officers in northern ireland have raided three houses and the national crime agency says it is trying whether organised crime networks were involved. essex police say the case is the largest murder investigation in its history. ed thomas is in essex for us now. sophie, tonight there is an intense search for answers. this is now an international investigation, from china, to bulgaria, from northern ireland to write here in essex. what we do know is 39 people from china we re we do know is 39 people from china were put inside that container, which was picked up from this port in purfleet. what we don't know is who they are, how long they were inside that container, who put them there and why. flowers for men and women they have never met. not far from where all 39 chinese nationals were found, a message from people here in grays remembering the lives so cruelly taken. their desperation shows this society we live in is not right somewhere. just think of the people who were in that fan, that laurie, trying to find a new life, and not succeeding unfortunately. the lorry was taken away yest

it was actually uncovered during an investigation by the uk's national crime agency.matthew falder, who turned out to be a prolific paedophile. he was a geophysicist, but he is now serving 25 years in prison for paedophile offences. now, as a result of the falder investigation, then the nca started looking at this website, obviously notified international partners, and as a result, we have this global operation. and to give you an idea of the scale of it, in the uk alone, its lead to 18 investigations and one of those, for example, one man, kyle fox, he was from surrey, he was jailed earlier this year for 22 years and he had uploaded images of himself abusing a young girl. but what the nca is stressing is that when you are fighting these sort of people, these paedophiles and trying to unmask them and bring them tojustice, you have to rely on your international partners, and they would say this is a massive success in terms of what has been achieved and these people now, they hope, can be brought tojustice. and the website was operating from south korea, which gives yo

working taking place already between the police, border force, immigration enforcement, the national crime agency other law enforcement agencies to ascertain exactly how this incident occurred. diane, day out, they work tirelessly to secure borders against a wide range of threats including people trafficking. and we will continue to work with international partners to keep people safe. this is a tragic loss of life, and i and everyone of my team will continue to update the house as more facts on this dreadful incident become known. diane abbott. i would like to thank the home secretary for early sight of her statement any death under the circumstances is truly appalling, the fact there have been 39 reported deaths in this incident is a tragedy, one of the worst of its kind. each of those will have partners, family and friends who perhaps even now don't know how their loved one died under horrible circumstances. so i am sure i speak for the whole house when i say that oui’ for the whole house when i say that our thoughts, prayers and wishes go out for the loved ones of the victims. i would like to

these are very senior police officers in some cases one set of the national crime agencies.ally exonerate them and it doesn't seem that will be the end of the matter. we have a judge here hoping the home secretary will intervene. and that it shouldn't be the end of the matter. they have pushed back, the iopc, but com pletely pushed back, the iopc, but completely defended themselves this evening. if richard henriques, if his article in the daily mail is anything to go by, they would have to have a heck defence because he is absolutely slamming them. this is an organisation that was created just under two years ago to lead and manage the develop and of the police service and if his article on his findings are right, they are not leading and managing much, they couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, what is saying. more detail tomorrow. lives were so badly affected by this. you might be familiar with harvey proctor who lost his house in hisjob. familiar with harvey proctor who lost his house in his job. very damaging to him and other people. this programme very controversi

been made the investigation has also led to raids on 2 homes in northern ireland britain's national crime agency says it's working to find out whether organized crime groups are involved. it's britain's largest murder investigation in the years police are still trying to piece together what happened to the $39.00 bodies found in this truck. it's also a tragedy which has touched many in this community. i'm completely and utterly shocked and devastated but that's actually happened here today especially in this area i mean my money my money was down the road my dad works down there so did everyone but i you know i drive down all the time so for that to happen is completely shocked detectives want to know the exact route the truck took on its way to the industrial park on the outskirts of east london. this footage shows the vehicle passing by 2 separate c.c.t.v. cameras shortly before the bodies were discovered. british police a facing and europe wide investigation it's known the lorry has gary number plates and passed through the port of support in belgium the truck's driver was from northern irela

