so the reason this area matters to the gangs, the criminal gangs, is not because of what's grown heret the journey, wilmer is nervous, intensely focusing on each vehicle we pass. in spanish: it is an uneven fight and ijust wonder why you don't let them use the routes. in spanish: the consequences of opposing the gangs soon become very obvious. so what happened here then? in spanish: cristina bautista was a 30—year—old indigenous leader. in spanish: but her bravery made her a target. just ten days before my arrival, she was killed alongside her four indigenous guards. we finally arrive at the village of tacueyo. this meeting has been organised by the peace commissioner, forced by a spate of killings to confront a community that feels abandoned by the government. in spanish: applause. just tell me about cristina. what sort of person was she? in spanish: the peace deal was negotiated by the previous president amid opposition from many members of the current government. they have been in powerfor almost 18 months under the leadership of president ivan duque, who has been accused of failin

criminal gangs are killing anyone who stands in their way. those gangs are never far away. some armed men have been spotted nearby. i want to discover what's happening now in colombia that's making cocaine in the uk more available than it's ever been. for 50 years, colombia was home to the world's longest running civil war but in 2016, a historic peace deal was signed with the main rebel group, the farc. a new future was the promise — newjobs, new roads — all negating the need for the farc to produce cocaine to finance their political goals. but just a year after signing the deal, cocaine production reached record levels — up nearly a third to around 1.5 million kilograms. i am heading to an area where the cocaine trade begins. this road takes me to one of the main cocaine—producing parts of colombia. what i'm hoping to do here is to meet some of the farmers who are growing the coca leaves. colombia has spent billions of dollars eradicating coca plantations, so farms are well—hidden. when you come here, you begin to realise how absolutely professional these criminal gangs m

criminal gangs are killing anyone who stands in the way. those gangs are never far away.been spotted nearby. i want to discover what is happening 110w i want to discover what is happening now in colombia which is making cocaine in the uk more available thanit cocaine in the uk more available than it has ever been. for 50 years, colombia was home to the world ‘s longest running civil war but in 2016, a historic peace deal was signed with the main rebel group, the farc. a new future was promised, newjobs, new rules, all negating the need for the farc to produce cocaine. but a year after signing the deal, one and a half billion kilograms of cocaine is produced, the highest ever. i am heading to the highest ever. i am heading to the place where it begins. this rate ta kes the place where it begins. this rate takes me to the main one of the main cocaine producing areas. i am hoping to meet some of the farmers who are growing the coca leaves. billions of dollars have been spent. when you come here, you begin to realise how absolutely professional these criminal gangs must be, i

it is important to remember that the gang of eight does not equal congress.house of representatives has 435 members, the senate has 100 members, look i understand secretary esper's point and understand not every piece of information can or pragmatically should be shared with all 535 members of congress. but drive by notification to eight people is not the same as notification to congress. remember there is an important constitutional reason for this. we have some overlap and some natural tension between the article 2 commander in chief power enjoyed by the president and the article 1 section 8 war power that is possessed by i don't think congress. in order to know and understand where one power ends and another begins in any context, we need to have a certain amount of information and an adequate amount of information was not shared with us. >> well, there was information shared with fox news in that interview the president gave where he said it was his belief that there were four embassies that were going to be threatened by attack by iran. you have spoken t

it's like what do you do if your gang who's the double agent inside the gang comes to you and says i have been made an offer, i have been offered this proposal. it's a little bit outside my wheel house. i didn't think this was the kind of thing i was here to work on. but with now the blessing of the dea he basically goes ahead with it, goes back to jack the used car dealer guy and says, you know, okay, i got to talk to a few guys, but this seems good, let's go ahead with it. the u.s. government totally knows about it. the fbi obviously is brought in. they know about this from the earliest stages because it's this dea informant who's been approached with this proposal. because the fbi is in on it, the u.s. government knows what's happening here, they're allowing this plot to go forward but monitoring it every step of the way. all the subsequent meetings and calls with this car salesman jack are recorded. as outlandish and ridiculous as the plot sounds, as unnecessary convoluted and bizarre as the plot sounds, it kind of checks out. each step of it keeps advancing. the used car salesma

it's like what do you do if your gang who's the double agent inside the gang comes to you and says i have been made an offer, i have been offered this proposal. it's a little bit outside my wheel house. i didn't think this was the kind of thing i was here to work on. but with now the blessing of the dea he basically goes ahead with it, goes back to jack the used car dealer guy and says, you know, okay, i got to talk to a few guys, but this seems good, let's go ahead with it. the u.s. government totally knows about it. the fbi obviously is brought in. they know about this from the earliest stages because it's this dea informant who's been approached with this proposal. because the fbi is in on it, the u.s. government knows what's happening here, they're allowing this plot to go forward but monitoring it every step of the way. all the subsequent meetings and calls with this car salesman jack are recorded. as outlandish and ridiculous as the plot sounds, as unnecessary convoluted and bizarre as the plot sounds, it kind of checks out. each step of it keeps advancing. the used car salesma

