after eight years of conflict. we have a special report. translation: | feel scared and wrong. i there is a lot of explosions. there's a sharp rise in the number reports of modern slavery in the uk care sector, according to a bbc investigation. after a big clean—up, swimming is set to return to the river seine ahead of next year's paris olympics. more now on the forgotten war in yemen and its affect on the children in the country. as we've been reporting, the conflict has been going on since 2014, with fighting between iranian—backed houthi rebels and saudi—backed government forces. the conflict has since triggered a humanitarian crisis. the un estimates that at least 4.5 million people have been displaced since the start of the conflict. 24.1 million people, that's 80% of the population,

are in need of humanitarian aid and protection. valeria scuto is a middle east analyst at sibylline, a strategic risk consultancy firm. shejoins us now. talk to us about why this is a forgotten war. a lot of attention has been diverted elsewhere and we know that without attention, assistance and support for people facing some very dangerous and conditions are severely lacking, isn't it? , , . isn't it? yes, indeed. this conflict has been going — isn't it? yes, indeed. this conflict has been going on _ isn't it? yes, indeed. this conflict has been going on since - isn't it? yes, indeed. this conflict has been going on since 2014, - isn't it? yes, indeed. this conflict. has been going on since 2014, with an escalation in 2015. the human, economic toll has been quite broad and complicated. yemen has not only been roped into its own internal conflict, but one that has become a proxy conflict regionally, also

including other western countries, such as the us, uk and france. since then, despite progress on ceasefire and talks and talks between the saudi and the who face conflict, fighting continues on the ground which affects the daily lives of people in yemen.— which affects the daily lives of people in yemen. which affects the daily lives of --eole in yemen. , ., ., people in yemen. remind us who are the key players _ people in yemen. remind us who are the key players here _ people in yemen. remind us who are the key players here and _ people in yemen. remind us who are the key players here and why - people in yemen. remind us who are the key players here and why there i the key players here and why there are so many vested interests and the outcome of this war and why it is proving so difficult to come to a resolution?— proving so difficult to come to a resolution? , , , ., , resolution? over these past years, yemen has — resolution? over these past years, yemen has been _ resolution? over these past years, yemen has been divided _ resolution? over these past years, yemen has been divided into - resolution? over these past years, yemen has been divided into three parts. a healthy control region in the north. i united arab emirates backed council region in the south. then a government—controlled remainder of the country, backed by our society coalition.—

our society coalition. while society and the uae _ our society coalition. while society and the uae have _ our society coalition. while society and the uae have been _ our society coalition. while society and the uae have been allies - our society coalition. while society and the uae have been allies in i and the uae have been allies in principle, they backed different forces. a lot of these forces are not going together under this leadership council, formed in april 2022. this represents a body that is currently not part of the ongoing negotiations between the saudi and with these, which dampens the prospect of the ceasefire translating in the short term into peace negotiations. that backed also by external actors and un involvement, as well. , involvement, as well. other elements that have contributed _ involvement, as well. other elements that have contributed to _ involvement, as well. other elements that have contributed to the _ that have contributed to the fighting has been the security and defence support by external parties, the us, which has pledged to only support the saudi defence operations and defensive operations and

defensive equipment. defence contractors continue to provide weapons to saudi arabia and to the uae, this does have an impact on the ground. there are other non—governmentalforces in ground. there are other non—governmental forces in yemen. al-qaeda and the islamic state have taken advantage of the security vacuum. ., , ,., . vacuum. that is the point. when we talk about the _ vacuum. that is the point. when we talk about the supply _ vacuum. that is the point. when we talk about the supply of _ vacuum. that is the point. when we talk about the supply of weapons, l talk about the supply of weapons, thatis talk about the supply of weapons, that is prolonging this war. it the moment there seems there is no will to stop that supply of ammunition and weapons to the rebels. it to stop that supply of ammunition and weapons to the rebels.- and weapons to the rebels. it has definitely been _ and weapons to the rebels. it has definitely been a _ and weapons to the rebels. it has definitely been a factor. - and weapons to the rebels. it has definitely been a factor. though l and weapons to the rebels. it us definitely been a factor. though her these have been supported by iran but at the same time have managed to secure domestic capabilities which don't need necessarily external support. then obviously there are smuggling and trafficking of arms and equipment, which has further

