i want to talk to my friends in my family's accent. and a student's successful search for a voice which really feels like his own. hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. i am sally bundock. after months of gridlock and days of parliamentary ping—pong, the government's rwanda asylum bill is finally to become law. the house of lords eventually conceded late last night, withdrawing the final amendment that was holding up the legislation. it's a relief for prime minister rishi sunak, who hopes that — barring any last—minute legal objections — flights to rwanda could begin within 10—12 weeks. official figures show the backlog of people waiting

to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1,800 injuly last year to more than 50,000 a week ago. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, reports. as everybody expected, they entering the tower, accepting that the elected house of commons will its way and the governments safety of rwanda bill will now get royal assent and become law undertakes the government a huge step closer to seeing planes take off for rwanda at some point in the next 10—12 weeks and the first asylum seekers will be sent to the east african country and it is a very big moment for rishi sunak. two years ago the government first came up with the idea of sending asylum seekers to rwanda and it's been completely bogged down and railed with legal challenges, the supreme court deciding it was unlawful, massive opposition from opposition parties, from peers from across the house of lords in the last

few weeks, but the government's bill becomes law and flights will take off, that doesn't mean they won't be other legal challenges that might slow the process down but i think the government is much closer to seeing this plan realised that it has been since it was conceived. the house of lords had wanted extra assurances put into the bill concerning the safety of rwanda. they wanted an independent panel to assess how safe rwanda was and for the home secretary to make a statement to parliament asset that was the case. the government rejected that and rather than continue the battle with the house of commons, the peers, the unelected chamber, the unelected part of parliament decided that they had made their objections clear enough but they weren't going to persuade mps of their argument and that's why they have folded, really, and said that the will of the commons is clear, the bill must become law. will write.

let's speak to sonya sceats, who is chief executive of the human rights charity freedom from torture. good to have you in the programme. what's your reaction to the news?— to the news? peers who were holdin: to the news? peers who were holding out — to the news? peers who were holding out for _ to the news? peers who were holding out for so _ to the news? peers who were holding out for so long - to the news? peers who were | holding out for so long against dell were standing up for our constitution and our values. this law remains deeply unpopular with the british people because it is such an affront to our humanity. this morning survivors of torture and other refugees across this country will be waking up feeling utter despair at the prospect of being bundled onto these flights against their will to rwanda. but our message to the british people is that this fight over the rwanda cash for human scheme is far from over. there is the prospect of further legal challenges and the government is claiming confidence that it has found an airliner but we've been given

by the prime minister yesterday three more months to convince airtag are to stand on the right side of history and refused to be complicit in these flights.— refused to be complicit in these flights. -- air tanker. as benson _ these flights. -- air tanker. as benson and _ these flights. -- air tanker. as benson and his - these flights. -- air tanker. as benson and his report, | these flights. -- air tanker. i as benson and his report, the house of lords felt they could no longer stand the way of the house of commons. you say it is deeply unpopular with the british people. what evidence have you got to show that? first polling conducted in the last week by lord ashcroft, a big supporter of the conservative party which confirms that more people but not what this scheme scrapped. because of the eye—wateringly expense but primarily because of its cruelty. this scheme flies in the face of british values and i know that people across the country caring people will be waking up this morning feeling really disheartened that this bill is about to pass into law but the fight really is not over yet.

we call on anyone who is feeling concerned about this to join our stop the flights campaign, we are calling on mark alexander the ceo of airtanker, it is not too late to stand on the right side of history and to hold up your previous promise to the british people not to be complicit in these flights. d0 people not to be complicit in these flights.— people not to be complicit in these flights. do you not think that these _ these flights. do you not think that these measures - these flights. do you not think that these measures will - these flights. do you not think that these measures will be i these flights. do you not think that these measures will be in j that these measures will be in the and successful in deterring people from making the decision to cross and try and get to the united kingdom which in itself is extremely dangerous and often and is in many, many deaths, as we've seen in the channel, for example. is that not the ultimate aim and therefore that is a good name? speaking is one of the largest tortured rehabilitation centres in the world, working very directly to provide treatment services to survivors of torture who have made that perilous crossing, we are the last people who want to see

