?0% of the neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. here of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. thinking of “oining them. here in britain, a thinking ofjoining them. here in britain, a series _ thinking ofjoining them. here in britain, a series of— thinking ofjoining them. here in britain, a series of train - thinking ofjoining them. here in britain, a series of train strikes i britain, a series of train strikes due to start on saturday have been called off by the union involved. the social media platform twitter has sacked thousands of staff by e—mail as its new owner elon musk begins his push to cut costs. imran khan said he knew about a plot to kill him after pakistan passed my former prime minister was shot during a protest march. hello there and welcome if you are watching here in the uk on pbs or in the us. around the world.

(pres) 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. albanians who've already travelled from their home country to mainland europe, account for almost a third of the 38,000 people who've crossed the(ani)channel to england so far this year. for each boat in each migrant there could be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the shuttered houses and empty streets, signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by a uk wager is, ten times higher than here. and each departure makes each business here even harder. as the price of crossing into the uk has

dropped, the suburbs around here are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community have already left and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. there are many places like this in albania now. this woman crossed! this woman's son crossed to the uk last month. he woman's son crossed to the uk last month. . , . woman's son crossed to the uk last month. ., ., , ., ., woman's son crossed to the uk last month. .,, ., , ., ., ., ~ month. he was a seasonal worker workin: month. he was a seasonal worker working for— month. he was a seasonal worker working for four _ month. he was a seasonal worker working for four months - month. he was a seasonal worker working for four months of - month. he was a seasonal worker working for four months of the i month. he was a seasonal worker. working for four months of the year for a minimum working for four months of the year fora minimum salary working for four months of the year for a minimum salary and a kitchen. he had more expectations for himself, so he went to find something better. but it comes with sacrifices. we are in debt to pay back the money we borrow. she sacrifices. we are in debt to pay back the money we borrow. she says a lot of peeple — back the money we borrow. she says a lot of peeple of — back the money we borrow. she says a lot of people of the _ back the money we borrow. she says a lot of people of the -- _ back the money we borrow. she says a lot of people of the -- from _ back the money we borrow. she says a lot of people of the -- from the - lot of people of the —— from the area have gone. families as well as men. heryoungest area have gone. families as well as men. her youngest son, 1a years old, is already planning his trip to mac advertisements on albania social media promise passage for around £3000 from brussels, paris or dunkirk. they often work closely

with i rocky kurdish gangs who control most small boat crossing from france. —— iraq he. posing as a albanian we look for some. we were told it was easy. 0nly albanian we look for some. we were told it was easy. only the ones who didn't claim asylum were not sent back. the other ones didn't have any problems. the price of crossing into the uk by small boat is half the price of being smuggled by a lorry. and though desperate and there are other options for those who cannot pgy- other options for those who cannot -a . other options for those who cannot .a _ , ., other options for those who cannot pay. there is a criminals drug market within _ pay. there is a criminals drug market within the _ pay. there is a criminals drug market within the uk, - pay. there is a criminals drug market within the uk, that i pay. there is a criminals drug market within the uk, that is| pay. there is a criminals drug i market within the uk, that is no secret. we've seen cases of trafficking and we've seen cases where people are debt bonded, they come here to work off the cost of their journey to the come here to work off the cost of theirjourney to the uk. and they are victims of trafficking. we look at human slavery —— modern slavery and human trafficking very seriously. and human trafficking very

seriously-— and human trafficking very seriousl . ., ., , seriously. one man who says he was approached — seriously. one man who says he was approached by _ seriously. one man who says he was approached by a _ seriously. one man who says he was approached by a person _ seriously. one man who says he was approached by a person who - seriously. one man who says he was approached by a person who works l seriously. one man who says he was| approached by a person who works in the uk drugs trade in a camp. translation:— the uk drugs trade in a camp. translation: , q ., , ., translation: they offered me lots of mone to translation: they offered me lots of money to pay — translation: they offered me lots of money to pay for— translation: they offered me lots of money to pay for the _ translation: they offered me lots of money to pay for the journey. - translation: they offered me lots of money to pay for the journey. they - money to pay for the journey. they asked me four or five times and i was not interested.— asked me four or five times and i was not interested. driven by the romise was not interested. driven by the promise of— was not interested. driven by the promise of prosperity, _ was not interested. driven by the promise of prosperity, each - promise of prosperity, each successful crossing is an advert, inspiration and threat that tugs at the minds of albanians back home. staying with the story... our home affairs editor, mark easton, has been looking at the numbers of albanian migrants coming to the uk. the impacts of those albanian trafficking gangs can be seen by the people having arrived in kent. two years ago, just 50 arrivals were albanians. last year, it was 800. this year it is already over 12,000. according to the home office, of those, 10,000 were single adult men.