fostered instability. than? and equipment, which has further fostered instability.— fostered instability. any good to have ou fostered instability. any good to have you with — fostered instability. any good to have you with us. _ more than 17,000 people were referred to the british government as potential victims of modern slavery last year. that's the highest annual figure since records began in 2009. a bbc investigation has found that the care industry in the uk has seen a sharp rise in the number of modern slavery cases being reported. figures show there are more than 300 ongoing investigations in the care sector. our reporter datshiane navanayagam went to meet one of the victims. free at last and settling in to a new home. terri, not her real name, is afraid to speak in case she is identified by those who brought her here. terri was recruited by an agency on a legitimate work visa and told she'd be earning £29,000 a year as a care assistant.

but when she arrived she was forced to work up to 20 hours a day unpaid. when terry complained to her employer he called her ungrateful and threatened to have her deported. the other carers mentioned before i met him he has got political ties, that makes him very dangerous where we come from in our part of the world, because a man with political ties, you don't want to go against someone like that. terrified, terri continued to work. eventually she was paid, but it worked out at less than £2 an hour. unable to afford somewhere for her children to live, they were forced to stay on the streets. that's when social services were called. she is now going through the government's national referral mechanism which identifies and supports victims of modern day slavery. last year, almost 17,000 potential victims were referred to the home office in this way. it's the highest number since the system was created in 2009.

now data released exclusively to bbc�*s file on 4 reveals that the number of potential victims within the care industry reported to the modern slavery helpline more than doubled in the first quarter of this year. in the last 18 months, the care industry has become the number one priority for the enforcement agency, the glaa. a lot of the care workers we are seeing are coming from india, they are charging significant visa and work finding fees abroad, may be up to £20,000, which means that they are kind of debt—bonded before they arrive in the uk. that forces them really to accept any kind of work. there are threats then around, you know, cancellation of their kind of visa. the government told us it has invested almost £18 million since 2016 to police modern day slavery. free from her exploiters, terry is still awaiting a final terri is still awaiting a final decision from the home office on her asylum claim. in the meantime, she's allowed to work. she's

not allowed to work. but she hasn't lost sight of her dreams. i want to be in a nursing school. for me, it wasn't about the money, it was being able to help somebody else, you know? let's bring in kathy bettridge, director for anti—trafficking and modern slavery at the salvation army. thank you for being with us. i've been looking at some of the numbers in this report and its the care industry has gone from not being on the radar at all to being the top priority. what is it about the care sector that makes it susceptible to this sort of forced labour?- this sort of forced labour? thank ou for this sort of forced labour? thank you for the _ this sort of forced labour? thank you for the opportunity - this sort of forced labour? thank you for the opportunity to - this sort of forced labour? thank you for the opportunity to be - this sort of forced labour? thank you for the opportunity to be on | this sort of forced labour? thank i you for the opportunity to be on the issue. it is not necessarilyjust the care sector, it is the way the criminal activities are taking place. car washes are still a prevalent area where gangs shoot

victims of modern slavery. the care sector is not their target. this area of activity is identifying the fact that people are being tricked into coming into this country through their work visa and they are not being given either at the right wage or are working extensive powers, which is not acceptable. it is notoriously difficult to identify the sort of victims. it is even harder to prosecute those who may be involved in doing so. is the government doing enough to try to clamp down on this sort of behaviour? i clamp down on this sort of behaviour?— clamp down on this sort of behaviour? ~ .,. . behaviour? i think the fact that we have the specialist _ behaviour? i think the fact that we have the specialist support - have the specialist support available is really key to this. some caught up in this area of modern slavery, it is important that they can escape, they can come to they can escape, they can come to the salvation army for support. we can provide a safe house, outreach

support. they can start to recover and reflect on what has happened to them. that is really vital. it is also vital for the public to know what to look out for so they can identify and help to notify the police if they are suspicious of anything. if they are frightened, el cap, being controlled by an individual. they're working extensive hours or there is activity going on in a residential area. we have brothels are used in a residential home. the comings and goings in that residential area look suspicious. we would urge the public to notify the police that they are suspicious of any activity. 15 suspicious of any activity. is important for you to identify the