and i do think what the government will need to do is to have a summit with the national crime agencylice and so on, and all of these different agencies and have a look at what is going on and it is a look at what is going on and it is a bit, it must be in the light of this horror, it must be a wake—up call for us all to see what more can be done. that is also a national level, that clearly at an international level we are going to have to talk to the belgian government about what more needs to be done there in a bilateral sense, we have to look at what euro poll is doing but also more broadly, if the reports are right as to where these u nfortu nate reports are right as to where these unfortunate people have originated from, what their nationality is, more broadly that international cooperation needs to be improved. and certainly we need to look to see what more can be done and do it. apps you have mentioned we have reported that it is thought the victims were chinese nationals, based on your expertise in this area, does that give you any clues as to where they may have got on this l

assistant commissioner at the time and is now on a £240,000 job as director—general of the national crime agencyhas been exonerated, but it doesn't look like it will rest there. he is calling for the home secretary to take action, what can she do?” for the home secretary to take action, what can she do? i am not aware of her powers in terms of reopening an investigation but that is where the pressure lies. it depends who is running the country at that time, and who is home secretary, it is priti patel at the moment. the only officer question face—to—face was detective chief inspector dan treadway, who by reason of the passage of time was unable to recollect what information was available at the time. the whole thing isjust was available at the time. the whole thing is just unbelievably awful. was available at the time. the whole thing isjust unbelievably awful. so what do you do? several of them have retired already, so you cannot sack them because they have retired. but they certainly have to take some reprisals? maybe taking their pensions away. a lot of them will be on hefty pensions. maybe t

the uk's national crime agency leads an operation that sees more than 300 suspected paedophiles arrested around the world. six people are detained by police in bulgaria, following racist chanting at the england football team on monday night in sophia. and william and kate had for pakistan's mountains, calling for more action on climate change. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. 0n beyond 100 days at 7:00pm, we'll have the latest on syria and turkey's dismissal of a call for a ceasefire as well as more on the brexit talks. for a ceasefire as well as more at 8:00pm, we'll be live from westminster where we're keeping a close eye on brexit deal talks and seeing whether it'll be deal or no—deal. and at 10:40 and 11:30 we'll be taking a look at the front pages of tomorrow's papers with john rentoul and chief political commentator at the independent and journalist at the wall street journal, anna isaac. that's all ahead on bbc news. now, it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm 0lly foster. here's what's coming up on sportsd

we will turn to brexit later but some breaking news from the national crime agency who are saying thation to a child abuse site which has been taken down by international task force set up by the nca it also includes the homeland security investigation and internal revenue service and criminal in discussions in the us pulled the south korean national peace and germany's federal police to this site is run from south korea and it contained more than 250,000 videos described by the nca as horrific. users have made more than! nca as horrific. users have made more than 1 million downloads. nca as horrific. users have made more than! million downloads. the website monetise the sexual abuse from children and was one of the first to offer videos for sale using the cryptocurrency bitcoin. that is the cryptocurrency bitcoin. that is the lead late —— the latest we are hearing, 337 people arrested globally in an nca inspired operation. much more on that coming up. alice baxter is here. these are your business headlines. camera chainjessops, owned by dragons den star peterjones, is set to call in a

touch with authorities in other countries as part of their probe yes it's in the you case a national crime agency and they are looking into possible involvement of organized crime they are cooperating with other police authorities we know that in belgium the police because they're the container came by are they a port of the broke into the country we know that authorities there are also launching an investigation so i think at the beginning they're at the moment they're just at the beginning often vesta geisha and there will be more details to emerge beggar thanks so much for now for that from london. we have some sports of champions league football now where halfway through the group stage wednesday's night snatches saw defending champions liverpool beating the belgian side gang but nobly stayed top of group e. with a win over salzburg barcelona beat salvia primed to lead group after because dortmund lost to enter milan in group g. leipzig defeated senate chelsea top group h. following their win over i.x. while leland landsea played out a draw. or the national life saved the hosts came from behi

officers in northern ireland have raided three houses and the national crime agency says it is tryingised crime networks were involved. essex police say the case is the largest murder investigation in its history. ed thomas reports from essex. flowers for men and women they've never met. not far from where all 39 chinese nationals were found, a message from people here in grays remembering the lives so cruelly taken. their desperation shows this society we live in is not right somewhere. just think of the people who were in that van, that lorry, trying to find a new life, and not succeeding, unfortunately. the lorry was taken away yesterday. this evening, police are preparing to remove the bodies of the 31 men and eight women from the trailer. the start of trying to find out who they are and how they died. there is now a major international investigation. we know that belgian authorities say the container arrived into the port of zeebrugge at about 2:30pm on tuesday afternoon. it left there later that afternoon, heading across the channel, arriving at purfleet in essex. at 1:05am yest

