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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. there's 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 landed on england's beaches this year. lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there c...

the channel to england so far this year. that's 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 business in laknas even harder. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped the suburbs around ti...

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 what's 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 they've been sacked, as the firm's new owner, elon musk, drastically cuts costs. a series of rail strikes due to start tomorrow has been suspended, but the ...

of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. one of president putin's closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. he's repeated the kremlin line that there is no war but instead a �*special military operation�*. this comes as russia's invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, who's been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years, spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. how are you? it was the first time...

cup final weekend. today, it's the turn of the men — it's chelsea v liverpool at 6:30. we will take a little look around. # stefania! it's the eurovision final tonight. ukraine are the favourites to win. good morning, we're in for a largely fine, dry day with warm spells of but expect some heavy showers and thunderstorms this evening for the south—west of england and they will spread across england and wales overnight. i will have all of the details coming up shortly. it's saturday the 14th of may. good morning. the duke of cambridge has presented the cancer campaigner deborahjam...