people putting their lives in their hands, in this way, to reach safety here in britain, but this idea that this legislation passed in westminster will deter people who are running for their lives is a fiction. ask anybody who actually knows any refugees, when you are feeling from a torture chamber, you pick up a bag and run for your life and you don't stop until you feel safer. laws being passed on the capital city of that country are nothing to you. just think about this. if people knowing that others before them have lost their lives at sea don't find that a deterrent, i don't know what well. it goes to show what's at stake for the humans who we are talking about in this debate. sonya sceats, who is chief executive of the human rights charity freedom from torture. thank you for talking to us early this morning live on bbc news. in rwanda, officials insist that they are ready and waiting

to receive asylum seekers from the uk. but public opinion there is mixed. from the capital kigali, our africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, sent this report. it's here the migrants will land, hope hostel, long poised for this moment. bedrooms laid out with meticulous care. attention to the needs of guests who've so far failed to arrive. workers in surreal performance of their daily tasks. this place has been ready and waiting for nearly two years. now the bill has passed, the people stuffing may have someone to serve. the british government hopes that these rooms will be filled with asylum seekers in a matter of weeks. the hostel can house 100 of those britain plans to send to apply for asylum here. they could also try to go to other countries, but not back to the uk. if you get the news today... yes.

..you would be able to accept people tomorrow? not tomorrow, even now. rwanda is a beautiful country, nestled in the hills of east africa. the streets are tidy, safe from crime. there is order. rwanda works — that's the motto. some here welcomed the idea of the new migrants. i think it will be good economically for the nation, considering that any... there is no, nothing that is better than human capital. this man didn't want to identify himself, because he's against the deal. where are you going to find the jobs for these people? we ourselves are, like, we've graduated, but we've not yet secured jobs. we are out there searching forjobs. the culture of fear runs deep here. there are allegations that dissent is suppressed. regions of great britain and northern ireland... kigali strongly denies this,

and its parliament passed a law to address the concerns of britain's supreme court, to strengthen protections for asylum seekers. if they want to hold a protest, can they do it? our national laws are very clear about the right to protest. it is protected, under specific circumstances. and while... and if they do wish to protest peacefully, within the confines of the law, they are welcome to. rwanda has welcomed other migrants — africans who were stuck in libya, trying to get to europe. this is a temporary haven for them, while they sort out next steps. they could choose to settle in rwanda — none have. they want opportunities elsewhere. it's all about seeking a better future for those here and those coming. will rwanda be a detour, a dead end or a new home? barbara plett usher, bbc news, kigali. donald trump has returned

to court in new york to hear the opening statements in his criminal trial over the alleged cover—up of a hush money payment to the porn star stormy daniels. prosecutors told the jury the case was about a criminal conspiracy and a cover up. but the defence said donald trump was not personally involved. from new york, gary 0'donoghue reports. for the first time in american history a former president went to a trialfor alleged history a former president went to a trial for alleged crimes. donald trump stands accused of falsifying business records over hush money payments to a porn star just over hush money payments to a porn starjust before the 2016 general election. for the prosecution, he said donald trump had cooked the books to cover up those payments. and that had broken election finance law which amounted to election interference. a crime. mr trump's lawyer said paying a porn star is not a crime and

the former president had no part in how the payments were accounted for. i part in how the payments were accounted for.— accounted for. i should be in florida now, _ accounted for. i should be in florida now, a _ accounted for. i should be in florida now, a lot— accounted for. i should be in florida now, a lot of- accounted for. i should be in florida now, a lot of places | florida now, a lot of places campaigning, and i'm sitting here. this will go on for a long time, it is very unfair and thejudge is long time, it is very unfair and the judge is conflicted, long time, it is very unfair and thejudge is conflicted, as you know. it is very unfair what's going on. i should be allowed to campaign.- allowed to campaign. first prosecutor _ allowed to campaign. first prosecutor witness - allowed to campaign. first prosecutor witness was . allowed to campaign. first prosecutor witness was david becker, a tabloid magazine editor who helped buy off people with damaging stories about donald trump. he has been promised immunity from prosecution. the prosecution are also expected to call the porn star stormy daniels herself and donald trump osman former lawyer michael cohen. the defence hasn't yet decided whether or not the former president will go on the stand. i am praying that he will be acquitted but i'm scared that something can go wrong. he acquitted but i'm scared that something can go wrong. he is a crook and _ something can go wrong. he is a crook and a _ something can go wrong. he is a crook and a cheat. _ something can go wrong. he is a crook and a cheat. i _ something can go wrong. he is a crook and a cheat. i hope - something can go wrong. he is a crook and a cheat. i hope he - crook and a cheat. i hope he gets— crook and a cheat. i hope he getsjustice that he deserves. later— getsjustice that he deserves. later the _ getsjustice that he deserves. later the judge will consider