essex police, with the help of the national crime agency and border officials, will now begin the lengthythe lorry have come from? what routes are now being used to smuggle people into the country and what can be done to stop a trade that can lead to such tragedy? our home editor mark easton takes a closer look. just before 1:40am, paramedics called police. the doors of the lorry container had been opened. including 15 children, one from afghanistan was dead, today's container and its tragic contents we re container and its tragic contents were found a short distance away. there are four significant people smuggling routes into central europe come up through spain, across the mediterranean to italy from north africa, through poland from the east, and probably the busiest route through turkey and up through the balkans. from the black sea, migrants are smuggled through countries like bulgaria, where the authorities have been under pressure from the eu to improve border security. people traffickers and smugglers were targeted in bulgaria this summer, including this operation on the banks of

the national crime agency is investigating whether that any links to any organized crime and we know that the belgian authorities olsson involved because after all. the container traveled via the belgian port of the broken into the u.k. . to give moss thanks so much for that from london and we'll have more details on that story as they come in. but are we edging closer to the era of super fast quantum computing according to google the answer is yes the internet giant says it has designed a machine that needs only 200 seconds to solve a problem that would take traditional supercomputers thousands of years to crack google's researchers say that within a few short years quantum computing could revolutionize fields like artificial intelligence it may not loop like much more than a maze of interconnected wires chips and cooling roads but scientists here at google's lab in california see this is in fact a leap into the future this quantum computer called sycamore performed a task in seconds that even the most advanced computers would need centuries to complete. quantum computing gives us a

in 2016, the national crime agency warned that smuggling gangs were moving from major hubs like doverfleet. they will only be caught if they get out of the trailers. this man worked at purfleet at the time of the nca report. he didn't want to show his face. it happened daily. and what was the largest number of people? the largest one i saw was a group of vietnamese. there were 30, 32 of them, crammed into a little 10 by 12 room. you just became used to it, as horrible as it sounds. some of them had broken legs, one that was trying to run away from security onsite, not big security, about four people, with crutches, trying to run away, some holding children. and the security at purfleet? nowhere near enough. tonight, police are still questioning the lorry driver on suspicion of murder. he has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson. police say it will take until the weekend to remove all the bodies and to begin to find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. about 2,000 people in northern california, including the entire population of one town, have been

here's the national crime agency saying...ase of people smuggling, but essex police say it's the largest murder investigation in its history. this investigation already involves at least five countries. i've mentioned the uk and that the people came from china. we also know the lorry was registered in bulgaria to a company owned by an irish woman, but that it hasn't been back to bulgaria since 2017. the refrigerated container arrived in zeebrugge, in belgium, at 2.30pm on tuesday afternoon. it travelled across the channel, and arrived at purfleet, a port on the thames, just after midnight. the lorry collected the container just after 1am. a0 minutes later, ambulance officers discoverered the victims while the container was in an industrial park. police say the tractor unit — the front part of the lorry — entered the country via holyhead in wales on sunday, having travelled from dublin. this story has echoes of a tragedy 19 years ago on when 58 chinese migrants were suffocated to death in this lorry at dover in the south east o

ed: in 2016, the national crime agency warned that smuggling gangs were moving from major hubs to smallerorts. this man worked at purfleet at the time of the report. he did not want to show his face. >> it happened daily. ed: what was the largest number of people? >> vietnamese, 30, 32 of them. crammed into a little 10-by-12 room. you become used to it, strange as it sounds. there wasn't big security, probably four people. people with crutches trying to get away, some with children. ed: security at purfleet? >> not near enough. ed: tonight, police are still questioning the lorry driver on suspicion of murder. he has been named in northern ireland as 25-year-old mo robinson. please say it will take all -- police say it wl take all weekend to remove the bodies and to begin to find the answers they need. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, an in-depth look at the illegal elephant trade. the baby elephants were taken from families in zimbabwe to be sold to china. laura: the rescue services in scotland had praised the 10-year-old boy who scramb

