syrian rebel headlines... syrian rebel forces say they have taken control of the eastern city of deir ezzor but israel says it has destroyed syria's naval fleet. police in spain have rescued women from humid trafficking as the un says there has been a 25% rise in there has been a 25% rise in the detection of victims. farmers hold protests in london against proposed inheritance tax rises. unions attacked the recommended 2.8% pay rise for more than a million public sector workers putting them on a collision course with the uk government. saudi arabia is excited to be confirmed as host of the 2034 winds world cup. the un says the number of victims of humid trafficking and forced labourers have risen significantly since 2020 up by 25%. women and girls continue to make up the majority of victims detected worldwide. in spain a transit hub for

thousands of victims trafficked into europe, bbcioo thousands of victims trafficked into europe, bbc 100 women access to the leaking unit rescuing women and helping them rebuild their lives. this team of forces about to raid a property where a gang is suspected to hide their victims. detective christina and her unit have spent months preparing for this moment. but, tonight, it is likely to happen quickly. translation: it is minutes, seconds even before you can| enter the property but it feels like an eternity. but they say that more and more victims are increasingly lured to travel to spain from overseas and be caught into exploitation.

tonight's raid has ended in success but this is only the visible part of a vast and hidden criminal world. christina works for uco, an elite force of spain's civil guard who fight organised crime and rescue trafficked victims. their investigation shows that sex trafficking has gone further underground since the pandemic. while many victims are still exploited in bars and on the streets, they say that most women are now in private apartments provided by criminals. translation: when you go inside these places and see | the conditions in which victims are to work and live for so long, it is horrifying. it is so distressing. the job often makes you sick. victoria, from colombia, was rescued by a team from one

of these flats after a gang forced her into prostitution for three years. i had to sleep with my make—up on and you always had to be ready for any customer who would arrive. the police investigation is now over, but the officers who rescued victoria continue to support her. translation: we believe. in a social and humanitarian process that can restore the lives of victims so they can truly recover and live passionately again. victoria asked the bbc to be referred to under that name because it means �*victory�* in spanish. i go out on the street and breathe and i say, my god, thank you. i am alive. i feel free and that is the best feeling. you can watch that documentary

on the bbc world service youtube channel from this saturday. bethany bell is in vienna and explained why the un thinks the numbers have risen so sharply. this report is based on figures from 2022. it says the number of victims detected has gone up dramatically. this is partly because they are better at detecting it, but also the scale of the problem is also growing, and women and girls remain the biggest number of victims, but also boys are victims, and also men, in terms of being forced into forced labour. what we see is a picture where girls and women are very often the victims of sexual exploitation, but with men the picture is a bit different, more forced labour, and one of the things that the report highlights is a new phenomenon

where very highly educated people are being trafficked in places like southeast asia and being forced into making online scams and cyber scams, online fraud, and they are kept in areas which are like detention centres and forced to do this online work. just briefly, are there particular areas where they have had success improving the situation? yes, they say there are efforts under way in europe in places like that where their rehabilitation schemes for women. he probably spotted the qr cloud on your screen. if you click on it you can get more information on the farmers protest happening in central london. live pictures right and centre of town, a number of tractors bringing traffic to a

halt and this is a bit of repetition, only last month around 13,000 people attended a rally against the changes to inheritance tax which were planned by the government which would see farmers pay 20% in agricultural assets worth more than £1 million. a number of farmers have said although that sounds like they would have a lot of money being able to pay it, they are saying in fact a lot of them have been investing for decades on farms and it would mean a lot of them would have to leave the industry because they are afraid they might be hit by these levies. clearly the presence today is partly to do with pmqs which happens at lunchtime but also because there is a food and rural affairs committee that has kicked off which will examine the issue of changes to inheritance tax and they are hearing from countryside and farming leaders and financial experts on the potential impact of the change to the inheritance tax. scan a qr code and you can watch it on the

iplayer at a time this morning and throughout the day. there is a warning women are being left in unnecessary pain and with undiagnosed conditions because of what is being called medical misogyny. mps on the commons women's and equalities committee say poor understanding of women's health mean patients face discomfort that interferes with every aspect of their daily lives. they were supposed to be the best years of her life. instead, saschan was confined to a hospital bed. she'd moved from birmingham to liverpool for university at 19 but rather than studying or being out with friends, she was visiting a&e up to three times a week. after long waiting lists and few answers she paid thousands of pounds in private medical fees and thousands more facilitating appointments. at its worst, can you describe what the pain felt like? i couldn't cook, i couldn't get out of bed. it got to the point where i couldn't bathe or shower myself properly and i had to have help, and that's what led me to suspending my

studies and dropping out of uni for a year. she was later diagnosed with a number of issues, among them endometriosis, ovarian cysts, fibroids and suspected adenomyosis. in recent times there has been more awareness around women's reproductive health, with celebrities like emma bunton, the conservationist bindi irwin and actors like lena dunham opening up about how pain from conditions like endometriosis has turned their lives upside down. last year the women and equalities committee heard from other high—profile women, but this hasn't yet translated into action. its report, published today, says there is a clear lack of education and medical misogyny in the area of gynaecology, a lack of awareness and understanding of women's reproductive health among primary care practitioners, and calls for the nhs to urgently implement a training programme to improve treatment and diagnosis

for women and girls. the word medical misogyny and the reason why we've used it and titled that in our report, is because that is exactly what women are experiencing. and it's not from the individual gps or gynaecologists necessarily, from themselves, but it's from the institution. it's how health in this country deals with women's pain and with women's suffering and health issues. the department of health says it intends to overhaul women's health care, place women's equality at the heart of its agenda and ensure women's health is never again neglected, and that £26 billion being invested will help the nhs to achieve that. but there are thousands of women like saschan spending years on waiting lists, aach with their own long and traumatic story of pain. frances read, bbc news. uk trade unions have criticised the government.

