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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a bbc investigation has found that albanian drug gangs are offering to pay for migrants to cross the english channel, if they are prepared to work in the uk drugs industry when they arrive. gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground. theres been a sharp rise in the number of albanians crossing the channel in small boats this year. they now account for around a third of the almost 40,000 people who have l...

the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uks illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people whove crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there c...

the channel to england so far this year. thats according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers — albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the journey starts in towns like laknas, now marked by absence. the shuttered houses and empty streets signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by uk wages ten times higher than here. and each departure makes b...

united states, canada and all around the world. im kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," an oil depot hit and nearly a dozen russian recruits killed in the region near the border with ukraine. were live in kyiv with a look at whats behind the latest setback in putins war. plus -- xi jinping has a message for taiwan as he prepares to secure a historic third term as party leader. were live in beijing and taipei with details. and the cdc is reporting an early wave of flu cases sweep...

tonight at ten... the rise in albanians crossing the channel in small boats, lured by higher wages and gangs recruiting them for the drugs trade. the numbers have gone up sharply this year — we report from albania on whats behind it. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. also on the programme tonight... staff at twitter find out if theyve been sacked, as the firms new owner, elon musk, dr...

begun sudden and sweeping job cuts to save money. its thought its new owner elon musk, whos the worlds richest man, might reduce the platforms workforce of 8 thousand by as much as half. many twitter staff are finding out via email that they no longer have a job. heres our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke...

pro patrols the schools. theyve suspended them and theyre going to put them on desk duty. this was certainly a shocking development. not something anyone expected, but something that family members have been wanting for quite some time, jake. >> and it was not justifiering, shimon. one of the departments administrators resigned today as well. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, the administrator, a man by the name of ken miller, hes the number three administrator at the school. what...

democrats need good news on the jobs economy. and mass layoffs at any moment. thousands of people who work at twitter this morning might not work there anymore by noon. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im christine romans. just four days left now until the high stakes mid-term election control of the house. senate and dozens of state governors offices are on the line. president biden waking up in california. hes on a swing across the west coast tryi...

watch by the pips. my favourite pip is always the last one. lara watches tv with friends. i guess the idea is were not actually meant to be in the same place. a tasteless fluid called water. it goes in your mouth and then disappears? today we are literally stepping into history. we are at alexandra palace and this place has seen it all. thats the studio in there. 2022 marks 100 years of the bbc. goodness me. what began with a single radio transmission has transformed into a global broa...

russia blames a ukrainian rocket strike that killed dozens of servicemen on russian troops using their mobile phones. for the first time in a century, the us house of representatives fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. and a mountain and a ski—lift, but wheres the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europes winter sports. and coming up this hour, has the pandemic changing our working habits for good? the people turning their backs on city life in favour of the z...