that has taken place already between the police, borderforce, immigration enforcement, the national crime agencyrcement agencies to ascertain exactly how this incident occurred. day in and day out, they work tirelessly to secure our borders against a wide range of threats, including people trafficking. and we will continue to work with international partners to keep people safe. it is important to remember that these 39 poor, unfortunate people are the victims in this. they are preyed on by the greedy, the unscrupulous, and people who simply have a willful disregard for the lives of others. but we should take account of the wider context — nobody leaves their homes on a journey like this with so much risk and fear on a whim. they often do it because they are actually desperate, they can be the victims of economic deprivation, war, famine, catastrophic climate change. there are many adverse conditions people are fleeing from. but we should not lose sight of the fact that these people are victims. the fact of the matter is the loved ones of these people have no idea what has happened to them. they

in 2016, the national crime agency warned that smuggling gangs were moving from major hubs like doverlike purfleet. they will only be caught if they get out of the trailers. this man worked at purfleet at the time of the nca report. he didn't want to show his face. it happened daily. and what was the largest number of people? the largest one i saw was a group of vietnamese. there were 30, 32 of them, crammed into a little 10 by 12 room. you just became used to it, as horrible as it sounds. some of them had broken legs, one that was trying to run away from security onsite, not big security, about four people, with crutches, trying to run away, some holding children. and the security at purfleet? nowhere near enough. tonight, police are still questioning the lorry driver on suspicion of murder. he has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson. police say it will take until the weekend to remove all the bodies and to begin to find the answers they need. ed thomas, bbc news, purfleet. investigations are now turning to china in trying to identify the victims. let's get more

the national crime agency says 50 tons of heroin, cocaine and cannabis, said to be worth billions of before being moved around the uk over an 18—month period. police have arrested more than 500 protesters over the last two—days, including people who have blocked roads and bridges around westminster, to demand action on climate change. the supporters of the extinction rebellion movement have hit back at borisjohnson‘s description of them as "uncooperative crusties", saying that they're ordinary people trying to secure a better future. a housing estate in norwich, which is made up of almost 100 ultra low—energy homes, has won the stirling prize — the award for britain's building of the year. sustainability and recyling was at the heart of all of the nominations — which included an opera house, a home made out of cork, and the redevelopment of london bridge station. david silito was at the ceremony for us. and the winner is goldsmith street. annalie riches, david mikhail, winners of the stirling prize for goldsmith street, a development of council houses. so, this is it? and for residen

officers in northern ireland have raided three houses and the national crime agency said it was tryingo identify organised crime networks which may have been involved. essex police say the case is the largest murder investigation in its history. let's join our correspondentjon kay who's in grays in essex where the lorry was found. yes, the discovery that was made in that quiet road in the middle of this industrial estate in the early hours of yesterday morning have now escalated from essex into a major international investigation. the news in the last hour or so the 39 people found dead here came from china means the authorities in beijing are now involved in trying to identify those who died. we understand the lorry was registered in bulgaria. so, the authorities in bulgaria asking questions, as well as in belgium where the refrigeration unit began its journey gci’oss refrigeration unit began its journey across the channel. so many questions, so many people asking questions, so many people asking questions and hear as well in northern ireland and in essex. remembering 39 strangers. pe

the national crime agency says 50 tonnes of heroin, cocaine and cannabis — said to be worth billionsoads of vegetables and fruitjuice, before being moved around the uk over an 18—month period. more than 100,000 people in the uk live with multiple sclerosis, a disease which affects the brain and spinal cord. the ms society says finding treatments for more advanced forms of the disease is crucial and it has launched a major campaign to raise £100 million for research. our correspondent caroline wyatt was diagnosed with the illness in 2015 and has this report. the human brain is complex and mysterious. a healthy brain has tens of billions of nerve cells, helping us think, walk and talk. but in a brain like this, affected by ms, the immune system attacks the fatty tissue that protects the nerves. the damage, shown by the red circle, is in the centre of the screen. as yet, few treatments exist to repair the damage done by the disease. i'm heading to edinburgh, a leading centre for research, because scotland has one of the highest rates of ms in the world and no one is really sure why. the