there was a drug cartel, a drug gang in mexico. and the dea, drug enforcement administration to a certain extent had infiltrated this gang. the dea at least had informants working for them who were living and working as members of this gang but secretly reporting back to the dea on what was going on which is interesting in terms of a law enforcement drama prospect, right? but one day in may of 2011, one of these guys who was secretly working for the dea as an informant inside this drug gang, he made arrangements to talk to his dea handler and told the handler something that felt like it was visiting from another planet. it was a plot from a totally different movie, something that was seeming totally off the wall for what was already a dramatic situation. the case began in may when a drug enforcement administration informant told agents of a bizarre conversation. he had been approached, he said, by an iranian friend of his aunt's in corpus christi, texas. the friend had a proposition to hire the drug cartel to carry out terrorist at

the gangs are about the general makeup. identifying them monitoring them is getting harder and harder because there has been a deep decrease in the police force due to cutbacks and things like that but they were tasked to do more because sometimes the specialized humans that we're focusing on that they're not there in the way. we have to talk about gangs are being able to make money heroin. it's. the drug. and. when we talk about gangs we have to talk about not only gun violence reducing gun violence but we have to focus on what drugs now are being abused. it's just. really sort of. you know being homeless. daughters in florida you know the mother daughter. i mean going to court. it really messes you up. you know. a year ago today i was at work again paid like i was doing what i graduated school for my life was going where i wanted to go to the point where i was like i'm going to be and i will be able to support my family my children everything is going to be ok no this is what i was just. and then. from your fingertips. im

now they're battling rival gangs to see who will. jesse says he became a member of t.s.t. when he was 16 he's now 21 warning that i'm no longer really when i joined a gang i felt a sense of so. you have your group of friends who are traveling and it's a real fellowship you can count on. a fellowship he believes has kept him alive in what is a perilous place for young men. a few weeks earlier local news channel's headline a shootout between 2 rival groups in the area the back and forth battle was captured on security cameras. the group would say of t.s.t. was involved but jesse shows us all bullet wounds from past fights. so you're shot here and i can see the boy in there exactly how he got them he won't say this here only came out. came out here sized. during a fight or what happened that. i was just accused of something and things just happen. then one of the gang returns with something to show us it's a handgun and that. this is the gun. it's an old one but we're told it's been used to kill at least 2 people why do you need a gun why do you guys need guns also are your e

capital nairobi that's a source of livelihood for poor people but is run by i'm scrupulous criminal gangs that's the next the government's hands on that. and the south african billionaire has apologized for telling us president donald trump that. there was outrage after his remarks but it wasn't such a bad thing to say. hello i'm christine window welcome to deja vu news africa it's good to have your company in kenya trash is trisha the waste collection business is a source of money for both those in office and those impala people collect recyclable material for small change and government officials all set to receive thousands in bribes for awarding big god big collection contracts now this is the door a landfill site in the capital nairobi it was supposed to be closed yes ago but as all correspondent reports it's a gold mine and too many people are profiting from it including criminal gangs. every morning thousands of scavengers in nairobi kenya stream to the dent or a dump site where the global trash business has become a multimillion dollar venture the people here try to and if you dol

you were a gang member and became a gang leader from 13... ?mber. at the age of 13? even in the local authority, you would think there would be a change because they have the policies in the wake should happen for a young person, but it didn't. how could you have been treated differently at the age of 13 that could have put you on a different path? social workers knew that i was groomed into that form of life style, that i was groomed into that form of lifestyle, so therefore, they should have. and they knew because you've clearly tell them everything? they knew. it is not that they didn't know. they knew the people i was moving with. they knew that from the age of before i got a 13 everything was fine until i started moving with these groups of people. from the outside looking at that, trying to work out how to break that, had to ta ke work out how to break that, had to take you away, when presumably at the age of 13 you are caught up in it, it would have been difficult to say to you, it is ok, we can give you a better life here. would you hav