so who are they and why have they come? well, some as lucy were saying, are undoubtedly economic migrants. figures from 2018 help to explain why. average hourly pay in albania was £1.50. here in the uk it was £13.35. nine times higher. people will often come over here perhaps for a few years, many operating in the shadow economy. albanians now represent the largest foreign nationality in prisons in england and. 1300 people locked up. the situation is complicated because some of those albanians who arrive in the uk are genuine victims. just over half of albanian asylum—seekers are granted it by the home office. but among men, just 14% are granted assignment. among women and children, it is 90%. three months this summer, 1100 albanians

including children were identified as victims of modern—day slavery. albania may be a safe country, but the uk authorities except that a significant portion of those who arrive here may have legitimate fears for their personal safety. he was our home affairs editor. a series of train strikes due to start tomorrow across the uk have been suspended by the rmt union. the walkouts on the 5th, 7th and 9th of november would have brought the rail network to a virtual halt. but now, union leaders and network rail bosses have agreed to resume talks. the bbc�*s transport correspondent, katy austin, reports from london's euston station. the latest in a long series of strikes to affect britain's rail network was meant to be starting tomorrow. members of the rmt union were due to take part in strikes on saturday, monday and on wednesday. now they have been called off this afternoon. the rmt says it will

enter a period of intense negotiations with the employers, network rail and the train companies, crucially, though, the announcement was made so late today, that it announcement was made so late today, thatitis announcement was made so late today, that it is too late now to change the timetables back for saturday. there will still be a lot of disruption tomorrow and also on monday. services should be back to normal on wednesday, but passengers are still being told to track that might check over the coming dames. why have the strikes been called off? because it has secured a commitment from the train companies that they are going to be made a pay offer, but that has not happened yet. and it says that network rail will have talks with with them not with any conditions. the people i spoke to at network rail have said the position has not changed but they are committed to continuing with the negotiations in a hope that a settlement can be reached.

after a day of uncertainty, employees of the social media platform twitter have begun to receive confirmation that they've been sacked. emails have been sent out as new owner elon musk begins his push to cut costs. staff were told, "today is your last working day at the company, however, you will remain employed by twitter and will receive compensation and benefits through your separation date of february 2, 2023." the message went on to say, "during this time, you will be on a non—working notice period and your access to twitter systems will be deactivated." mr musk — the world's richest man — took over twitterjust a week ago. reports suggest about half the workforce, about 4000 people, have been sacked. the email said the reduction would improve the company's health. elon musk has been talking about his new company at an investors�* conference in new york. he said some groups have been trying to persuade advertisers to stop dealing with the social media platform. i recently had a lot of difficulty

with activist groups pressuring major advertisers to stop spending money on twitter. this is despite us doing everything possible to appease them and make it clear that rules have not changed and we're continuing to enforce them. a number of major advertisers have stopped spending on twitter, so this doesn't seem right because we've made no change in our operations at all. i'm joined now by our north america technology reporter, james clayton, who's at twitter hq in san francisco. what a day for twitter�*s staff. what is the mood like there? yes. what a day for twitter's staff. what is the mood like there?— is the mood like there? yes, it has been a crazy _ is the mood like there? yes, it has been a crazy day- _ is the mood like there? yes, it has been a crazy day. it _ is the mood like there? yes, it has been a crazy day. it is _ is the mood like there? yes, it has been a crazy day. it is a _ is the mood like there? yes, it hasj been a crazy day. it is a bloodbath. i spoke to someone in the last hour and they still have not been sent an e—mail saying whether they been

fired or not. they are still in limbo. they were meant to have heard by 9am local time, it is now past 12 and they still have not heard. it kind of speaks to the chaos that is happening here. elon musk has only become boss seven days ago and he's already worked out who to fire. that is such a short amount of time and it really tells a lot of things. a lot of people have been left in limbo and it has created a lot of anxiety amongst twitter people. james, elon musk says these moves he's making will improve the health of twitter. will they?— of twitter. will they? well, one thin we of twitter. will they? well, one thing we know— of twitter. will they? well, one thing we know moderation - of twitter. will they? well, one thing we know moderation is i of twitter. will they? well, one i thing we know moderation is done by people. if you sack loads of people it will be much more difficult to moderate the platform. the big