whether donald trump had already violated a gag order which prevents him speaking publicly about witnesses and could get him find. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, new york. let's get some of the day's other news now. ten people have been killed in kuala lumpur today after two helicopters collided in midair during a rehearsalfor a royal mile asian navy parade. that's according to a statement from the navy in kuala lumpur, so the navy in kuala lumpur, so the royal malaysia navy parade, chile helicopters colliding in midair and chile helicopters colliding in midairand ten chile helicopters colliding in midair and ten people have been killed. when we get more details, we will update you. let's bring you some of the day's other news. the us secretary of state says washington is looking into allegations that israeli forces have committed human rights abuses in gaza. antony blinken denied suggestions of double standards when it came to israel. mr blinken's comments follow reports that for the first time

an israeli defence force unit was facing sanctions for alleged violations in the west bank. a severely ill peruvian woman who was an advocate of assisted suicide has died after being given a lethal drug overdose by a doctor. ana estrada had been fighting for the right to take her own life for eight years. the supreme court granted her the first ever exception to a national ban on euthanasia. it allowed the doctor to avoid punishment. tremors have continued to shake part of eastern taiwan that was struck by a deadly earthquake earlier this month. quakes were still being felt on tuesday morning in the hualien region. the strongest tremor shook buildings in the capital taipei, but there are no reports of any casualties. a powerful quake earlier this month in hualien killed at least 1a people and caused widespread damage. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

to china now where more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in guangdong, after days of heavy rain caused massive flooding in the country's most populous province. four people have died so far, while ten have gone missing, according to state media. weather forecasters say the situation's grim. laura bicker has more from beijing. powerful storms across southern china turned rivers into raging torrents. roads became fast—flowing rapids cascading down village streets as hail the size of golf balls fell from the sky. watch the right—hand corner of the security camera. the bridge simply couldn't

withstand the sheer force of the flood. the destruction became clearer in daylight, as did the number of people left stranded. some almost managed to sleep through their rescue, cradled from the worst of the rising floodwaters. but others cried for help as their streets were submerged. rescuers had to navigate their boats through a flooded urban landscape. tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the province. several regions stayed on alert as water levels rose over the weekend, drowning dozens of crops. 61—year—old huangjing rong couldn't save his farm from being swamped. translation: it was my home. everything is gone. all the seedlings are gone. i lost over 13,000 us dollars. our fields over there

are all flooded. guangdong is prone to floods, but not this early in the year. weather events in china have become more intense and unpredictable due to global warming. in guangdong, the clean—up can begin. officials will continue to monitor water levels in the hope that for now the worst has passed. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. nasa says its voyager one probe — the most distant man—made object in the universe — has started sending usable information back to earth again after months of spouting gibberish. the spaceship left the solar system in 2012 and is currently more than fifteen billion miles from earth but still sends data back to nasa. engineers say a malfunctioning chip was to blame, which has now been fixed through coding.

thank goodness for that! donating an organ to save a friend or relative's life is one of the most special and selfless decisions that anyone can make, but it only works if the tissue types match up. however, there is another way to help. it's called a paired or pooled donation, and it involves finding some other people who are in the same predicament, and swapping. our health correspondent michelle roberts has been to see how it can work. looks like a microphone. a microphone? destiny raises five. she loves plato, singing and her mum, maria. but she doesn't like broccoli or dialysis. doesn't like broccoli or dialysis-— doesn't like broccoli or dialysis. you might like broccoli _ dialysis. you might like broccoli we _ dialysis. you might like broccoli we a _ dialysis. you might like broccoli we a new- dialysis. you might like l broccoli we a new kidney. dialysis. you might like - broccoli we a new kidney. she has been _ broccoli we a new kidney. she has been having _ broccoli we a new kidney. she has been having dialysis three times a week since she was ten months old because her kidneys don't work. added together, that's more than six whole months of her young life rigged

