Duped by dishonest recruitment agents into going to oman. Georgina was promised a lucrativejob in dubai, but instead she found herself in the omani capital, muscat. Translation i was not allowed to rest. I was waking up at 3am and going to bed at 1am. The most difficult thing that made me desperate to escape was the boss forcing me to have sex with him. It was so painful because i had no way to say no. He threatened me and said if i shouted he would shoot me. I got badly injured because it wasnt only him. He would bring friends and they would pay him after. In oman alone, there are an estimated 300,000 Domestic Workers, most of them from africa or asia. Ekaterina runs an ngo which supports Migrant Workers in the gulf. We identify them as victims of trafficking or forced labour or other forms of exploitation. So we negotiate with their employer for them to be released. The laws that are in place prohibit a Domestic Worker to leave the employer. She cannot change jobs and she cannot leav
is this a moment of jeopardy for rishi sunak? tonight, the prime minister has lost two deputy chairman and one ministerial aid, and 58 of his own mps voted against him. has he lost his grip on his party? i ve been talking to one mp on the right of the party who defied the three line whip today. if we don t succeed in making the bill work and providing an effective deterrent that stops people setting off across the english channel illegally, then we will not be able to win the election. so, how much trouble is the pm s flagship policy in, if any? we ll discuss with two people in the know. also tonight, donald trump was the runaway winner of the iowa caucus. is he invincible? what donald trump has achieved here is remarkable. he is a phenomenon, especially when you consider that his attempt to overturn an election and unprecedented legal troubles do not seem to have dented the devotion of his supporters. and a mea culpa from fujitsu. we did have bugs and errors in the system, a
Testing capacity by opening two new megalabs. Talks to agree a post brexit trade deal resume in brussels today, with both sides calling for compromises to be made. A new pilot, giving family members access to regular testing, starts at a number of care homes in england. What impact will this have on you . Are you hoping to visit loved ones in care homes this christmas . Do get in touch you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. Three, two, ten. Ignition and coming up this hour. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservative mp lee anderson whos since tested positive for covid 19. Mrjohnson said in a video message that he felt great and was bursting with anti bodies
yourself lucky. several people were stuck in their cars overnight and are telling tales of being caught in the mess for more than 12 hours. on the rails, metro rail opened on time today at all stations. metro buses are beginning the day on snow emergency routes and will see how the day goes from there. before we get to weather and traffic, let s run down the school closings. there is a lot of them. in maryland, allegany, calvert, carroll county, charles, montgomery and st. mary s schools are closed today. to virginia, alexandria, arlington, clark, culpeper, fairfax, falls church city, fauquier, frederick, loudoun, manassas, manassas park, orange, page, prince william, rappahanock, spotsylvania, stafford, warren and west chester city school closed today. and if you work for the government, you can see the complete list of closings on the top of your screen all morning and we put them online at myfoxdc.com. just a reminder, some folks wrote into the facebook page and sa
through in the next couple of hours. touch of fog to culpeper sunny and dry there this afternoon. it will feel better with the dryness moving in. take notice on the vre. the fredericksburg line has been cancelled this morning. the manassas line is still in service. remember, metro is honoring tickets. metro and marc trains are on time. we are following a couple of issues outside. beginning in hyattsville, maryland. we is central avenue at brightseat road, drivers are losing a lane because of crash activity. and on southern avenue this road is closed at naylor because of another crash. you want to use the suitland parkway as a way to get around that. take it outside live from 66. we are watching a little volume start to pick up between 50 and 123. lucky, no incidents or accidents. and the same situation if you are traveling the capital beltway. overall, we are moving at a good pace. watching more drivers use the brakes an university toward georgia. back to you, andrea. tha