Camilla to quickly
00:16:03quickly turn and ask for an umbrella, umbrella, before then making a swift
00:16:07swift exit, leaving her husband empty
00:16:09empty handed and calling for an umbrella umbrella of his own. After perhaps
00:16:13perhaps considering seeking shelter shelter to King Charles braved the
00:16:16the downpour eventually was given given an umbrella and continued the
00:16:20the celebrations. Somewhat drenched, drenched, he took the time to make
00:16:22make a joke about it with the country's country's Prime Minister, Gaston
00:16:25Gaston Browne. I think I'm about about to be awarded Chris Mason.
00:16:29Mason. Yes, I see. Damp but reunited
00:16:32reunited the King and Queen's appearance appearance delighted some spectators.
00:16:37spectators. This is history in the the making. And so to see the King
00:16:40King do this in the rain. That's
00:16:43That's amazing. But pressure is growing growing among Commonwealth leaders
00:16:46leaders for the King to apologise apologise for Britain's role in the
00:16:50the transatlantic slave trade. Neither Neither the royal family nor the
00:16:53the British government have ever
00:16:55ever formally apologised. But King King Charles has often spoken about
00:16:59about what he describes as the darkest
00:17:01darkest days of history. It is only only right that we should acknowledge
00:17:05acknowledge the great suffering and
00:17:07and injustices of the past in these
00:17:10these islands and beyond, even as
00:17:12as we rejoice in the successes of
00:17:15of the present and build new opportunities
00:17:17opportunities for the future. Commonwealth Commonwealth leaders say that future
00:17:21future depends on making amends for for the past and have a ten-point
00:17:24ten-point plan for investing reparations reparations in public health and
00:17:28and education. Could be payments payments over the next ten years,
00:17:30years, could be payments over the the next 20 years. Could be payments
00:17:34payments over the next 30 years.
00:17:35years. These are things that can
00:17:38can be negotiated within Andy Burnham's
00:17:41Burnham's offer of a structured dialogue. dialogue. The Prime Minister, Andy
00:17:45Andy Burnham, who is travelling to to the Commonwealth Summit in Antigua
00:17:48Antigua and Barbuda today, expressed expressed sorrow and regret for the the suffering of many millions in
00:17:52in an article in the Guardian this
00:17:53this weekend, but ruled out financial
00:17:56financial reparations. He wrote I I do not think that British people
00:17:59people today can be held liable for for historical wrongs, however heinous
00:18:02heinous that happened in a different
00:18:05different age under different. Decided
00:18:08Decided above all by fairness straight straight to the Commons. And the
00:18:11the Home Secretary on the change change on migration laws. Fairness
00:18:15Fairness towards British citizens citizens already here who should
00:18:17should not be asked to bear a greater greater burden. Mr speaker, the question
00:18:21question of fairness matters to me me because it matters to my family.
00:18:24family. Over 50 years ago, my parents parents came to this country from
00:18:28from rural Kashmir. They came here here knowing one thing above all
00:18:31all else that they would be treated treated fairly here. They came from
00:18:35from a place where power was often often arbitrary and where the dice
00:18:39dice were always loaded. They came came to this country because they
00:18:42they knew we do things differently differently here and that we value
00:18:45value above all else fair play, Mr
00:18:48Mr Speaker. It is my responsibility responsibility to ensure that our
00:18:50our migration system lives up to
00:18:53to that ideal. I believe doing so so depends upon a contract between
00:18:57between those who come and those those already here. This country
00:19:00country welcomes those who seek a a new and better life within it.
00:19:04it. But I also know that there is is an expectation of those who do
00:19:08do that. They will play their part,
00:19:11part, contribute to their community community and become a part of our
00:19:14our national life. I do not think think this despite being a Labour
00:19:17Labour politician. I think this because
00:19:20because I am a Labour politician. politician. If we are to ask our
00:19:23our fellow citizens to buy into a
00:19:25a system of shared taxation and universal
00:19:28universal public services, they must must know that everyone is playing
00:19:31playing their part. Solidarity is
00:19:34is the precondition for social justice.
