who oppose good relations with russia as stupid or fools. he says the country will respect the us more once he takes office. on friday, a us intelligence report said president putin had helped mr trump win the election. us prosecutors have charged the main suspect in the florida airport shooting. he could receive the death penalty if convicted. he has told investigators that the attack was planned. the fbi is also facing questions after it emerged he was known to authorities. the ivory coast president says he has reached an agreement with mutineering soldiers over pay and conditions, but it is not clear if all the soldiers will accept the new settlement. the mutiny began on friday, and spread to the capital, where soldiers took over the army headquarters. millions of commuters in london will face disruption from 6:00pm tonight and most of monday, after talks to avert a strike on the london underground broke down. members of the rmt union

will walk out for 2h hours, in a dispute overjobs and the closure of some ticket offices. another union, the tssa, said london underground offered it a new deal during talks at the conciliation service acas, which it will put to its members. now on bbc news, our world. ghana's biggest fishing ground, lake volta, holds a dark secret. tens of thousands of children who work on its waters have been trafficked into a life of forced labour. given up by poorfamilies on the promise of a better life. many face violence, and some even die on the job. he's a child, but he's no longer a child.

the government has pledged to eradicate this illegal practice. there's so many children who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment there's no—one in here. with the numbers dramatically on the rise, why are so many children still taken and forced to work like slaves? yeji, a small town on the banks of lake volta, in the centre of ghana. around 35,000 people live here and the main source of income is fishing. it's one of ghana's biggest

industries, but the trade relies on an army of children — some as young as four or five. dampson was ten when he was brought to work on the lake. his mother was tricked into giving him up to a trafficker. what were they making you do? there are 21,000 like dampson on lake volta alone, doing dangerous work, like diving to untangle nets, and fishing alone. buying and selling children is big business here. they're trafficked

into forced labour — or what charities would describe as slavery. it's early morning here in yeji and we're on our way to the river bank. we have very little idea what to expect when we get out there. today, i'm joining a rescue team from the charity challenging heights. hello, nice to meet you. they've been notified about some children who are being held. can you talk us through where we're going today. we're rescuing two boys today and one is in this community. the team can only afford two trips to the lake a year, so they target specific children for rescue.

they get tip—offs from the community and many parents ask for help to bring their children home. but their task is huge. last year, ghana was put on an international watch list after a dramatic rise in trafficking. we keep seeing these boats, as we're going past, with children in them. we're not quite sure if these kids are with their parents, or they've actually been taken away by the fishermen. it's not uncommon for children to work for their families. even when they're meant to be at school. the team give advice to a passing fisherman. tell me what you're doing here today.

how will they help you today? there's little the charity can do about children like these. they concentrate on the ones who have been taken from their homes and sold to fishermen. after a couple of hours on the lake, we reach our destination. steven goes ahead to track down the man we're looking for. we have a long walk. the fishermen often live miles from any roads. 0k.

in that far corner there. the fisherman has agreed to talk. he says he lives here with his wife and there are several children here. the children we're looking for are here, but the fisherman is reluctant to hand them over. word has spread and more villagers want to get involved. the fisherman has finally given in,

but there's an unexpected hitch. the child doesn't want to go? eventually, the child obeys his master and we're able to leave with both boys. but it's not the triumphant rescue i was expecting. the fisherman is unlikely to face prosecution and the boys seem bewildered. this must be quite nerve wracking and frightening for these children because they don't know who you are. you've just turned up in their homes and then suddenly you're taking them away. after several years in captivity,

these boys are on their way to freedom. but they don't know who to trust. straight after being rescued, the children are taken to the charity's temporary shelter, outside yeji. when i come to visit, i'm pleased to see happy faces here. thank you. good to see you. so we've got all of these kids who were rescued. this is the start of the process

of finding their families. do they know where they've come from and what their names are, who their parents are? while they're here, they'll get smartened up — hair trimmed, nails cut and any injuries treated. hello. i'm not hurting you? he doesn't have a nail. what's happened to your leg? what were you doing

when your leg hit the boat? how bad can it get when they're doing this job? bye. before they can move the children from yeji, the charity needs authorisation from the police. ghana has anti—trafficking legislation for the police

to refer to. the authorisation is given to take the children. this really is very strange. we've told the police we have these children. they've given us approval to take them away. they're clearly aware this goes on in their communities, but they're not doing anything about it. last year, there were no convictions. definitely nice to see these children playing. if you look at when they were rescued and compare to now, you can see that freedom has come. the shelter is very close to my heart. for seven years, i worked on that lake as a fisher boy. every time i made a mistake,

i was badly beaten. so that was a life of seven cumulative years of slavery. i see myself in the eyes of these children. i see these children in my own eyes. so it means a lot to me. it takes many months to prepare the children for family life again. some have been away from their homes for years. these are their rooms. do you see something missing here? there's no pillow. there's no pillow, yeah. why is that? deliberately. most of these children, when they go home, they don't even have beds to sleep on. we decided ok, no pillow, so that the experience here is similar to when they go home. ii—year—old boni has been at the shelter for more