the national crime agency says fifty tons of heroin, cocaine and cannabis — said to be worth billionsbeing moved around the uk over an 18 month period. police have arrested more than 500 protesters over the last two—days, including people who have blocked roads and bridges around westminster, to demand action on climate change. the supporters of the extinction rebellion movement have hit back at borisjohnson's description of them as "uncooperative crusties", saying that they're ordinary people trying to secure a better future. more than 20,000 people in england and wales were injured by knives or sharp instruments last year and survived, many victims of knife crime. and often they're left traumatised by their experience, struggling to return to education, training, or the workplace. i've been speaking to one survivor. this is a tale from a frightened city. meet gaddi. he survived a knife attack. these guys, they came up to us and they said, "where you guys from?" and ijust froze, everything froze, i didn't know what to say. he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. assaulted on his

in 2016, the national crime agency warned that smuggling gangs were moving from major hubs like doverrts like purfleet. they know they'll only be caught if they get out of the trailers. this man worked at the port at the time of the nca report. he didn't want to show his face. it happened daily. what was the largest number of people? the largest one i saw was a group of vietnamese, about 30, 32 of them, crammed into a little 10x12 room. you become used it, as horrible as that sounds. and the security at purfleet? probably four people there overnight. two in the car parks, two in the actual port. there might have been more but i never saw them. nowhere near enough. nearly 20 years ago, 58 chinese immigrants were found suffocated in a lorry in dover. sam moved to grays from china a0 years ago. he lives close to where the bodies were found this week. when i heard the news this morning that all the 39 people, the nationalities were chinese, isay, why, how, this has happened again. 19 years ago, and it happened again. police are still questioning the lorry driver on suspicion of murder. na

that is taking place already between the police, border force, immigration enforcement, the national crime agencyrtain exactly out this incident occurred. day in, day out, they work tirelessly to secure our borders against a wide range of threats including people trafficking. and we will continue to work with international partners to keep people safe. mr speaker, this is a tragic loss of life and i and every one of my team will continue to update the house as more facts on this dreadful incident become known. the home secretary addressing mps in the last hour. as we said, this lorry was found in grays in essex. local people had been reacting to the news. 0ne local people had been reacting to the news. one from grays said it was not uncommon for migrants to be found in the area and has been describing the shock of the developments today. deaths? that has never happened before i'm completely and utterly shocked and devastated that it has actually happened here today. especially in this area i mean, my mum works down the road, my dad works down there, this is the area that i drive down all the time

in 2016, the national crime agency warned that smuggling gangs were moving from major hubs like doverhey will only be caught if they get out of the trailers. this man worked at purfleet at the time of the nca report. he didn't want to show his face. it happened daily. what was the largest number of people? the largest i saw were vietnamese, there we re largest i saw were vietnamese, there were 30, 32 of them. you just became used to it, as horrible as it sounds. some of them had broken legs, one that was trying to run away from security outside, not big security, about four people, with crutches, trying to run away, some holding children. and the security at purfleet? nowhere near enough. tonight, police are still questioning the lorry driver suspected of murder. he has been named in northern ireland as 25—year—old mo robinson. it will ta ke 25—year—old mo robinson. it will take a lot of time to move all of the bodies and to find the answer is that they need. investigations into the tragedy are continuing in zeebrugge and attention will also now turn to china, and trying to indentify

the national crime agency uncovered the site which was operating on the dark web and being run from southkish assault on kurdish forces in northern syria has nothing to do with the united states. his abrupt decision to pull out us troops last week has led to russian and syrian government forces advancing into positions they once held. mr trump has faced intense criticism at home and abroad, after turkey invaded to create what it claims is a "safe zone" on the syrian side of the border. our international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from turkey's border with syria. urban warfare in northern syria. fighters backed by turkey still battling for control of the border town of ras al—ain. they are facing fierce resistance from the kurds, women fighting alongside men. it's rare to get a glimpse of this side of the battle. but one week into turkey's invasion, president erdogan has taken a swathe of territory from the kurds and says he won't stop until he completes his so—called safe zone. translation: operation peace spring will last until we reach a depth of 30—35 kilometres from manbij to

the national crime agency and europol worked closely together with other partners to disrupt the gangsare efforts being made to ensure such a vital collaboration is not adversely affected by brexit. mark easton, bbc news. borisjohnson has had a meeting with the labour leaderjeremy corbyn amid uncertainty about what happens next with brexit. last night, mps rejected the prime minister's attempt to push his brexit bill through the commons in just three days. there has been cautious support in the european union for granting the uk more time to try to approve the brexit deal. but borisjohnson has told the european commission president donald tusk he doesn't want an extension. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. forget all westminster‘s flurry — it is up in the air. will we leave the eu before christmas, or be back at the ballot box? the prime minister's attempt to walk his brexit deal through the commons stored last night, so delay is on the cards and it is not in his hands. they said we couldn't get a new deal, and we did. then they said we would never get it through parliame