things that we can all look out for. if you will come the illegal migration bill that was passed into law last week here in the uk, is your assessment that that will make it much harder to be able to support victims here? there will be less likely to come forward and identify themselves if they feel that under these new laws they will be locked up these new laws they will be locked up simply for reporting their situation? we up simply for reporting their situation?— up simply for reporting their situation? ~ ., . . , situation? we have grave concerns about this bill. — situation? we have grave concerns about this bill. it _ situation? we have grave concerns about this bill. it has _ situation? we have grave concerns about this bill. it has now - situation? we have grave concerns about this bill. it has now come i about this bill. it has now come into law. we have been very clear in articulating that to the home office, to the government. yes it will prevent somebody from being identified in coming forward, because most of our group haven't got the legal documentation that is required. it has been taken from them or it isn't authentic anyway. therefore, there will be less inclined to come forward. the perpetrators tell them that this is going to be the situation, so they

won't come forward, therefore they won't come forward, therefore they won't be able to see the support on offer. we do have grave concerns. thanks for talking us through that. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. each summer, corel�*s population swells as thousands of visitors flock to the county. it often means health care services are put under extreme pressure. as the summer holiday start, the nhs is hoping people can help them by notjust turning up here, unless there is an urgent need. turning up here, unless there is an urgent need-— turning up here, unless there is an urgent need. what we want to do is help people — urgent need. what we want to do is help people get _ urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to _ urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to the _ urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to the right - urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to the right place i help people get to the right place and seen in a timely fashion. that is really important to us in the emergency department because we want to be able to treat people who have emergency conditions in a really timely way. emergency conditions in a really timely way-— emergency conditions in a really timel wa. . ., ., timely way. what you can do now, because of— timely way. what you can do now, because of remote _ timely way. what you can do now,

because of remote technology, i timely way. what you can do now, because of remote technology, is| timely way. what you can do now, . because of remote technology, is you can ring _ because of remote technology, is you can ring your— because of remote technology, is you can ring your own gp, who knows you, you knows_ can ring your own gp, who knows you, you knows what medicines you are taking _ you knows what medicines you are taking and — you knows what medicines you are taking and they can sort out a prescription for you.— taking and they can sort out a prescription for you. people unsure ofthe prescription for you. people unsure of the health _ prescription for you. people unsure of the health care _ prescription for you. people unsure of the health care service _ prescription for you. people unsure of the health care service they - prescription for you. people unsure| of the health care service they need are advised to call 111 or use 111 online. but they say those who have been told they need urgent care should not delay in coming in. you're live with bbc news the issue of migration into the us is once again at the heart of a political row, this time pitching the federal government against the state of texas. thejustice department is suing texas over these floating barriers which have been placed in the rio grande to try to prevent people crossing from mexico. texas refused to remove them and has said it may add more. the governor of texas greg abbott, who's a republican, has written to the authorities in washington, led of course by president biden, who's a democrat, saying, "texas will fully

utilise its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have "texas will see you in court, mr president". this is the white house's response to the letter. instead of coming to the table and trying to figure out a way to work together, he continues to do this really cruel, unjust, inhumane ways of moving forward with a system that has been broken for decades. this is a president that has taken action from day one and has continued to show what he can do to help to help deal with the border situation. but, you know, governor abbott is not about that. and so the department ofjustice has been very clear. we've been very clear about that. they've been very clear about taking him to court about his unlawful actions, so i'm going to let them speak to it. let's talk to cbs news correspondentjared hill. he joins us from new york.

why now and why texas? this is a back—and—forth that we have seen between the administration and the state of texas. this has been going on since president biden took office. the number of people we are seeing trying to come into the country through the texas border, the largest border that the us has with mexico. the federal government is making this argument that these things in the water have been put on motorways without federal approval. they are arguing that these threats and navigation, great humanitarian concerns. mexico has complained about this, saying the barrier goes against the water treaty. the question of what will happen from this is yet to be seen. we are waiting for a judge to make a decision on whether those barriers have to be removed. the texas governor says he plans on putting