that i then one of the gang returns with something to show us it's a handgun enough. and this is the gun. it's an old one but we're told it's been used to kill at least 2 people why do you need a gun why do you guys need guns police all your enemies also have guns your enemies also have guns so you need guns to protect yourself. despite the tough talk jesse admits the fighting the shootings the killings have taken their toll. in the beginning i said to myself i wouldn't do certain things that i joined again just for the friendships. but i feel since lost my way is the i'm the one looking for trouble. that guns are needed to survive here is something we hear again at our next stop in toronto. were met by orphans their thieves talk to steal guns by one of the areas dealers. inside we need dealer who will call george. he shows us some of his current stock. up until a year ago george was a painter then he lost his job and says he had no choice but to get into guns. he says he makes twice as much now. do you ever feel. knowing you're selling weapons. you know when. it's up

to and if you dollars a day picking and selling waste to make ends meet it's a dangerous place by gangs and cartels rule with violence. it's every man or boy for themselves says 12 year old great she spends a monday he's scared of the older boys and men who tried to steal the waste others have collected. before you know it it's her head that he's cutting i've seen many little being killed. just yesterday ritchie himself was attacked traumatizing experience. so i told her the sack is mine you lock me up inside a truck it was about 7 in the morning he may have been set by the double me up until 10 o'clock that evening. into may be government owned and looks like a mess but this place is highly organized with every inch tightly controlled by gangs. you should never pick from someone struck with what you aren't supposed to overwhelm you must wait for them to finish taking everything they want otherwise it's just outright war. but it's not only the scavengers who have to follow the rules hundreds of truck drivers are charged in the legal security and offloading fee of $5.00 to $7.00 every ti

one aspect is gang members. we apprehended over 1,000 gang members, 23 different gangs.nd again, that is just who we apprehended. they're using the humanitarian effort to draw border patrol agents off the line during the patrolover 50% of border agents were taken off the line to care for kids and families. what do you think the human smuggling organizations were doing? the were exploiting them. they were doing it by design. they would send large caravans in one area so the border police would go and address that. meanwhile -- and be distracted. over 1,000 gang members, drug last year, c.b.p. seized over 800,000 pounds of drugs. think about that stat. 800,000 pounds. the four hard narcotics heroin, , meth, fentanyl, cocaine, went up last year. fentanyl, one sector out of nine sectors seized 11 pounds, enough to kill two million people in the united states. last year alone, 68,000 individuals in this country died because of direct result of overdose of illicit narcotics. 60,000 people. that is more people who died then in an entire vietnam conflict. there's another thing i

exploitation in britain about to victorian era levels leaving austerity an increasingly powerful drug gangs. vulnerable children at risk it all me to a criminal scheme has been revealed helping foreign is illegally adult youngsters. by their good afternoon just turned 4 pm this saturday 4th january live than from the other to international world new center season's greetings it's kevin owen here with this hour's update. thousands of mourners have been holding funeral processions in the iraqi capital baghdad to one of those killed in a u.s. air strike on friday morning including iran's top general money the crowds have been waving their national flag and the flags of various to ramberg shia militia groups the remains of the commanders body will be repatriated to iran for burial on sunday considered the 2nd most powerful figure in the islamic republic he was among 10 people killed in the early morning raids following a direct order from the us president donald trump has defended the assassination saying it was necessary to prevent an imminent attack on american personnel and another possible

even their foster carers of hope what they would like to do with their lives authorities say drug gangs are the major cause of the spike in numbers and it is quite a spike in a 74 percent year on year why isn't that being tackled harder do you think. well you know the interesting thing is the reason why i set up my organization is because a lot of these young people that we find as part of these drug gangs as they're called have been permanently excluded have been rejected from society so i think we need to go back a few steps and even jilt deal with our young people from a primary age level because as they get into secondary school which i can guarantee when they go back next week my phone will be ringing in constantly with children being kicked out of school for have a natural hair not having the right tie on or maybe their shoes so if we start stop doing this you know sledgehammer approach to what we are talking about as children then they wouldn't find themselves in these gangs in the 1st place but no one's actually listening or doing any think about the exclusion matter and the hig

drug gangs. on the children are dressed in armenia or pretty old stealing has been revealed helping foreigners illegally adopt youngsters there. just after 11 pm here in moscow this. we have a lot to get through welcome to our to the international our top story several rocket attacks have hit a rock including in close vicinity to the american embassy in baghdad on a military base near the capital there are no reports as well of a strike on a base in the northern city of mosul for more on today's developments i'm joined in the studio by igor off equal we could tensions turning to violence again today what are we learning what's known well something is definitely up in the and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well within with all the context around that people can rule conclusions out of the situations so so far 3 confirmed strikes. in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mort

