faisal islam, is an experiment that does not work forthem. faisal islam, news.es in glasgow. women we re becoming slaves in glasgow. women were word from slovakia to fasten the city. some were brought over for sham marriages. some boasted their earnings on social media for one case a woman was sold on the street for £10,000. 0bese scott one who worked with the law—enforcement agencies across europe say their crimes are despicable. this report. the slums of eastern slovakia home to the roma community, a place where disease is rife, there is no heating or running water, and unemployment is almost 100%. there was a promise of a better life in scotland. something they could only dream of. the reality was very different. lord to a life of slavery and prostitution, eight innocent women shipped to the uk becoming trapped in the trafficking trade. —— lured to a life. these were the mastermind of the scottish operation... who is seen here on facebook on one of his manyjourneys into the country. it was all about the money, showing off for all the world to see live on soci

faisal islam, bbc news. evening on the suspicion of murdering another 15 year—old on his way home from school. baptista adjei was stabbed while still in his uniform outside a mcdonalds in stratford, east london yesterday afternoon. in an unconnected incidentjust hours later, an 18 year—old died from stab injuries on an estate in camberwell, south london. five people have been injured in a knife attack at the arndale centre in manchester city centre. a man in his 40s was tasered by police and arrested at the scene, on suspicion of committing a terrorism offence. he's been assessed by specialist doctors and detained under the mental health act. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. late morning in central manchester. a man is arrested shortly after several people have been stabbed. an officer stands over him with his taser drawn. moments earlier, police inside the arndale centre ran towards the danger. some customers were locked inside the shops, including one man who was joined by a woman who the attacker h

faisal islam, bbc news.the arndale centre in manchester city centre. a man in his 40s was arrested at the scene after being tasered by police. the counter—terrorism unit are now leading the investigation although police say they are keeping an open mind about the motive. 0ur correspondent danny savage is there. for much of today, this area around me was completely cordoned off after the multiple stabbing in the shopping centre behind me. police say they think it is an isolated incident and that nobody else was involved. a man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences. whatever the motive, it was undoubtedly very frightening experience for everybody that in this area earlier today. pa: please leave the area immediately... late morning, in the main shopping area of central manchester. the arndale centre is being evacuated. inside, police are seen running towards the danger. some customers are locked in the shops, including one man, who was joined by a woman, who the attacker has just lashed out at. he

faisal islam, bbc news. a reminder of the headlines. health act after five people we re mental health act after five people were injured in a knife attack in manchester city centre. the uk and eu agreed to intensify brexit talks, but both sides say there is still a way to go. the united nations as 100,000 people have now fled their homes in northern syria, following tu rkey‘s homes in northern syria, following turkey's attack on kurdish held areas. again has been found of human trafficking and forcing women to become slaves and prostitutes in glasgow. eight women were lowered from slovakia to flats in the city, some were brought over for sham marriages. the gang boasted of their earnings on social media, in one case a woman was sold on the street for £10,000. police scotland, who worked with law enforcement agencies across europe say their crimes are despicable. the slums of eastern slovakia, home to the roma community. a space where disease is right, there is no heating or running water, and unemployment is also —— almost 100%. there w

faisal islam, bbc news, in washington.across the uk this week, after a crackdown on so—called "county lines" gangs — that's organised criminals who supply drugs. more than 700 people have been arrested, and police have seized more than 400,000 pounds worth of drugs, and over 150 weapons, including guns. the gangs sell drugs from cities to towns often miles away, and often use children to deliver them. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, joined police in birmingham and worcester. aston, birmingham. police have flooded the area looking for the signs of county lines dealing — drugs, money. lloking for cars previously identified as involved. looking for cars previously identified as involved. there is intelligence on the vehicle linking to drug dealing in the local area. suddenly, up ahead, a pursuit begins. when they find the suspect‘s car, it's crashed into a gas main. turn around, go the other way. we can hear it. the gas escaping. they have to clear the street, but what about the suspect? he's run out of the vehic

faisal islam, bbc news. are covered in tomorrow's front pages. my guests on the papers are the broadcaster, david davies, and anna mik—hailova, the deputy political editor at the daily telegraph. —— anna mikhailova. the london assembly says downing street has complied with an order to hand over details of borisjohnson‘s contacts withjennifer arcuri. the prime minister is facing questions about his friendship with the us businesswoman when he was london mayor. he has denied claims of failing to declare a conflict of interest. the foreign secretary dominc raab has met with the us ambassador urging him to reconsider the diplomatic immunity given to a driver after she left the uk despite being a suspect in a fatal crash. anne sacoolas is wanted by police over the death of teenage motorcyclist, harry dunn, in northamptonshire on 27 august. she flew to the us shortly after the fatal crash. the headlines on bbc news: a downing street source says a brexit deal is now "essentially impossible", following a phone call