more in the water. some breaking news concerning the wildfires in greece. on the island of rhodes, the government is now saying that the wildfires are stabilising and the vast majority of the island, they say, is not affected by these fires. we have been talking about the issue of travel advice. and lots of holiday—makers might want to cancel or postpone their holidays, and they have questions on whether they would be covered under holiday insurance. until the government issues a do not travel guidance, insurance will not normally take into cover people. a government spokesman said there are currently no plans for the government to repatriate people from rhodes. they say there will be

helped from the foreign office and red cross officials based there. they say their advice is to check with their tour operator or hotel if you are planning to travel to those areas in the coming weeks and days. the british vice consulate in rhodes is visiting local evacuation centres. a rapid development team has been deployed to support british nationals, whose safety is our top priority. the team are based at rhodes international airport under a assisting with travel documents and liaising with greek authorities and travel operators on the ground. there are no plans for the uk government to repatriate british holiday—makers from rhodes as rhodes airport is operating normally. irate airport is operating normally. we will keep you right up to date with events right across europe. in north

africa, too, we have been reporting on wildfires in algeria and some pretty wild, wet when weather in northern italy causing havoc there. we will stay right across the developments and bring you the latest if we get them. with a year to go until the olympics, paris is cleaning up the river seine to make it fit for swimmers and divers. the river has been far too dirty for swimming for almost a century. but now there's a new plan to make city swimming one of the major legacies of the games. from paris, hugh schofield sent this report. a year from the paris olympics and here's a bit of a foretaste — a diving competition. you could say they're testing the water. it's more than eight years since there have been competitive events in the river seine. now, thanks to the improved water quality, they're back. it wasn't just that swimming in the old seine was illegal — no—one in their right mind would have taken the risk. and now... we try to not drink it too much, but a few sips, it's kind of ok. it's beautiful water — soft and hot.

for us, it's the best. the story of paris is also the story of the seine. but, over a century, thanks to industry and human waste, it became little more than a picturesque channel. the turnaround began 20 or 30 years ago and, now, regular tests carried out by the city show bacteria levels well within safety norms. it's taken time, commitment and a lot of money. and here, just by austerlitz station, is the result in concrete. if you want an idea of the scale of the effort that the french are putting in to cleaning up the river seine, take a look at this. the depth of 20 olympic swimming pools, this massive underground reservoir is for storing storm water — the run—off in heavy rain that can otherwise carry human sewage into the river.

operational next year, it will make the seine safe for swimming notjust in the olympics, but afterwards for the paris public. they see the guys, the athletes, coming in the river and swimming without any health problem — they will be confident to go themselves in the river seine. that's our massive legacy of the games. life in all its forms is returning. catfish — one of the 35 or so types of fish that can now be found in paris. in the �*70s, anglers reported just three species surviving. not only the fish, also aquatic insects, jellyfish, shrimps, crabs, sponges. a lot of life. for nearly 100 years, scenes like this have been banned. now, with the olympics around the corner, humans, too, are coming back to the seine.

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. now, would you trade your personal data for some crypto? that's what a new project is offering — you agree to let a computer scan your eyeball. in return, you'll be paid in crypto currency. artificial intelligence entrepreneur sam altman, who runs the company behind chat—gpt, is offering people £40 worth of a new digital currency to visit scanners in cities. more than two million people have volunteered so far for the project, which aims to help confirm if someone is a human or a robot online. but it has raised questions over how the extremely personal data will be used. this is a remarkable thing that has

been launched. this is a project thatis been launched. this is a project that is paying people to be involved. you have to go and find one of these silver orbs that are on 35 different countries around the world. i went yesterday to a pop—up site here in london. yesterday was the full launch of the crypto currency coin. you look into the orb, it scans your eyeball and proves that you're a person, then you link that up with your mobile phone to show that you're a human, not a robot. then you get 25 of these coins, called world coin. at these coins, called world coin. at the moment they are worth about $2 a coin, but that could go up or down. it is a very strange and almost dystopian idea that you have to go and do this, but people are doing it. i met lots of people yesterday. all of them were men in their 20s and 30s who wanted to be part of