00:19:37justice. Creating a fair migration migration system demands reform to
00:19:40to settlement. The ability to live
00:19:41live in this country forever. Settlement Settlement confirms confers some
00:19:45some of the most valuable rights rights that this country can offer
00:19:49offer at settlement, a migrant receives receives the right to free education.
00:19:53education. Our NHS and should they
00:19:54they fall upon it, the welfare state. state. Until now settlement rights
00:19:58rights have come at five years, almost almost exclusively as a result of
00:20:02of time spent in this country. It
00:20:04It has therefore been a right accrued
00:20:06accrued with little expectation of
00:20:08of responsibility. I do not believe believe this represents true fairness.
00:20:12fairness. Instead, I believe these these considerable rights should
00:20:15should come after responsibilities responsibilities have been met and
00:20:18and a contribution has been made.
00:20:21made. Settlement should not be automatic. automatic. It should be earned. Mr
00:20:24Mr speaker, today the government government publishes a policy called
00:20:28called Earned Settlement. It ensures ensures the period someone must live
00:20:31live in this country before they they settle is determined by the
00:20:35the contribution they have made. made. That starts by setting out
00:20:37out clearly what we consider to be
00:20:41be disqualifying criteria. Firstly, Firstly, a criminal record. Secondly,
00:20:44Secondly, a failure to speak English
00:20:46English to a high standard. Thirdly,
00:20:48Thirdly, any unpaid debt to the British
00:20:51British taxpayer and finally a failure failure to have made three years
00:20:54years of National Insurance contributions.
00:20:57contributions. This is the foundation foundation of settlement, the non-negotiable
00:21:00non-negotiable expectations that that we make of anyone who seeks
00:21:02seeks to live here permanently. For
00:21:05For those who clear these bars settlement
00:21:07settlement then varies based on the the contribution made rather than
00:21:11than simply time served. This contribution contribution is judged crucially
00:21:15crucially not just financially but
00:21:18but also in terms of public service. service. A five year path will remain
00:21:21remain open to all higher earners
00:21:23earners on salaries of over £50,000
00:21:26£50,000 and those who have contributed contributed in healthcare and education
00:21:29education in professions like doctors, doctors, nurses and teachers. For
00:21:33For those who make an exceptional exceptional contribution, even faster
00:21:37faster routes are available. The
00:21:38The highest rate taxpayers earning
00:21:42earning over £125,000 will, over
00:21:42over the course of their lifetime, lifetime, contribute £1.5 million.
00:21:46million. This funds the critical critical services that many, including
00:21:49including the poorest in these in in this country, rely upon. So under
00:21:53under these reforms they will be be able to apply for settlement after
00:21:56after three years, as will those those who arrive on our highest talent
00:21:59talent schemes. Everyone else will will be placed on a ten year path,
00:22:03path, including all those earning earning less than £50,000. Settlement
00:22:06Settlement will still be available available to them. They will simply
00:22:09simply have to show a sustained contribution contribution to this country, and
00:22:12and they will be able to renew their
00:22:14their existing temporary visas until
00:22:16until that point. Conditionality Conditionality runs both ways. Those
00:22:20Those who commit an immigration breach
00:22:22breach will see settlement pushed pushed back to 20 years, while those
00:22:25those who have claimed benefits must must have had five continuous years
00:22:29years without falling on the state state before they make their application,
00:22:33application, a number of groups will will see their path to settlement
00:22:36settlement remain as today. These
00:22:38These include Hong Kong British nationals nationals overseas members of our
00:22:42our armed forces, those with a British
00:22:44British connection and those on legacy legacy routes such as Windrush. Before
00:22:48Before we finalise this policy, we
00:22:49we first took it to the country through
00:22:52through a consultation. Over 200,000 200,000 people responded and I thank
00:22:56thank them for doing so. Many of of the responses were focused on
00:22:59on one particular group social care
00:23:01care workers. Between 2022 and 2025,
00:23:072025, 250,000 people and their dependents dependents arrived on or switched
00:23:10switched into the social care route. route. They came at a time when the
00:23:14the sector was under considerable considerable pressure following the
00:23:18the Covid-19 pandemic and the unique unique challenge of that moment.
