The ilo is speaking there. Lets try to put that into context now. Commercial Sexual Exploitation is a murky issue, with many countries having no publicly available database for the illegal activity. Kenya is one such nation it has been identified by the Us State Department as both a source, a transit country, and a destination for the crime. One recent study estimated that more than 2,400 children between the ages of 13 and 17 were currently subject to Sexual Exploitation in two regions bordering the port city of mombasa. This week on bbc news, were bringing you a special series on the impact of the Cost Of Living crisis on children around the world. Our first report comes from our state Department CorrespondentBarbara Plett usher and we should warn you, you may find some of the details distressing. In mombasa, life is hard for those on the margins, but tough Economic Times are making it even harder, forcing some parents to take painful decisions. This mother washes clothes a few times a week to support her three children. She doesnt want us to use her name. The money for school fees quickly runs out. Theres barely enough for food, so her daughter has to find work. Shes started selling her body. Shes 14 years old. As a parent, its not easy to tell a child to do Something Like that. I would like her to go to school like other children, but because i dont have any means, shes forced to do thatjob. My heart is broken and i dont want it to continue. Shes not the only one. Weve spoken with a woman who runs a brothel. She told us shes been getting more and more young girls. At this shelter, a rare moment ofjoy celebrating a birthday party. These children were abused, abandoned or trafficked, some forced into the sex trade. Rescue centres are struggling to meet the growing needs. Everyone wants to survive. Theyve been giving away their children. For exchange of money. And has it always been that way, or is it more so now . Now its more so because there is no money. There is no money. There is nojob. We are tired. Thats the chant at protests against rising prices and higher taxes. Theres anger and frustration across the country. Its the poorest kenyans whove been hit the hardest. And in mombasa, they can tap into a thriving business. Mombasa has long been a well known hub for child sex tourism, but covid and the increasingly harsh Cost Of Living have Helped Push The Sex Trade online and further underground, drawing even more children into the industry. Kenyan police are fighting back against the dark trade in child sex. They track down suspects using cyber tips from a database in the united states. Then, Search Phones and computer drives for explicit material about children. Up against an economy of depravity that feeds on desperation. This woman is in charge of the unit. She says theres no data on whether the recent Cost Of Living crisis has driven more children into the sex trade. But her team has begun monitoring it. Of course, of course it is a major contributor into child sex trafficking. So we would say that poverty, would say that unemployment. There are so many children that are dropping out of school. And then you find that theyre getting to this especially in the coastal region. One girl who hasnt escaped the streets told me about the despair that shapes her young life. Were using her words, but not her voice. I am afraid, because i know that when youre sleeping with a man, you can get hiv or become pregnant. Sometimes i feel so hungry. And when i look at other children, they dont suffer. Sometimes i think that i have no reason to live. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, mombasa. That was Barbara Plett usher in kenya with the first in a series of reports exploring the global Cost Of Living crisis and its impact on children. Tomorrow we look at the impact in lebanon. Lets get some of the days other news now. Taiwans South Western Coastline has been hit by heavy rain and powerful winds as Typhoon Haikui made landfall for a second time. Roads were flooded and others were blocked by fallen trees. Haikui initially made landfall on sunday. It was the first typhoon to hit the island in four years. Many schools and businesses have remained closed. The spanish authorities have issued Weather Warnings in the regions around madrid, because of flooding caused by exceptionally heavy rain. A number of Train Services across the country have been cancelled. The floods brought by Storm Dana Have caused mudslides and swept debris into the roads, making many impassable. More rain is expected on monday. The french government has reiterated its commitment to maintaining troops in niger and keeping its ambassador in place. The Military Leadership in niamey demanded the envoy� s expulsion more than a week ago. