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good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. lets get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, ...

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...

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...

determine the balance of power here in washington. >> joe biden is spending like a drunken sailor at every single opportunity. he just says yes. >> ive stood up to democrats when theyre wrong on this issue including, by the way -- >> yes? >> including the president. when the president decided to do something dumb on this and change the rules, you know, that would create a bigger crisis, i told him he was wrong. >> back to that in a moment. up first, strong new economic numbers and why ...

what is the latest? >> well, certainly a significant, significant development here, something that the families have been wanting. and this is the most important thing really in this story. this community, the parents here, they have suspended, the school district now, moments ago in a press release, announcing they are sus ppending their schl police department. several officers at this police department. of course they have faced an enormous amount of scrutiny in their response for ta...

jeffries. >> my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] >> john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. >> sandra: congressman elect donalds ...

probably worth describing in a live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. little bit more detail, for its newsday. those many people who are not on twitter, what exactly that looks like. it is essentially a tick, a white tick on a blue background, which is confusing to some, that shows that you are verified, that you are who you say you are, whether youre a journalist — there is a tick its 8am in the morning here next to my name, a tick next to in singapore and 9pm in brazi...

scandal that has the uk in an uproar-- >> thousands of victims. >> this phone hacking crisis is escalating and getting closer and closer to the center of power. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> facing widespread public anger, news corp withdrew its 12 million dollar bid to take over bskyb. >> james had been a step away from being the official heir. >> but he had made all the wrong z dec decisions, and hes essentially kind of run out of town. >> it is like a stick of dynami...