up months of her young life rigged up to the machine. bill months of her young life rigged up to the machine.— up to the machine. all she has ever known — up to the machine. all she has ever known is _ up to the machine. all she has ever known is dialysis. - up to the machine. all she has ever known is dialysis. she - ever known is dialysis. she does not have a memory of not being on dialysis and this has been her second family for a long time which in many ways is a beautiful thing but also what's best for her is to be in school. , what's best for her is to be in school. .y ., _ , , what's best for her is to be in school. . .y ,, school. play therapy helps pass time while _ school. play therapy helps pass time while waiting _ school. play therapy helps pass time while waiting for- school. play therapy helps pass time while waiting for a - school. play therapy helps pass time while waiting for a new . time while waiting for a new kidney. the odds are fighting a donor are stacked against destiny. there is a national shortage of organs. particularly from black and ethnic minority people. no suitable deceased owner has been found but a special organs swap scheme with living donors, the uk living kidney sharing scheme, might help. the sharing scheme, might help. the sharing scheme widens _ scheme, might help. the sharing scheme widens the _ scheme, might help. the sharing scheme widens the search. - scheme widens the search. people who are willing to give one of their healthy kidneys to a stranger. they promised to donate if in return their friend or loved one gets a kidney from someone else. the swabs only go ahead if everyone

matches up so that no patient misses out. for example, you might have a pair here who are not a good amount so you can't do a transplant. but bring in another pair and you can see how you can match the kidneys up. we got one! destiny's way for a kidney has been long and uncertain. but social media has provided a lifeline. they met their living donor and online discussion group talking about the difficulty of a donor. although she is not issue much for destiny, she hopes the scheme can pair them with someone who is. it’s scheme can pair them with someone who is.— scheme can pair them with someone who is. it's quite out --eole someone who is. it's quite out people to _ someone who is. it's quite out people to get _ someone who is. it's quite out people to get their _ someone who is. it's quite out people to get their head - someone who is. it's quite out. people to get their head around why i would donate my kidney to someone. someone unrelated you but someone i have met online. destiny was the same age as my own daughter and i couldn't imagine being in the same position as maria and destiny and someone not wanting to

help. a, and someone not wanting to hel. �* ., , ., ., and someone not wanting to hel, �* ., , ., ., “ help. a healthy donor like her can lead a _ help. a healthy donor like her can lead a normal— help. a healthy donor like her can lead a normal life - help. a healthy donor like her can lead a normal life on - help. a healthy donor like her can lead a normal life on one| can lead a normal life on one remaining kidney. although it is a massive decision to make. i saw her in the hospital and i was like she is serious. she really wants to get tested. from then, we've been best friends. my daughter loves her, she calls her auntie, and they have an amazing bond. it is beautiful to see. she is literally sent from heaven, she is my guardian angel.— is my guardian angel. every three months _ is my guardian angel. every three months destiny - is my guardian angel. every three months destiny and l is my guardian angel. every i three months destiny and less the way to see if a match can be found. they hope today it is third time lucky.— be found. they hope today it is third time lucky.- yes. | third time lucky. maria? yes. can i third time lucky. maria? yes. can i tell— third time lucky. maria? yes. can i tell you _ third time lucky. maria? yes. can i tell you something? - can i tell you something? earlier today i got a phone call. they found the match for us. so we are paired up! do you

wanta hug? us. so we are paired up! do you want a hug?— want a hug? medical teams will now start planning _ want a hug? medical teams will now start planning the - now start planning the operations. michelle roberts, bbc news. amazing, isn't it? let's continue with this kind of news. a student who has cerebral palsy and relies on a communication device to speak has found a new voice after a two—year search. daniel challis was fed up with sounding like a robot and decided to search for someone from his local area, walsall, to record a spoken vocabulary for him. he's been talking with our midlands correspondent, navtej johal. when i chose my voice, i knew what voice i liked. dan will happily admit that he loves the sound of his own voice. but you can't blame him, especially as it's not technically his own voice.