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital for a third consecutive day near a French Military base. France has about 1,500 soldiers stationed in niger. As we mentioned in our headlines. The hunting of whales has resumed in iceland after the country decided not to extend a temporary ban that was put in place earlier this summer. A series of new regulations and increased monitoring, will be put in place. But opponents are outraged by the decision. Just three countries allow commercial whaling, and iceland is the only place where large fin whales are still caught. From reykjavik, Adrienne Murray reports. This old whaling boat will soon be heading out to sea to go hunting. Earlier in the summer, the practice was suspended over Animal Welfare concerns. Now the government has let whaling restart, though the minister said she had done so reluctantly. Translation this discussion is far from over. I think it is important that it continues in the society as a whole and in politics. We are the last nation in the world that allows hunting of whales in this way. Environmentalists and Animal Rights activists condemned the move. Its a very sad day. Im not really proud to be an icelandic citizen today, but at the same time i am, because the majority of us really doesnt want this and is actually fighting this. Were very disappointed by this decision. Were obviously living in a. In a biodiversity. And a climate crisis. And all our decisions should be based on solving these crises. I an injunction has been filed in a bid to block further whaling. I want to encourage iceland to maintain the ban on whaling. While some Hollywood Film Makers and actors have called for a stop. Fin whales are listed as vulnerable globally, but stocks in iceland are reportedly stable. Only one whaling station still hunts them and mostly exports the meat to japan. The firm hvalur says it wont hang up its harpoons any time soon. If you have a healthy stock of fish or whales, you utilise them. If the stocks are not healthy, you dont utilise it. Its as simple as that. And we have about a Stock Estimate for fin whales around iceland is about 40,000 animals. The quota is about 160. Just two other countries, norway and japan, still allow commercial whaling. In 1986, there was a global moratorium due to dwindling whale stocks. Iceland halted the practice not long after, but restarted again in 2006. Around the world, commercial whaling has mostly been consigned to the history books. But here in iceland, it remains a highly emotive issue. In recent years, the views of icelanders have undergone a sea change and the latest poll shows 42 are against the practice, while 29 remain in favour. At this restaurant, whale dishes are among the best sellers. We make whales sesemi, and its influenced by the japanese. And we have whale pepper steak, we have a local customers and then a lot of tourists. Obviously, its a tradition, l because weve been hunting the whale for since 1947, but years, years and the century before. But while whaling has been done for centuries, one in four visitors now go Whale Watching and its a chance to see these creatures in the wild thats become one of icelands biggest draws. Adrienne murray, bbc news, reykjavik. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Preparing for a challenging journey. These skaters call themselves the un skateboards. Theyre getting ready ind barry, ahead of skating from here to anglesey in three days to raise funds in memory of theirfriends, Wayne Phillips and james rush, who both had Brain Tumours and died after receiving end of life care at the Nightingale House hospice in wrexham. Well, we lost two Close Friends who were very active and loved being outdoors and challenges. So i guess in the essence of that we thought this would be an Epic Challenge to do. The group have been putting in plenty of training over recent weeks to try and get used to skating through the very varied terrain theyll face and the possibility of all sorts of weathers. Plenty of energy from the first push on a journey covering nearly 280 miles up and down the hills and mountains of wales from barry island to the Isle Of Anglesey in memory of two friends and their own adventurous spirit. For more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. Youre live with bbc news. A bbc investigation has found that at least five women have died after Family Courts allowed fathers accused of abuse to apply for contact with their children. Some took their own life and one had a heart attack outside court. A separate study has found that 75 children in england were forced into contact with fathers who had previously been reported for abuse. All the fathers in the study had responded to allegations of abuse in court with a disputed concept known as Parental Alienation in which they claimed the mothers had turned the child against them without good reason. The Ministry Ofjustice is now consulting on new draught guidelines for handling Parental Alienation claims. Our correspondent ed thomas told us more about the investigation. We started investigating allegations of serious failures inside the Family Courts several months ago and a patten started to emerge. We were contacted by dozens and dozens of mothers who all said they were victims of Domestic Abuse and Something Else was going wrong, they were being accused of something called Parental Alienation. This was a term i had never heard of before the start of this investigation and it is a disputed term, criticised for a lack of evidence and basically means when one parent turns the child against another parent and when women were going to the Family Courts, they expected to talk about the abuse they had suffered. Very quickly, they were accused of Parental Alienation and it was that which became the focus of the