faisal islam, bbc news. contracting hiv through contaminated blood products were given a standing ovation at a public inquiry today after describing the family's ordeal. lee turton died in 1992. his mother told the inquiry she believes the government knew the blood products being used were infected, as did the pharmaceutical companies, but that they did nothing. hugh pym has been speaking to lee's parents. good morning, son, merry christmas to you. are you all right? i got a stomach ache. huh? stomach ache. it was lee's final christmas. he was ten and only had weeks to live. he'd been infected with hiv because of his treatment by the nhs. i can't get to sleep. he was just four when his parents were told he had contracted hiv after being treated for his haemophilia with contaminated blood products. he never had a childhood, he could never do the things other children did, that was all taken away from him. he used to say how frightened he was. and what can you say? you know, there's a little boy of eight, nine

faisal islam, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. following a phone call between boris johnson and germany's chancellor, but in the commons michael gove insists a deal can still be done. european council president donald tusk warns borisjohnson it shouldn't be about ‘winning some stupid blame game". the parents of this 10 year old boy who died after contracting hiv from contaminated blood products almost 30 years ago — tell the public inquiry of their heartbreak sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's austin. good evening. england's women are drawing 0—0 with portugal in their friendly in s—tubal. head coach phil neville called it a "must win" game, after the lionesses have failed to win any of their last five matches. so far, its been another uninspired performance from england. this clearance off the line by portugal was the best of very few chances in the first half. the second half has just got underway, and these are the live pictures from the stadium in portugal. the score still level at 0—0. england ha

faisal islam, bbc news.bridge analytica scandal. millions of people had their profile details harvested without their knowledge by an app which was hosted on the site. the data protection watchdog, which imposed the maximum fine allowed, said facebook hadn't done enough to protect its users' data. facebook has denied liability. he's had one of the standout performances of england's rugby world cup campaign, but rugby hasn't always been kyle sinckler‘s passion. known as the "bad boy" of the sport, he went to a school that didn't teach rugby and grew up playing football, until he was told he was "too physical" for it. now he's just three days away from playing in the rugby world cup final against south africa. natalie pirks reports. he is england's battering ram, the hard—hitting prop dubbed the tooting train, whose speed and force had made him a standout star injapan. but kyle sinckler‘s route to the world cup final has been far from conventional. he was always full on, almost like, give the ball to kyle! nig

faisal islam, bbc news, in washington. of thousands of people brought the city to a halt with mass demonstrations and a general strike. trains were stopped and roads blocked by protesters angry about jail sentences imposed this week on catalan separatist leaders. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is there for us this evening. damian. tonight, there are running confrontations going on between police and protesters, all around the centre of barcelona. the protesters have been scattering through the streets. the police, chasing them. they've been setting these fires as they have been going. this day began with a general strike that brought the whole city to a halt. it's ended with the worst clashes that we've seen here in five days. central barcelona. parts of it are a battle ground tonight. a full—scale confrontation under way. between police and protesters. round after round, fired by the riot officers. in return, stones, bottles and fireworks, hurled back at them. this is now the fifth night in a row of these cla

faisal islam, bbc news, in washington.political correspondent nick eardley who's in westminster. we are hearing some lines concerning workers rights, updated on that? big effort the government is going to continue with over the next 12 hours oi’ continue with over the next 12 hours or $0 continue with over the next 12 hours or so is to try and win over more labour mps. we think there are around ten who will back this deal already, the government wants more to be certain of victory tomorrow. so tonight they are offering a package to labour mps to try and entice them. it would involve pledges in legislation, in a future withdrawal agreement bill, on workers rights. so the idea is that if the uk or eu changed their workers rights legislation, there would be an updated parliament —— update in parliament from the government and mps would then be able to vote on what they want to happen next. not completely clear whether that vote would be binding, but this is supposed to reach out to those labour mps who may be wavering, and sa

faisal islam, bbc news.r, laura kuenssberg, and katya adler in brussels. katya, from the eu perspective have we reached a dead end? well, sophie, no and yes. very little isn't straightforward when it comes to this brexit process. if we ta ke comes to this brexit process. if we take that important step back, eu leaders still want a deal and they believe that borisjohnson still wa nts a believe that borisjohnson still wants a deal, although they're not convinced just how high up his list of priorities getting a deal with the eu comes, compared, for example, to winning a general election. but in the meantime they say they are still open for talks, including this week. they haven't entirely ruled out the possible at the of finding a deal by the end of this month. but realistically speaking, boris johnson's proposals on how to replace the irish backstop are problematic for the eu, not completely, not the whole offer, but when it comes to customers. boris johnson insists northern ireland must stay in the united ki

our economics editor faisal islam.s has been agreeing the future of the border between northern ireland and the republic. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has spent the day in belfast to gauge how perceptions of identity have been a powerfulfactor. like a patchwork quilt, belfast is imprinted with reminders of northern ireland's dual identity. while nationalists have fought for closer ties to the eu, unionist politicians have pulled the other way. today's deal divides these communities again. i think it's ridiculous that the unionist community is holding everybody to ransom. theyjust don't think of anybody but themselves. anything catholics like, they automatically are against it — it doesn't matter what it is. in unionist areas of the city, it's viewed very differently. for those who identify as british, the arrangements for trade in the brexit deal strike at something deeper — a fear that closer alignment with ireland and the eu undermines northern ireland's very place in the united kingdom itself. nice to meet y