danger is we are a few days away from the midterms. and we want to have a very good moderation policy but elon musk said that the policy won't change, but how can that be when so many people who were doing the moderating have been sacked? disinformation and hate speech will increase at a crucial point in us political history. real worries. increase at a crucial point in us political history. realworries. not just a tech story, this is becoming a major political story as well. hope a ma'or political story as well. how are a major political story as well. how are the staff _ a major political story as well. how are the staff reacting _ a major political story as well. how are the staff reacting to what elon musk has done?— musk has done? yeah, it really varies. some _ musk has done? yeah, it really varies. some people _ musk has done? yeah, it really varies. some people solve i musk has done? yeah, it really varies. some people solve this| varies. some people solve this coming and were expecting it. other people really, really anxious. 0ne people really, really anxious. one person i spoke to said he was waiting up all night for this e—mail which he did not want to get sacked. it was very speculated that elon musk was going to get rid of a lot of staff, but obviously you can read about it in the media. but actually

receiving an e—mail saying that you have been sacked is pretty devastating.— have been sacked is pretty devastating. have been sacked is pretty devastatina. , ., , devastating. things moving very . uickl devastating. things moving very quickly there- — devastating. things moving very quickly there. thank _ devastating. things moving very quickly there. thank you - devastating. things moving very quickly there. thank you for i devastating. things moving very i quickly there. thank you for keeping an eye on it. pakistan's opposition leader and former prime minister, imran khan, has addressed the nation from a hospital in lahore a day after he was attacked by a gunman during a mass protest march on the capital. imran khan said he had known in advance of a plot to kill him. he said he believed there were two gunmen involved in the attack, in which one of his supporters was killed and ten injured. 0ur correspondent sahar baloch had this update from the capital islamabad. imran khan was speaking about his injuries when he started the press conference which was online. he informed everybody that he had four injuries. he spoke about the corruption charges against him and about how his opposition is corrupt

and he will go off of them. he also spoke how once he gets better he will go on the road and continue the long march. he named three people whom he considers to be, accuses to be the prime suspects in the plan to attack him. he also spoke about the lone gunman who attacked him and said he was not acting of his own will and that this was bigger —— part of a bigger plan. this is what he was talking about. when the long march started, everyone was very interested in an energetic about it. and it seemed like this march will lead to islam about. in the beginning it said they would reach islamabad on the 11th of november which is today, but then the dates were changed and the entire plan change. he didn't travel a very big

distance. some people were getting tired of multiple changes and the day changes... it seems as if there was no conclusive plan for this march. and then a prominent journalist in pakistan was shot dead in kenya and after that, imran khan said he will come to islam about. he has been saying he will continue this long march in order to demand for early elections in pakistan. now he is coming back and he says as soon as he gets better, he will be on the road once again and will come to islamabad to continue where he left off. i to islamabad to continue where he left off. ., , to islamabad to continue where he left off. .,, ,, to islamabad to continue where he left off. .,, i. to islamabad to continue where he leftoff. , left off. i hope you can stay with us here on _ left off. i hope you can stay with us here on bbc— left off. i hope you can stay with us here on bbc world _ left off. i hope you can stay with us here on bbc world news. i left off. i hope you can stay with | us here on bbc world news. still left off. i hope you can stay with i us here on bbc world news. still to come... as iran marks that...

this is bbc world nudes. 0ur this is bbc world nudes. our latest headlines. there's been a sharp rise in the number of albanians crossing the english channel in small boats. well over 10,000 people have made the crossing so far this year. the social media platform twitter has sacked thousands of staff by email, as its new owner elon musk begins his push to cut costs. a group of tourists have been taken hostage in the peruvian amazon by an indigenous community there. around 70 people are currently being held on a river boat. the community are demanding more government aid following an oil spill in the area. their leader says he will be keeping the detainees overnight before considering their release. we've been held for just over 2a hours. we had started to run out of food and water. it's very hot here, obviously.

we're doing 0k—ish, but we are concerned for the pregnant females we have on board, the diabetics, the children, the elderly and the other ill people. so, we are starting to get quite desperate. as nationwide anti—government protests continue in iran, state—sponsored rallies have been held there to mark the 1979 seizure of the us embassy in tehran. radical students stormed the building soon after the iranian revolution toppled the western—backed shah. 52 americans were held hostage there for more than a year. the anniversary comes at a time when the country's clerical establishment is facing an uprising of its own, since the death in custody of mahsa amini. activist groups say as many as 300 protestors have died so far and thousands been arrested. bbc persian's rana rahimpour has more.