family Court Investigations and as you outlined, its had some severe consequences. And this is a deep concern to people who have oversight of the Family Courts. The Domestic Abuse commissioner said the cases we uncovered were harrowing and she was calling for urgent reform of the Family Courts. You can read more about that investigation on the bbc news website. Lets speak now to the Domestic Abuse commissioner for england and wales nicole jacobs. A very warm welcome. If read and seen the investigation. What do you make of it . ~ ~ make of it . Well, i think it highlights make of it . Well, i think it highlights some make of it . Well, i think it highlights some very make of it . Well, i think it highlights some very real. Make of it . Well, i think it highlights some very real issues that we know are happening in the family court. Issues like this are here in my office every day. So, i really appreciate that this is coming to light and we are talking about this more because it is the one issue that im contacted. Family court experiences, misunderstanding and not feeling listen to within the family court for Domestic Abuse victims. ~. ,. ,. , ,. , victims. What needs to happen to better regulate victims. What needs to happen to better regulate these victims. What needs to happen to better regulate these situations . | victims. What needs to happen to i better regulate these situations . It can be very worrying for women in these situations. These situations. Thats right. Several things these situations. Thats right. Several things need these situations. Thats right. Several things need to these situations. Thats right. | several things need to happen these situations. Thats right. Several things need to happen but first and foremost about this use of Parental Alienation as a Counter Allegation is we need to prioritise understanding the context of Domestic Abuse first, alienation and a reluctance or resistance of a child or children can only be understood adequately if you understand the whole context. Whats happening now in family court is theseissues happening now in family court is these issues are being looked at in parallel. For example, Domestic Abuse and so called Parental Alienation is being looked at the same time. That makes no sense. We can only understand the context any reluctance or refusal, resistance of a child or children, if we understand Domestic Abuse first. This is what is happening internationally in terms of Best Practice in the area and we need in the uk, particularly in england and wales which is my remit, to wake up to the issue and to make sure that victims are not suffering in the court when they are very courageously making these allegations and raising them, of a piece, which of course at the root of them are being told to the court in order to protect their children. We discussed this concept of Parental Alienation. We discussed this concept of parentalalienation. Do we discussed this concept of Parental Alienation. Do you think it should exist in the form that it does and how much does it play into the wider concern . Frankly, it doesnt. ~. , doesnt. We are in some cases adequately doesnt. We are in some cases adequately addressing doesnt. We are in some cases adequately addressing these l doesnt. We are in some cases adequately addressing these issues by looking at these concerns that relate to Domestic Abuse first, really centring the voice of the child and hearing that in a meaningful way and considering our own legislation. We had the Domestic Abuse act, the one that created my role a couple of years ago, defining a bus Domestic Abuse as including children in their own right as victims. The same piece of legislation defines coercion and controlling behaviour after separation a legal offence. We need to see this reflected in private law family court cases and in these family court cases and in these family court cases we need more support for victims going into court because where this all unravels is that fundamental lack of understanding at the start of Domestic Abuse. That goes to legislation but also the context. Domestic Abuse Victims do not go into family court assuming that the court will have trouble understanding Domestic Abuse is a concept and what that range of coercive and controlling behaviour is and then they are often very shocked to find they are being misunderstood and in fact allegations are coming to them about somehow putting forth these concerns because of so called Parental Alienation. It falls apart when we dont understand Domestic Abuse first and foremost and have all of the players, judges, solicitors, Family Court Advisers and the so called experts really fully understanding and putting forth the context of Domestic Abuse first. I wasjust reading here it says the was just reading here it says the judiciary has commissioned a report to examine the potentially heightened risk of suicide after involvement in family court proceedings. Its a very serious concern as well. What would you say needs to be done to protect people and their Mental Health when they are going through these processes . Im glad to hear thats happening. I guess i would say, what do we need to do . A few years ago the Ministry Ofjustice published a report about reforms in family court that relate to