deaths the 58 chinese nationals who suffocated in a sealed container in dover in 2000 britain's national crime agencyted nearly 7000 potential victims of human trafficking and modern slavery last year up by 36 percent from 2007 team rights groups say people smuggling is becoming increasingly lucrative in europe and they warn what happened in essex may not be the last car leg for inside story let's take a closer look at the trade in human trafficking nearly 172 countries are part of a chain that exploits and enslaves war than 40000000 people a year for a veto 1000. and people in the world nearly $54.00 are victims of modern slavery with a quarter being children and it's a big business for the traffickers the world economic forum as to mace it's worth 150000000000 dollars globally. now over to our panel in brussels joining us on sky julia garner and he'll migration and asylum policy analyst of the open society european policy institute in london lucy a senior analyst at the global initiative against transnational organized crime in belgrade also on skype yelena hernia the program manager at tina an org

the arrests in april by dutch police of four men and two women in the netherlands, and the national crime agency stemming the flow of class a drugs on to britain's streets. sarah corker, bbc news. the mother of a ten—year—old boy who died after contracting hiv through contaminated blood broke down while telling a public inquiry of the family's ordeal. lee turton died in 1992. his mother denise told the inquiry she believes the government knew the blood products being used was infected, as did the pharmaceutical companies, and that they did nothing. sophie hutchinson reports. this was ten—year—old lee turton. it was christmas, just four weeks before he died, he was hiv positive and had hepatitis c, infected through the contaminated blood products he was treated with. when we got back to cornwall, they actually told us he had between two and ten days to live. sorry... they said he had an infection on the brain so we insisted that he went home that day because that's what he wa nted home that day because that's what he wanted to do. he kept asking to go home. lee had a severe haemophilia. when it b

the national crime agency says 50 tons of heroin, cocaine and cannabis said to be worth billions of poundstjuice, before being moved around the uk over an 18—month period. more than 20,000 people in england and wales were injured by knives or sharp instruments last year and survived, some of the many victims of knife crime who have to live with the trauma of being attacked. 0ne trauma specialist has told the bbc that thousands every year are struggling to come to terms with what happened. clive myrie has been speaking to one young man who was stabbed, and his piece contains distressing scenes of violence from the start. edmonton, north london. a youth on a moped joins two other men, attacking with knives in broad daylight. a young man, pinned to the floor. 0i, what the... oi! the shouts of onlookers have no effect. they slash and cut with impunity, as normal life goes on all around. as the attackers escape, one of the weapons, clearly visible. 0nlookers then try to help. an ambulance eventually arrived and took the victim to hospital. he survives. you need to get that leg up. just lay down

we are working closely with the national crime agency, the home office, border force and immigrationn the process of transporting the victims from the port to the mortuary at the hospital. formal identification processes will take place as well as examinations to establish the causes of their deaths. this process is likely to be a lengthy one but it is crucial, and we are working with her majesties coroner, to ensure the dignity of the victims and respect for their loved ones is at the forefront of our investigation. i am acutely aware of the international interest in this case and we will provide more updates as and when we can. the scene at the industrial estate has now been closed and i would like to reiterate my thanks to every person and business who has been impacted by the essential work we've been carrying out there since wednesday morning. finally, i would like to speak directly to anyone who thinks their loved ones may have beenin thinks their loved ones may have been in the trailer. i know you may been in the trailer. i know you may be worried about speaking to the police

the national crime agency and europol worked closely together with other partners to disrupt the gangsg made to ensure such a vital collaboration is not adversely affected by brexit. mark easton, bbc news. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in the belgian port of zeebrugge this evening. what are they saying there are about the nature of the investigations they are carrying out? well, what we have heard is from the prosecutors in belgium, the federal prosecutors have opened their own inquiries now, they are in contact with the uk, with police in the uk and they are beginning their inquiries. what they say is they do believe the truck, or the trailer came through here, but what they do not know is where it originated, where those people might have got on board, whether that was in belgium and how long they have spent in belgium. all things they wa nt to spent in belgium. all things they want to try to identify. to give you a sense of what they have been trying to deal with we have been here this evening and just in the last 45 minutes, i think we have pictures of this, we hav