seven weeks of anti—government protests and they continue. as huge crowds get together to mark the a0 day ceremony of protesters who have been killed, the gathering has been turned into another antigovernment demonstration. protesters here in this city in the southeast of iran are being shot at from the rooftops. this is one of the poorest parts of the country. they are chanting death to the supreme leader. the us president sounds hopeful about the future of iran's protest. don’t future of iran's protest. don't wor , future of iran's protest. don't worry. we _ future of iran's protest. don't worry. we are _ future of iran's protest. don't worry, we are going - future of iran's protest. don't worry, we are going to i future of iran's protest. don't worry, we are going to free . future of iran's protest. don't i worry, we are going to free iran. they are going to free themselves pretty soon. they are going to free themselves pretty soon-— pretty soon. president biden was heard by his _ pretty soon. president biden was heard by his uranian _ pretty soon. president biden was|

heard by his uranian counterpart. pretty soon. president biden was i heard by his uranian counterpart. -- heard by his uranian counterpart. —— iranian counterpart. the irani and president defendant the islamic revolution. mr president defendant the islamic revolution-— president defendant the islamic revolution. ~ , ., ., revolution. mr president, or ran has already liberated _ revolution. mr president, or ran has already liberated itself _ revolution. mr president, or ran has already liberated itself 43 _ revolution. mr president, or ran has already liberated itself 43 years i already liberated itself a3 years ago and it is determined not to bow down any more. but ago and it is determined not to bow down any more-— down any more. but this is not how the protesters _ down any more. but this is not how the protesters feel. _ down any more. but this is not how the protesters feel. as _ down any more. but this is not how the protesters feel. as they - down any more. but this is not howl the protesters feel. as they defaced a poster of the leader of the islamic republic, they shout for freedom. this mother says that her son told others that you stay behind, i will sacrifice my life for freedom. and that is exactly what he did. this protest movement that started with the death of this 22—year—old woman in the custody of so—called morality police. it is now an uprising against the country's

clerical establishment. they divide between large parts of the society and his religious leaders seen a repairable. here in london, king charles is hosting a reception at buckingham palace as part of preparations for the cop27 climate conference in egypt. it was announced last month that he would not be travelling to the summit. the guest list for today's event includes the british prime minister, rishi sunak, who u—turned on attending the cop summit himself, and the us climate envoy, john kerry. 0ur royal editor, nicholas witchell is at buckingham palace and spoke about the fuss around king charles not going to the summit. clearly, as prince of wales he was a leading campaigner on the environment. he spent the better part of five decades campaigning on the issue. it has been suggested that he is disappointed or frustrated at the advice that was received from the government of

prime minister liz truss that he should not attend cop27 in egypt. i'm not show sure that that is actually true. i think he is quite relaxed about it. i think he understands it is the necessary adjustments to his role as king of the united kingdom that he cannot campaign as overtly as he did on the environment as prince of wales. what is happening over at buckingham palace this evening is what will keep happening, his convening power to bring people together to discuss issues. and the first convening exercise is on the environment. 0ver there, there are 200 international business leaders and decision—makers and ngos discussing sustainable growth and progress since cop26 in glasgow last year. and other environmental initiatives including which is a road map king charles has got very firmly behind, a road map

to 2030 to help businesses find more sustainable markets and ways of doing business. he can reach people, he can draw together meetings of business leaders and precisely as is happening this afternoon. they will attend to. chairman and chief executives will come if they are invited by a member of the british royal family invited by a member of the british royalfamily and invited by a member of the british royal family and now by the king invited by a member of the british royalfamily and now by the king of britain. he is knowledgeable about it after five years of involvement with these issues. whether it is the rain forest or oceans or a range of environmental issues, he believes in it and he does want to see and encourage action on it. staying with the royals- — encourage action on it. staying with the royals. prints _ encourage action on it. staying with the royals. prints william - encourage action on it. staying with the royals. prints william has i the royals. prints william has announced the finalists for his award that will help protect the planet for the future. five winners will receive £1 million to make

their ideas a reality. prince william launched his ceremony last year. in william launched his ceremony last ear. , ., , william launched his ceremony last ear. , . , ., year. in the next ten years we are auoin to year. in the next ten years we are going to act- — year. in the next ten years we are going to at we _ year. in the next ten years we are going to act. we are _ year. in the next ten years we are going to act. we are going - year. in the next ten years we are going to act. we are going to i year. in the next ten years we are going to act. we are going to find | going to act. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. there was a galaxy of stars in attendance. david attenborough was one of the judges. me attendance. david attenborough was one of the judges.— one of the 'udges. we don't have a trini . one of the judges. we don't have a trinity- we — one of the judges. we don't have a trinity. we need _ one of the judges. we don't have a trinity. we need to _ one of the judges. we don't have a trinity. we need to do this - one of the judges. we don't have a trinity. we need to do this now. i one of the judges. we don't have a. trinity. we need to do this now. the aim, to inspire a new generation of innovators. and you can see the results in the coral here in the bahamas. this winter develop systems for developing heat resistant coral to help restore the world's dying wreaths. ., ., , to help restore the world's dying wreaths. , ., ., wreaths. the goal will be to have this around _ wreaths. the goal will be to have this around the _ wreaths. the goal will be to have this around the world, _ wreaths. the goal will be to have this around the world, go - wreaths. the goal will be to have this around the world, go global. wreaths. the goal will be to have i this around the world, go global. we

