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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...

cry, is it? famously, general winter is russias great ally. and although when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine back in february, he clearly thought it would all be finished in a couple of weeks or so, hes now hoping to recruit general winter to help him win, more than eight months later. people in kyiv and many other towns and cities in ukraine are suffering from the loss of power and heating, even though on the battlefield itself, ukraine continues to do well. is the ba...

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...

[cheers and applause] thank you, thank you for receiving us with open arms. even if they are covered with black sabbath tattoos and number 77 sunscreen. lets cover some news before we go to the monologue. an american who was trapped in ukraine for eight months says he evaded russian troops by prevpretending to be irish. in other words, he was drunk. comedian gallagher sadly has passed away at age 76. his family scheduled a private ceremony. followed by smashing him with a giant hammer....

by the end the night. tomorrow, a bright enough start to the day with some sunshine, before it will be clouding overfrom the some sunshine, before it will be clouding over from the west and ultimately there will be some rain on the way. the wettest weather will be for northern ireland and western areas of scotland with the winds picking up during the day. its another very mild day. 6 degrees above average for the time of year in london. and then we will have some strong winds tomorrow ...

and fay weldon, the writer best known for her 1983 novel, "the life and loves of a she—devil" has died at the age of 91. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has set out his programme for the year ahead, outlining five promises he says he wants the public tojudge his premiership on. they are halving inflation to ease the cost of living whilst also growing the economy, creating better—paid jobs and opportunities across the country. he wants to ensure the national debt is falling to secu...

than 30 books has died at the age of 90 books. and a thrilling finish at the pdc world darts championships as englands michael smith triumphs for the first time. and coming up in sportsday later on the bbc news channel... well have reaction to the death of the west ham co owner david gold who has passed away after a short illness at the age of 86. good evening. the prime minister has focused on the nhs, the cost of living and the economy as he set out a fresh vision for his government ...

theissues the prime minister, so expect all of the issues to come up then as well. and also there is the concern about inflation, about debt, about strikes where many people across the country, union members, are calling for pay increases that the government says are unaffordable. yes, and i dont think we will get anything from the prime minister thatis anything from the prime minister that is a sweeping change of policy oran that is a sweeping change of policy or an about turn on the ...

as assistant to the secretary of state, and the international trade economist rebecca harding. welcome to the programme. if at first you dont succeed, try, try and try again seems to be the game plan for kevin mccarthy in his bid to become the speaker of the house, after failing three times yesterday to get enough support from his party. but 2a hours on, the stalemate continues. hes lost twice again already today and now we are heading to a sixth vote, all because a small group of righ...