faisal islam, bbc news.nge the way they vote? can the conservatives persuade traditional labour voters — who want to leave the eu — to switch their vote? the west midlands will be one of the key battlegrounds in this election. what happens there will be crucial to the final result. west bromwich west is a labour seat with a majority of almost 4,500. it‘s in an area that voted to leave the eu in the referedum. our political correspondent alex forsyth sent this report. on offer for the next six weeks, an election campaign likely dominated by brexit. in fact, for some parties that is part of the strategy. the tories are targeting leave voters in labour areas, like here. ijust want i just want to be out. here, more than two thirds of people voted to leave the eu, and there is frustration it has not happened. that is what borisjohnson wants to tap into, butjeremy corbyn will be fighting hard to hold these seats. mike, who‘s run his own businesses for years, is seeking a clear message. labour have done themselves

so with that in mind as we wait for the second vote result our economics editor faisal islam and reality morris are here. just the importance of the second vote and what it could do to the process ? vote and what it could do to the process? the idea of trying to get this entire piece of legislation through in three days is pretty unprecedented. 400 plus pages of the bill plus the accompanying documents, very difficult for mps to documents, very difficult for mps to do in that time and you consent during the debate today real anger that the government was trying to push through at such pace. if it stretches into next week then really you're running out time because it is not just about you're running out time because it is notjust about ratification on the side of the channel both in house of commons and house of lords but in the european parliament as well. they've said clearly that we will not make a move until the mess in westminster clears up a little. so this is kind of last chance for the government to do it on the 31st october. i think and we had various people in the debate saying

our economics editor faisal islam is at the annual international monetary fund meeting in washington.ion in the financial markets to the news, what is your assessment of that? in a place like this with finance ministers and bankers, there's a sense of relief that one of the clouds on the world economy be lifting, but the economic destination implied by the papers signed in brussels is importantly different from the direction of travel we saw a year ago and that is because boris johnson travel we saw a year ago and that is because borisjohnson wants the full freedom to sign trade deals with the likes of the us but that has an implication in terms of a more distant relationship with the eu and that has consequences for manufacturers for example, they had been promised that car manufacturers that rely on no checks on the origin of their parts, well, that has now gone from this deal. when you add up frictions like that the last time the treasury did the numbers, there was an implied hit to the economy of 3-4% was an implied hit to the economy of 3—4% over a decade or so from a deal like t

you can look at this from faisal islam, bbc‘s economics editor picked up on something else the primey in his deal. bbc‘s andrew neil spoke to the justice minister about this earlier — quoting the prime minister's words. if there are no checks between great britain and northern ireland, there will be some light touch measures to assure no illegal trade and endangered animal species and banned firearms, but that's not true, is it? it's going to cover all goods going from northern ireland, surrey, from great britain to northern ireland. i think he is making a distinction between administrative, what we used to call paperwork, a lot of it would be done digitally. under sort of checks, the actual physical checks that of course would've been a real issue when it comes to making sure that there was that seamless niss within our ireland, and of course that issue about the border, east, west, i think there's a difference. but there will be checks. well, there will be some administrative procedures, and i think... which is also known as checks. well, it could be. otherwise... borisjohnson‘s te

our economics editor faisal islam was at the treasury today.h that glass half—full approach, that the economy would be after a decade to between bigger under after a decade to between bigger undeer after a decade to between bigger under mrjohnson has made the author no deal, but it also calculates the glass half empty. 3.5%, smaller than would otherwise be the case in a decade's time. to be clear, that doesn't mean we would shrink by 3.5% from where we are now, just that there would be 3.5% last growth. that equates to about £70 billion off the economy, the equivalent per person of over £1000. they also compared it to theresa may's deal and said it would result in an economy slightly smaller. what is driving this? it is extra trade barriers and regulations on our trade with our biggest trade partner with europe. things like checks on the origin of car parts, there is a route to avoiding those in theresa may's deal, that was taken out of the draft political declaration for borisjohnson. the treasury the draft political declaration for boris john

islam. >> he had always worked for one prince or anotr, was extremely close to prince turki al-faisal, forn for the embassy in london and then in washington when i was ambassador in both. >> smith: right. s he ever somebody, did he complain about the kingdom? >> jamal always had ideas, and-and heas very-very open with those ideas. (khash and faisal speakingng arabic) he was boisterous. he had a good nse of hor, sotimes laughing at himsel sometimes laughing with others. and he was a very professional journalist. 's >> let another perspective, now, from saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. >> smith: in those days khashoi was especially enthusiastic about mbs when he talked about the need for reform. >> and he is seen as a savior by young saudis and-and by me >> the fact that you have a newe king and a young advisor, in the person of mohammed bin salman, at gave hope to jamal. >> smith: in 2016, after meeting pwith mbs, khashoggi madent of tweeting this. it's the only photograph we've seen of the two of them together. (boys speaking arabic, shouting) i've been coming to saudi arabiy for ears. ov