have lost 50% of the world's reefs over the last decade. this is a global issue and restoration is not something just exclusive to the bahamas. something 'ust exclusive to the bahamas. �* ., ., , something 'ust exclusive to the bahamas. ., ., , ., , bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the — bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the polluted _ bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the polluted air— bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the polluted air in - bahamas. another winner aims to try and clear the polluted air in india. i and clear the polluted air in india. he won for the burner he created which converts left over straw and agricultural waste into fuel and fertiliser. , . , fertiliser. this really catapulted us from where _ fertiliser. this really catapulted us from where we _ fertiliser. this really catapulted us from where we are - fertiliser. this really catapulted us from where we are and i fertiliser. this really catapulted us from where we are and the l us from where we are and the resources that we had. it gave us access to so many networks and resources that can really enable us to scale our work and increase the pace of our work.— to scale our work and increase the pace of our work. they say they aim to build a library _ pace of our work. they say they aim to build a library of _ pace of our work. they say they aim to build a library of solutions - pace of our work. they say they aim to build a library of solutions over . to build a library of solutions over the decade. the idea is others will be able to draw from the expertise winning projects established to help us all tackled the planet's environmental problems. hundreds of workers at heathrow

airport will work out over demand for better pay. the unite union says 700 workers will strike for three days starting from november the 18th. let show you this. a christmas stamp collection featuring queen elizabeth ii has been released by royal mail. it will be the last time the queen's silhouette will feature on a festive stamp in the uk. the set of six art deco—style stamps depict moments from the nativity. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. stay with us. hello there. for much of the country, today was a dry and sunny day, but it's turning quite cold right now, especially for eastern parts of the uk. out to the west, things are changing. we've got a big area of low pressure in the atlantic, and swirling around it, this band of cloud on that weather front there. and that is moving its way in from the west, so we're seeing the cloud increasing and rain

pushing in from the atlantic. but ahead of it, one or two showers coming in off the irish sea, and the showers in scotland retreating towards the northern isles. western areas sees the cloud thickening, that rain arriving. eastern areas still dry. these are the temperatures by the end of the night, but before then, we could see temperatures even in eastern england getting close to freezing once again. so, a chilly start for eastern areas where it may start dry first thing, but that rain moving very slowly eastwards, probably turning lighter and more patchy. we get some sunshine coming into northern ireland quickly, and in the afternoon, some sunshine across much of scotland. for many parts of england and wales, though, it may stay cloudy throughout the day. there may not be an awful lot of rain around at all, and temperatures may be a degree or so higher than today at 12—1a degrees. bonfire night tomorrow night, and we could see a bit more rain hanging around across south—eastern parts of england, perhaps the midlands. and then we've got a few showers in the far north—west, but for many parts of the country, it will be dry and we'll have some clearer skies for a while as well. but those showers that are coming

in towards the north—west are coming in around this area of low pressure that's getting a bit closer to the uk. that weather front, though, that's bringing rain into england and wales is going to hang around in the south—east, and overnight we could get some heavier rain actually. and that rain still around across south—eastern england on sunday morning. and then following on from that, we're going to find some more rain pushing its way eastwards across england and wales. further north, maybe the far north of england but certainly scotland and northern ireland, it's drier. there'll be some sunshine, and there'll be fewer showers. but it is turning quite windy, and those temperatures not changing much on sunday. stronger winds are coming in towards the far north—west of the uk, close to that area of low pressure. that then spins away. we get some more weather fronts trying to come in from the atlantic, mainly pushing wet weather northwards up the western side of the uk. and ahead of that, we're going to find the winds coming from a long way south. it'll be windy on monday, but it's going to be very mild. we're likely to find temperatures widely getting up to 16—17 degrees in england and wales. once that rain moves through overnight, it's going to be a little cooler on tuesday with sunshine and some blustery showers.

you're watching bbc news. time now for newscast. hello, it's adam in the studio. and it's chris in the studio. and we're going to start today's episode of newscast talking about the economy

and specifically the bank of england's decision to raise interest rates