than six months. his parents are waiting for him to come home. what's his name? i want to know how he feels about returning to his family. do you miss your mum and dad? have you seen them yet? what did you say to your mum and dad? i like the way you dance. i even took a video of it. let me show you. look. you're the best dancer in the room. boni's parents live in a poor,

rural neighbourhood. hello, nice to see you. they have five children. his father was a fisherman until he became too ill to work. his mother couldn't cope on her own. were you given money initially when he was taken? many poor ghanaians send their children away to richer relatives or people offering to teach them a trade. boni's mother thought

she was sending him to a better life with her sister. was it very emotional for you when you saw him for the first time? so what will happen to boni when he comes back? education is free in ghana up to the age of 15. but many parents still don't send their children, because they can't afford the books and uniforms. correct the misspelt words and write

them again in the space. we invite one of you to come. dampson was rescued after four years of forced labour on lake volta. he's now back at school. cheering his classmates call him "soldier" because of what he's been through. he's been given counselling for the trauma he's suffered. after he was rescued, dampson was taken in by his aunt. his mother had died

while he was still in captivity. he wants to show me the room he shared with his mother. but it's too painful to set foot inside. reintegrating rescued children back into their homes is not always successful. they come from poor families who sometimes can't or won't take them back. ghana has earned international praise for its efforts to fight child labour. but the problem is getting worse, not better.

there are two government—run shelters to house trafficked children, but when i visit one, it seems deserted. there are kids here at this shelter, but i'm being told that none of them have been trafficked. there's so many children in yeji who could be rescued and could be put into this facility, but at the moment, there's no—one in here. we need the government to commit resources into freeing these children. these are not hidden situation. you have an anti—human trafficking unit of ghana police service, which is great. but they don't have resource. they don't even have a boat to rescue children. so why is the government doing so little? hello.

how are you? fine, thank you. thanks for having me. you're welcome. you're aware there's this trafficking that goes on in the country, but you don't have any rescue missions or operations to prevent this from taking place. the government is doing a lot. what we do is co—ordinate, what we do is train our district functionaries to monitor whatever is going on and report. the police are there. they are doing all that they can to rescue the children. the police are not rescuing the children. they are not? no. the challenge is also the shelters, where to keep the children. they're not well resourced. so, sometimes putting the children in those shelters sometimes even looks worse than if they leave them or give them to ngos. it's left to charities like challenging heights

to rescue these children. 14—year—old dampson is doing well. he's no longer living with his aunt and has moved in with his dad. he's a good boy? a good boy. it's still a struggle, but now dampson has a place he can call home. where do you sleep? is it nice for you to finally be home?

dampson has the chance of a bright future, unlike the thousands of children still trapped in slave labour on lake volta. for now, their only hope lies in the small charities prepared to do battle on their behalf. i want to see a ghana where every child has the capacity to dream about his or her future. i want to see justice for every child that was once enslaved. hello there.

after a mild and fairly murky night across much of the uk, those taking to the roads on sunday morning need to be wary. there will be fog around once again, especially over hills and around some of the coasts. the odd patch possible just about anywhere, even where we have seen clear skies through the night and sunshine in the morning. eastern parts of scotland and north—east england, here a bit on the chilly side. for most, a mild enough start to sunday. another grey day, though, and especially misty and murky and damp in the morning. for many, the shade of grey will lighten up into the afternoon, the exception being parts of western scotland. here it turns that little bit wetter. eastern scotland could see the odd splash of rain too. one or two in the north—east seeing a bit of sunshine through the day. northern ireland, the dampest

spell around lunchtime. things drying out a touch through the afternoon. skies brightening up a touch. it will be very misty and murky over the hills of northern england. east of the pennines, like we saw on saturday, one or two brighter breaks and a bit of sunshine. maybe some sunshine to the north—east of wales too. but for the vast majority of england and wales, another cloudy, fairly mild day. not desperately exciting weatherwise. hopefully action on the pitch for the fa cup third round will be much more exciting than the sky cover overhead. you will have to be wary of mist and fog forming if you are journeying home later in the evening. mist and fog into monday morning across england and wales. lifting for scotland and northern ireland because a breeze is picking up. into monday, heavy bursts of rain. generally, another mild night to take us into monday itself. that weather front across scotland and northern ireland, with its windy weather, will gradually spread southwards through monday. a wet start here, turning brighter but showery, and also colder. those brighter, showery conditions into northern england and northern wales later on. the heaviest rain doesn't really

reach east anglia or the south—east until later in the day. ten degrees, but temperatures drop further north, only four or five. another spell of strong to gale—force winds and cold winds will work through. a brief cold spell monday into tuesday. it turns milder midweek with atlantic winds, lots of cloud and occasional rain. notice the blues to the end of the week. we start to push them across france into northern italy. arctic air will be with us, and with it, we will see the chance of something wintry. next week, windier overall compared to what we have seen. it does turn colder, and that chance of something wintry. the greatest chance comes from thursday. let's hop forward to thursday. in the south, likely to be some rain and maybe sleet and snow over higher ground later on. frequent wintry showers elsewhere, and a slight dusting in places. we will pinpoint the details as we get closer to the day. bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories: in the wake

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