akamai had had first had experience of these ransom demands.is brother was kidnapped with his extended family when they tried to flee the taliban last year. it was a dark med received the calls back home and the demands for ransom. —— akmed. family is desperate to do anything to save their loved ones. and, yet, six months after his brother's ordeal, akmed took that very same risk. all this risk to get to europe. it took this person five years the multiple detentions to make it to the uk. he is seeking asylum here but he is originally from iran. his villages on the border with turkey and where many of these stories of torture are taking place. over the past three years, he has been using his presence on social media to name and shame those he says are gang leaders are responsible for this torture. this is where the journey starts. and what many hundreds of thousands are desperate to leave behind. the taliban retook afghanistan in august 2021 and now afghan national have been fleeing in hundreds and thousands ever since. i met this man back where

akamai just a moment or two. hello. good afternoon.of the week for most of us, but it's been rather unsettled so far today. heavy rain in central southern england earlier this morning and some thunderstorms breaking out. a lovely weather watcher picture here from north uist in the western isles. there could be some more heavy, thundery showers breaking out for many of us as we head through the rest of today. there are localised weather warnings in place, but also some sunny spells too and it will still be feeling warm. earlier on we saw this feature just move its way northwards, currently across north—eastern areas of england and north—eastern scotland too, where it's likely to linger on for much of the rest of the day, eventually pulling out into the north sea. watch out for some thunderstorms across western scotland and northern ireland. also possibly some heavy, thundery showers across south—west england and south wales forming in lines, but further east it's largely dry. temperatures here peaking in the mid—20s in celsius. overnigh