exploitation in britain or victorian era levels naming a sterritt see an increasingly powerful drugs gangs. of all children at risk in armenia to. reveal to helping foreigners legally adopt. one minute. pm and 8 in the evening right here in moscow on this the 1st day of the year welcome to our international. mourners have been holding funeral processions in the iraqi capital. to honor those killed in a u.s. strike on friday. general. money the crowds waved national flying flags of various shia militia groups chanted death to america the remains of the commander's body will be repatriated to iran for burial. but consider the 2nd most powerful figure in the islamic republic salomone was among 10 killed in the early morning raid following a direct order from the us president donald trump as the fended the assassination claiming it was necessary to prevent an imminent attack on american personnel another possible war in the middle east but it's called profound both in iran and beyond. solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the u

exploitation in britain are back to victorian levels claiming austerity and increasingly powerful drug gangs. and vulnerable children at risk in our media as well where of criminal schemes been revealed helping foreigners illegally. live from moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international this morning welcome to the program. in baghdad a convoy belonging to an iran backed militia has come under attack that's just 24 hours after an american strike killed iran's top general because money leaders there strikes reportedly killed $6.00 and left 3 others injured the owner called the popular mobilization forces claim the vehicles were medical and were not carrying the group's leaders or popular mobilization forces and iraqi state sponsored umbrella organization comprised of around 40 muslim militias mostly sheer is known for playing a major role in the campaign to liberate the country from several commanders were killed during friday's attack that strike killed 10 in iran's most senior military commander. it was conducted on the president donald trump the u.s. leader as the friend of the assass

trouble exploitation in britain are back to victorian levels austerity and increasingly powerful drug gangs. and vulnerable kids at risk. schemes revealed helping foreigners illegally adopt youngsters. in the capital works for joining us on r.t. international and daniel. in baghdad a convoy carrying belonging to iran backed militia has come under attack reportedly killing 6 a u.s. led coalition spokesperson has tweeted the u.s. did not conduct the strike that's just a day after washington admitted killing iran's top general money for the latest assault the convoy zoner the popular mobilisation forces claim the vehicles were medical and were not carrying the group's leaders of the popular mobilization forces isn't a rocky state sponsored umbrella organization comprised of around 40 muslim militias mostly shere is known for playing a major role in the campaign to liberate the country from eisel several of its commanders were killed during friday's attack well that strike killed 10 including iran's most senior military commander money it was conducted on a direct order of donald trump and the

or do you have to move beyond the yang gang to the general uber gang of america?g of america. >> stephen: yes. well, certainly i would have loved to have been on the stage last night, any opportunity to address the american people is a great opportunity. >> stephen: well, there's no better opportunity than right here, right now. ( cheers and applause ) so let me ask you the first question that wolf blitzer asked last night. this is the first question wolf asked last night, why are you best prepared to be commander-in-chief? >> i'm best prepared because i'm laser focused on the real problems to have the 21s 21st century. we have to solve those problems lining climate change, artificial intelligence, cyber security, and not just the problems on our plate for the last number of years and decades. >> stephen: what is your threshold for military action? if you have an ac for like iran in the middle east or someone like soleimani who was planning, sponsoring attacks against u.s. troops in the region, what's the threshold for you to take action against iran or an individ

the way gangs do it but not everyone agrees though israel says job well done president broke deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively israel sterns with the united states in this just struggle force peace security and so firms america's nato allies are not thrilled at all we have woken up to more dangerous world the us action did not make it any easier to reduce tensions we had all parties to deescalate for the conflict is in none of our interests. it didn't exactly go over well at home either american media has accurate all sorts of allegations about solid money most americans had never heard of before saying he is the new face of terrorism and evil but democrats say the trump is rushing the country to war without congressional approval the risk of a much longer military engagement in the middle east is acute. and immediately this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president promised he would not drag us into now donald trump is defending it he says he saved lives and that he's protecting t

>> yes, the first briefing that the gang of eight is getting is right now behind closed doors. the democrats have been highly critical about the decision not to brief the gang of eight, and the republicans said it is fine, but one of the members of the gang of eight kevin mccarthy was down in florida with president trump at the time of the strike, and may have gotten information ahead of the time, but nancy pelosi, and chuck schumer for the first time, they will hear the highly intensive intelligence that most members of congress do not have access to, and this special group of congress do have access to, and we expect to hear from chuck schumer here hearing and discussing exactly what they heard and if the democrats will pull back from the criticisms about the strike, and a lot of questions going into the briefing, wolf is whether this is an imminent threat against the united states which is the way that the administration had been portraying it, and do they see the intelligence to back up the assertion and we will see how they react and coming down if on party lines or change