dan was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was a toddler and has never been able to speak in his own voice. since he was nine years old, he's used a tablet—like device to communicate, which he controls with his eyes and sounds like this... robotic: this is my old voice. it's a robot voice. but two years ago, he set out on a mission to replace the robotic drawl and find someone with a walsall accent, like his family, whose voice he could use as his own. i wanted my voice because i want to talk to my friends in my family's accent. a social media and bbc local radio appeal led him to eli from walsall. the shewolf had developed a ferocious temper. with the help of dan's specialist college, where he also lives, eli recorded 3,500 words from new york where he is studying drama. i think it sounds more like us now, doesn't it? and this was the moment his mum heard her son's new voice for the first time. emotional.

when his dad heard him as well, he was like, "0h, he sounds like me now!" i was going to say, that's his voice there. that's him in the background, yeah. does he ever stop talking now? no. you won't ever get him quiet now! and dan had a special message for the person who gave him his voice. i feel happy and i feel that it is going to improve my confidence. i love my new voice. thank you, eli. aww! that's so lovely. that's amazing. dan says the unusual search has meant he has now found his voice and his identity. navteonhal, bbc news. really good, isn't it? what innovation is doing. talking of innovation, onjournalism, i

have richard branson live in the next few minutes so stay with us here to get the latest business news including the latest from tesla and others. see you in a moment. hello, there. we had some big weather contrasts across the uk on monday. now, for central and eastern parts of england, it was a cloudy day, with outbreaks of light and patchy rain around. it was a cold day, temperatures just seven or eight degrees, well below average for this time of the year, and, actually, these kind of temperatures are much closer to the averages you'd see in february. so, if you thought it felt a bit wintry, well, you weren't too far off the mark, but it was a different story, further north. in scotland, we did have some brighter skies and some sunshine, and we had temperatures 16, 16.5 degrees or so in glasgow, so it was actually warmer than average here. now, the reason we've got these kind of contrasts at the moment is we do have some slightly milderair, coming in off the atlantic into generally

western areas of the uk, but this trough in the jet stream across europe is dragging in cold, northerly winds across a good part of central and eastern england. really, there's not going to be a huge amount of change in that over the next few days. for many areas, particularly in the east, the weather is going to stay on the cold side. the next few hours, we've got some clouds and patches of rain drifting southwards across england and wales, nothing too heavy, there might be a few mist patches along with that. clearing skies further north for scotland, northern ireland and northern england means it will be a bright, sunny and cold start to the day on tuesday. now, through the rest of the day, there's patchy rain slowly fizzling, as it works its way southeastwards. plenty of sunshine across the northern and western areas of the uk, and again, it's probably west scotland, through the central belt, into northern ireland and western fringes of england and wales, that will do the best for the temperatures, highs probably reaching 16 or 17, but cold for eastern scotland, central and eastern parts of england once again. now, for wednesday, probably a bit more cloud coming in off the north sea, maybe bringing

a few patches of rain, the winds a bit stronger, as well, so that will make its impact felt across the east coast of scotland and england. temperatures, nine degrees, but with those winds, it will feel cooler than that. again, some of the highest temperatures and some of the sunniest weather will be out west. now, heading towards the end of the week, and into the weekend, it looks like we will see something of a change, in that an area of low pressure looks set to move up from the south. so, this is going to be bringing more general outbreaks of rain. so, for those that have got quite chilly weather at the moment, we're swapping the chilly weather for wet weather, as we go into the weekend. maybe something drier and warmer next month.

live from london. this is bbc news. curbing plastic pollution. the un gathers key stakeholders in canada today. the aim to create a global, legally binding plastics treaty. from price cuts to lay—offs. tesla shares continue to sink as investors prepare for bad news when the ev giant reveals its latest earnings tonight. also in the programme, the australian wine industry pops the corks as china drops import tariffs. and from record mogul to space entrepreneur. the creator of the virgin empire sir richard branson willjoin me live to share his top tips on how to become a successful entrepreneur.

good to have you with us. you are in time with the top money stories. member states are expected to stick to. the current eu the schools were suspended following the outbreak of covid as countries across europe had to spend significant sums to combat the economic impact of the pandemic. but now economic discipline needs to be reinforced and its hoped the new fiscal rules will encourage eu countries to commit to national reforms, be more investment friendly, and lead to better debt reduction. but some countries, such as italy argue the targets penalise them. joining me now is carsten

brzeski, global head of macro for ing research.