Net migration to the UK fell to 171,000 in 2025, new figures show – the lowest level since 2012, excluding the Covid pandemic

The figure reached a peak of 944,000 in the year to March 2023, but has been falling.

The Office for National Statistics said the main reason behind the fall last year was a drop in non-EU nationals arriving for “work-related reasons”, which was down 47%.

However, the decrease in net migration is “likely to be temporary”, the Migration Observatory said, as “lower immigration will eventually feed through into lower emigration”.

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Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of corporate manslaughter over a plane crash in 2009, which killed all 228 people onboard. Flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during a storm.

A court had previously cleared both companies of criminal liability in 2023. But on Thursday, the Paris Appeals Court found the airline and aircraft manufacturer were “solely and entirely responsible”, after an eight-week trial.

A group representing families of the victims said the justice system had finally recognised the pain for relatives facing ”a collective tragedy of unbearable brutality”.

Both Air France and Airbus have denied the charges and say they will appeal.

Our international business correspondent Theo Leggett tells us this case could set a precedent for determining criminal liability in future aviation disasters.

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00:00 Introduction
00:35 What happened in 2009
02:19 Faulty airspeed sensors
04:29 Paris appeals court outcome
05:57 Why has it taken so long for justice?
07:14 How much reputational damage?
08:53 Possibility of a retrial
09:39 What lessons have been learned from this crash?

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Six weeks in, all eyes are on Pakistan where the US and Iran prepare for crucial peace talks over the weekend.

Iran’s parliamentary speaker has warned no negotiations will take place with the US until a ceasefire is in place in Lebanon and Iran’s assets are unfrozen.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has accused Iran of extortion over the management of the Strait of Hormuz saying he won’t accept a toll on ships passing through.

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President Trump has dismissed Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war as “totally unacceptable”.

Iran media reported that its response included proposals for an immediate end to the war on all fronts, a halt to a US naval blockade and guarantees of no further attacks on Iran.

Trump posted on the Truth Social platform: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called “Representatives.” I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.”

US proposals are reported to include a suspension on Iranian nuclear enrichment, the lifting of sanctions, and restoring free transit of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has continued to block the Strait of Hormuz – leading to a rise in world oil prices. The US, for its part, has been enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports to exert pressure on Tehran to agree to its terms – a move that has infuriated Iran.

Inside Iran, the BBC has been speaking to people struggling with the impact of the war. The regime has imposed an internet ban, but using trusted sources, the BBC has been hearing from people traumatised by the war, and by government repression.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Davies and Fergal Keane.

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