her grandmother said the authorities knew she was being abused by the gangs.knew what was happening and i told them what was happening. and they let them come in and just take her out. in the last few minutes it is understood that flybe the biggest regional operator in the uk has been saved. we'll have the details. negotiations continue over the sussexes future — as it's revealed that meghan didn't take part over the phone credit cards will be banned for online betting from april in a bid to curb problem gambling. and australia's devastating fires could become all too familiar in other parts of the world, say scientists — if global temperatures continue to rise. and coming up on bbc news. a retirement... and an abandonement. .. the bushfires are starting to affect australia's month in the tennis spotlight as melbourne sits under a smoky sky. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in manchester 15 years ago knew that children were suffering "the most profound abuse... but did not protect t

to the landfill that's a source of income for the poor but also provides rich pickings for criminal gangs it's alleged the government's hands aren't clean either. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the world health organization is meeting today to decide whether the spread of the corona virus amounts to a global health emergency 7800 people are now infected worldwide the vast majority of them and china the number killed there by the fire. has hit 170. in many parts of china this is the new normal very few people on the streets and the usually crowded public transport system all but empty like here in shanghai every passenger is stopped. and every passing just screened for signs of the coronavirus. high quality i think it's fine temperature was taken both getting on and off the train everyone has a mask on i feel relieved. it may look like a country grinding to a halt but this is china's response to a mass public health emergency. session like it was the government can cure the virus this time though infected cases are increasing these days as well as the number of deaths b

the gangs using pay—as—you—go phones to deal drugs. now a call to change the law.e of elections in taiwan, we look at why china's taking centre stage. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, chris wilder signs a new contract at sheffield united. he plans to be at the club until 202a. good evening and welcome to bbc news at ten. after three years of deadlock, power—sharing will return to northern ireland. a deal aimed at restoring devolved government was agreed by the main political parties, sinn fein and the democratic unionists, this afternoon. the northern ireland assembly will sit for the first time in 36 months tomorrow after it was suspended in 2017 after a political dispute. the vacuum created has had a big impact on public services, affecting schools, the nhs and key projects. it's hoped the agreement will bring about improvement and reform. but sinn fein and the dup are warning that serious challenges remain. there's flash photography in this report by our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. after three years of resistance, the final steps to an agreement. f

i'm melissa chana welcome to news asia thank you for joining us it's been 7 years since the violent gang rape and murder of a 23 year old woman in delhi the story made international headlines and sparked massive nationwide protests in india the college student and her male friend were brutally attacked on a bus they were beaten with an iron bar the woman raped repeatedly and then dumped by the side of the road she died from her injuries 2 weeks later it led to the tightening of the country's rape laws the 4 men convicted of the crime worse scheduled to hang this weekend those executions are now delayed. we have to be should judge while in delhi for more than we should this process has taken so long there must be a sense of frustration from people and of course there has been so much outrage but i wonder has that outrage also meant division in the country most definitely release of the fact that this process has taken 7 long as has been frustrating not just for the week to this family but for people across the country brought us just bored out into the streets 7 long years ago and justice

all of those things perhaps discussed in the gang of eight meeting. but it is clear she is concerned about a military conflict escala escalating, which is why they're pushing forward on the war powers resolution that will be approved in the house in a matter of hours and the senate will move on that too in a matter of days, kate. >> manu, thank you. dana, thank you so much. appreciate you guys. >>> coming up, 24 hours after president trump declared iran appears to be standing down as he said it, are they? i'll talk to two veteran diplomats about what happens next. does scrubbing grease feel like a workout? scrub less with dawn ultra. it's superior grease-cleaning formula gets to work faster. making easy work of tough messes. dawn is a go-to grease-cleaner throughout the kitchen, too. keep a bottle in the laundry room to pre-treat greasy stains. and keep dawn in the garage to lift grease off car rims. it's even gentle enough to clean wildlife affected by oil. dawn's grease cleaning power takes care of tough grease wherever it shows up. scrub less and s

troops home who yelled and screamed the most not about the constitution but it was polos he and her gang were saying oh no he shouldn't do that he should do that. at that time you know removing troops is what we want as a libertarian. nobody should be paying switching parties or at least at this time of year because it's all politicized you have to separate the 2 groups of people who think the united states has an eye has an empire to fan and that they are morally justified to do it versus those of us who believe that we should be noninterventionist and follow the constitution and follow international law and the extra 3 fellows into u.s. troops are actually being deployed to the region growing tension was not on the table from the start do you think what what this washington's strategy for the reason for the region as it stands well i think it's been very clear this is one thing that trump deserves credit for he's been consistent in his campaign and everything is going on he always wants to escalate you know the antagonism toward iran other places it's up and down and back and forth and