northern ireland and that's where they froze to death the other observation the national crime agency in this country is making is that it is now a favored option by criminal gangs to puts. asylum seekers and refugees inside refrigerated lorries it seems to me for the simple and horrific reason that it's much more difficult the heat seeking equipment that border guards use to try to find out if there's a person inside a container it's much political they see what the quitman to work if they're in a fridge. lawrence i mean you know it's a horror story but i mean are the police any closer to understanding why this lorry took such an unorthodox and circus route with its human cargo. no no they're not and they're working with a belgium or forces the battle forces on that at the moment and obviously they're trying to find out that it's anyone at these these people were that the main focus and i think i think a lot of you really think this is worth saying is that they're treating it as a criminal investigation and all the politicians in this country saying it was the awful these criminal ga

the most senior officer has now moved to the national crime agency.tropolitan police, including kenny macdonald, the detective superintendent who uttered the words credible and true in relation to the account given by carl beech at the time. so, they have all retired and no action will be taken against them. there is a huge disquiet, it should be said, about the way iopc has conducted its investigation from harvey proctor. it has been said that the delays in producing the findings were inexcusable, and that the investigative process was minimal, unprofessional and flawed. the iopc has defended itself to those criticisms, saying it took over 1800 documents, 300 statements, and it was not a cursory exercise, but an independent and impartial investigation. time now for a look at the weather with simon. it is quite cloudy across many parts of the uk. this is one of our weather watcher‘s photos that we have had this morning. we have that rain across parts of northern england, wales, the south west. it was like a pack upa wales, the south west. it was like

they are working with the national crime agency and the board agency as well. operation. the lorry came from bulgaria, but the people who died on board are unlikely to be from europe. police came to the scene after they were alerted by the ambulance service at 1.a0. 39 people were pronounced dead at the scene. early indications suggest that 38 are adults. one was a teenager. i think the whole house will agree that this is truly a shocking incident. my thoughts and all thoughts our condolences are with the victims and their loved ones at this utterly terrible time. i'm sure the whole house will also convey their condolences at this sad time. i am completely and utterly shocked and devastated that that has actually happened here today, especially in this area. my mum works down the road, my dad works down there. this is an area that i drive down all the time, so for that to happen is completely shocking. a murder investigation was launched and the lorry driver, a 25—year—old man from northern ireland, was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police cust

deaths the 58 chinese nationals who suffocated in a sealed container in dover in 2000 britain's national crime agencyrted nearly 7000 potential victims of human trafficking and modern slavery last year up by 36 percent from 2007 team rights groups say people smuggling is becoming increasingly lucrative in europe and they warn what happened in essex may not be the last car leg for inside story let's take a closer look at the trade in human trafficking nearly 172 countries are part of a chain that exploits and in sleighs war than 40000000 people a year for a veto 1000. people in the world nearly $54.00 are victims of modern slavery with a quarter being children and it's a big business for the traffickers the world economic forum as to mace its worth $150000000000.00 globally. now over to our panel in brussels joining us on sky julia garner and be a migration and asylum policy analyst of the open society european policy institute in london a senior analyst of the global initiative against transnational organized crime in belgrade also on skype yelena hernia the program manager tina an organization worki

deaths the 58 chinese nationals who suffocated in a sealed container in dover in 2000 britain's national crime agency reported nearly 7000 potential victims of human trafficking and modern slavery last year up by 36 percent from 2017. rights groups say people smuggling is becoming increasingly lucrative in europe and they warn what happened in essex may not be the last carry leg for inside story let's take a closer look at other trade in human trafficking nearly 172 countries are part of a chain that exploits and in slaves more than 40000000 people a year for every 10000 people in the world nearly 54 are victims of modern slavery with a quarter being children and it's a big business for the traffickers the world economic forum as to mace it's worth $150000000000.00 globally. now over to our panel in brussels joining us on sky julia garner and migration and asylum policy analyst of the open society european policy institute in london lucy a senior analyst at the global initiative against transnational organized crime in belgrade also on skype yelena hernia a program manager at ina an organization work