they criticised a public sector pay rise offer of 2.8%. the recommended increase for more than a million public sector workers next year — would include teachers, nhs staff and civil servants. 0ne union — unison — said the proposal was barely above the cost of living, while teaching unions said it would only deepen their recruitment crisis. the figures will now be considered by independent pay review bodies. here's our political correspondent hannah miller. chanting: what do we want? pay restoration! _ when do we want it? now! the standoff between the previous government and public sector workers. scenes that became all too familiar as staff battled for higher pay. but now unions are warning that the suggested pay rise for next year could lead to more scenes like this. nhs staff are facing a huge challenge going into this winter, with the "quad—demic" on the horizon and the huge challenge to try and bring down those unacceptable waiting lists. pay is really key to that. the biggest worry at the moment is this news will drive more people to leave, and that will make the situation even worse.

the government is recommending that public sector workers, including teachers and nhs staff, get a pay rise of 2.8% next year. but with inflation expected to rise by an average of 2.6%, it would mean just a slight pay increase against the cost of living. and unions want to see pay restored to levels last seen in 2011, saying many workers have faced real terms cuts over more than a decade. as a trade union, we are campaigning for full pay restoration for doctors by 2027. there's always the possibility that we will be called to reballot and take action. now, we don't want to do that and our patients don't need that at all. so we will be looking to work constructively for a way forwards. 0verworked! underpaid! one of labour's first acts in government was to end strikes with junior doctors

and accept the recommended pay rises for other public sector workers, at the same time limiting winter fuel payments to only the poorest pensioners — part of what's described as a challenging financial position. this recommendation will now go to the independent pay review bodies to be assessed. if they say workers should be paid more, the government#s suggested the extra would have to come out of funding for services. hannah miller, bbc news. let's return to the farmers protest taking place in central london. truck tractors have been converging on the capital from all around the country. nicky schiller is there for us. quite a scene there with all those of tractors right in the heart of government.- heart of government. that's ri . ht. i heart of government. that's right- i am _ heart of government. that's right. i am just _ heart of government. that's right. i am just a _ heart of government. that's right. i am just a stone's - right. i am just a stone's throw away from downing street here in whitehall and you can see behind me the tractors are lining up. they are coming down whitehall. 0ne

lining up. they are coming down whitehall. one is lining up. they are coming down whitehall. 0ne isjust about lining up. they are coming down whitehall. one is just about to parcels. it has back british farmers right on the front. if jim turns the camera around we can show you all of them coming down whitehall at the moment. there you can see tractor after tractor, they have been beeping their horns, they have had posters on the front. this next one, stop starmer milking farmers drive. 0thers holding banners saying support our farmers. they are all heading here for westminster where they are going to be holding a slow drive with these tractors up whitehall past downing street a little later. at around midday which is of course when prime minister's questions will be taking place inside the house of commons, outside will be speeches from some of the organisers. this has been billed as an rip british farming rally because the farmers are concerned over those controversial inheritance tax rules that would come in in

2026. that would see farmers whose farm is worth over £1 million paying inheritance tax on that at 20% because at the moment farmers don't pay inheritance tax, which means they can pass it on to their families, but the plan is from 2026 they would if their farm is worth more than £1 million do that, although the government also says if it is owned by two people and i are passing it onto the children, that level would be £3 million. there has been controversy over the numbers of farmers that will be affected by these the government says they think on their estimates it would be around 500 a year, but the farming groups that have organised this same more like 75,000 farmers will be affected which is why they have come here today to protest as you can see. the tractors are literally lining up along

whitehall. they are going to be here for the morning, have the speeches and the metropolitan police have asked people to try and avoid this area because of course you don't want to run on a tractor as well. lots of tractors here to protest. the government themselves say they will not change their mind over this inheritance tax that was brought in by the chancellor rachel reeves in the budget. what they say is that they are supporting british farming with £5 billion over the next two years and they are committed to british farmers but i have been talking to some of the people here today and they really want sir keir starmer and the government to listen again and to listen to them. one of the organisers was concerned that this is not only about farms but it is also about the food that they provide to the nation and they are concerned about the impact it will have on the food chains if farms have to

close because of the inheritance tax. that is what some of the farmers who are here today have been telling me, the fact that they could not afford to pay the inheritance tax, so they would have shut their palms. they wouldn't be able to carry on farming the family going forward and they say that is a concern in terms of the food chain and one of the organisers earlier today was talking about how they may look, if they don't get any response from the government about what they do in the new year and whether they do think about holding back some of the produce they produce to make their point, that this is notjust about inheritance tax for the farmers but it is also about the impact they say it would have on the food chain and food supply across country stop by the government has said it would stand firm in its position but if it starts to get even more difficult and food is perhaps

restricted is says the government the government is thinking about other ways of getting the money it wants but trying to perhaps leave farmers out of the equation? not at the moment. downing street yesterday re—emphasising they won't back down over this plan, but what some of the farmers here today are saying is please talk to us, get round a table and let's discuss this and talk about how we can implement inheritance tax rules because they are saying a lot of the smaller farmers are saying there is a difference between those family run farms and for example the people who have a lot of money and are coming in and buying into farming to be able at a moment to avoid that inheritance tax and they say there is a difference between those billionaires and the farmers that are just farmers that have had their farm in the family for decades. what