00:23:21moment. It is also, however, the the case that this route was abused.
00:23:25abused. The last Conservative government government may have talked of restoring restoring control to our borders,
00:23:29borders, but in truth they lost control
00:23:33control entirely. Never was this this more obvious than when the shadow
00:23:36shadow Home Secretary was an immigration immigration minister in the Home
00:23:40Home Office, delegations were sent sent across the country to encourage
00:23:43encourage more businesses to sponsor sponsor foreign workers, with little
00:23:46little apparent interest in their
00:23:48their suitability to do so. As a
00:23:51a result, there was significant abuse abuse of the care route, sometimes
00:23:54sometimes because of fraudulent and and exploitative companies and sometimes
00:23:58sometimes because the individuals individuals themselves came here here knowing there was no job. They
00:24:02They could fill. A fair solution
00:24:04solution must address both sides sides of this, recognising the service
00:24:08service of those who cared for our
00:24:09our sick and elderly at a time of of immense national need, and also
00:24:13also addressing the abuse that was was present on this route. The government's
00:24:17government's solution does so in in two ways. Firstly, by providing
00:24:21providing a five year path to settlement settlement for care workers who lived
00:24:24lived up to the promise that they they made on coming to this country,
00:24:28country, worked hard and answered answered our call when we needed
00:24:30needed them. Those who earned £25,000 £25,000 a year working in the social
00:24:34social care sector, which was the the condition of their visa, will
00:24:38will therefore be able to settle
00:24:40settle on their existing five year
00:24:42year path. The second group, who who have not fulfilled the conditions
00:24:46conditions of their visa, represent represent around a quarter of those
00:24:49those who came between 2022 and 2025
00:24:522025 or switched into this route. route. We will offer them a second
00:24:56second chance to make the contribution contribution that they came to this this country to make. They will be
00:25:00be able to apply for another five five year care visa and they will
00:25:03will not be tied to their old employer, employer, allowing those with rogue
00:25:07rogue sponsors to break away from
00:25:08from them. The government has already
00:25:12already stripped around 1400 exploitative exploitative employers of their licences, licences, and we are lifting standards
00:25:16standards in care with our fair Pay
00:25:19Pay agreement across the sector. sector. The government will now help
00:25:21help workers to find a new position position with a legitimate provider,
00:25:24provider, and we will give them a a longer period of time to do so
00:25:28so before their existing visa is is curtailed. Well. They were going
00:25:31going to come away. The Home Secretary
00:25:33Secretary scrapping a plan for immigrant immigrant social workers already
00:25:36already in the country to wait 15 15 years before getting indefinite
00:25:39indefinite leave to remain as long long as those workers earn at least
00:25:43least £25,000 and arrive in the UK
00:25:45UK before May 2025, there will be
00:25:47be eligible for ILR after five years.
00:25:50years. A number of adjustments being
00:25:52being made to that previous announcement announcement after detailed consultation
00:25:55consultation that has only just started, started, we will continue to monitor monitor it and bring you the latest
00:25:59latest on that. And of course, everything everything that's happening with
00:26:02with the midterm elections in the
00:26:04the US in just a moment or two, the the headlines are
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00:30:10Live from London. This is BBC News.
00:30:16News. Millions prepare to vote on on the eve of Americas crucial midterm
00:30:20midterm elections. Can Donald Trump
00:30:22Trump and the Republicans keep control control of the US Congress? We want
00:30:26want them out. We want them out. out. And I am excited that if we
00:30:30we can flip Kansas, we give hope hope to the rest of the country. He says what he's going
00:30:33going to do. It just I have a lot lot of faith in the man. We'll have
00:30:37have the latest from our correspondents correspondents on the ground in some some of the key battleground states.
00:30:41states. We'll also hear from the
00:30:43the former chair of the Democratic Democratic National Committee. Our
00:30:47Our other main headlines. Cyber attacks attacks on the emergency warning
00:30:50warning systems of both Russia and and Ukraine. Residents in Kyiv were
00:30:53were sent false radiation alerts.
00:30:58alerts. Supermarkets in Seven European European countries report