this, probably incentivised by the money, but also by the idea. sam altman said this isn'tjust about the crypto coin, that is just the incentive. this is about proving you are a human in order to live your life online so that people know you are a person, you can prove you're personhood, as is the phrase, as opposed to an ai chat bot, which are becoming more lifelike. this is the scene that palermo airport in northern italy. it was shot last night because of the fires burning around the perimeter. you can see the smoke coming of the virus as they reach the airport. it is one of several fires burning on sicily that has been made so much worse by the windy conditions. you will know as we have been reporting that southern italy and sicily have

been sweltering three weeks of extreme heat. on monday temperatures in palermo reached 47 celsius. also today we have had a report that none of these temperatures would be acceptable without man—made climate change. a report says southern europe is two and a half degrees hotter and there should be more scenes could be seen like that in palermo. china's foreign minister has been officially removed from office. that person has not been seenin office. that person has not been seen in public for around a month. let's get the latest from china correspond, whojoins us now. stephen, what do we know about this? it is often quite confused. this is it is often quite confused. as is the opaque _

it is often quite confused. as is the opaque nature _ it is often quite confused. as is the opaque nature of _ it is often quite confused. as is the opaque nature of things - it is often quite confused. is s the opaque nature of things here it all came and an announcementjust a couple of sentences on a wire service, that was all to read out in the 7pm news, that china's foreign minister, qin gang, has been removed from office. round about a month ago he stopped doing his normal duties. the official reason given was health problems. i have a speculation soon turned to the possibility that this could be some sort of political punishment, or punishment because of an extramarital affair, which would be in breach, not of the law, but in breach of the communist party's internal rules. either way, we have not been told anything more in terms of the real reasons, so everybody is still left guessing. it is the nature of things here, the government, the party doesn't feel the need to explain itself to the general public and the announcement simply came that qin gang is gone,

and that is the way it is.— and that is the way it is. thank ou. hello again. our weather over the next few days is going to remain fairly unsettled, with rain or showers and windy by the time we get to the weekend. today is no exception to that. sunny spells and scattered showers sums it up quite nicely. the showers particularly heavy across parts of scotland and later north—east england, but they are quite well scattered, we won't all catch one, and in between them there will be some sunshine. temperatures this afternoon ranging from 13 in the north to 21 in the south, so just a little bit below average for the time of year. as we head on through the evening and overnight, there

still will be some showers. if anything, our weather front sinking south will pep up across the north coast of northern ireland, south—west scotland and also northern england. on either side of that, we're looking at some clear skies. it will be chilly in sheltered glens. overnight lows here three or four degrees, but in our towns and cities we're looking at between seven and 12 degrees. that leads us into tomorrow. tomorrow, we've got this weather front, a warm front, coming our way. ahead of it we've got a ridge of high pressure. behind it, we're going to be in muggier conditions. that weather front�*s going to be bringing us rain, as well. so we start with our overnight showers. there will also be some clear skies, there will be some sunshine, but the cloud will continue to build through the course of the day and then in comes the rain. the wind will have changed direction to have more of a southerly component in it. we're looking at temperatures 14 to about 23 degrees. alongside this rain will follow the muggy conditions. as we move from wednesday into thursday, there go our weather fronts crossing the uk.

we've got the remnants of them across the english channel and also north—east scotland, so here we will hang on to the rain. we start with quite a lot of cloud and murky conditions, especially so on the coasts and the hills, but through the day we should see a little bit of brightness break through, but it will feel muggy. temperatures 15 to about 23 degrees. beyond that, the unsettled theme does continue. as we head through friday into saturday, we have some showers, some of those heavy, potentially thundery, especially so across the north of the country. then we have a windy weekend, with some rain coming our way.

today at 1pm: the number of people living in temporary accommodation in england hits a record high. more than 130,000 children are among those who don't have a permanent home.

it's difficult because you haven't got any cooking facility — with two kids, it's not ideal. so you have to go out every day. it does cost a lot of money, it's an awful lot, but it is what it is. we'll be finding out more about what's behind the housing problems. also on the programme... firefighters report new blazes on the greek island of rhodes, as fires continue to rage on other islands and some parts of the mainland. radiographers see right through you! radiographers go out on strike, affecting 37 nhs trusts in england in a dispute about pay. the long running conflict in yemen — we have a special report about the children who can't escape the violence. and the lionesses meet fans at their training camp down under as they prepare for their second match of the world cup.