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the director—general for the national crime agency, robjones, has also said this arrest is a milestoned immigration crime ever. the suspect, this 44—year—old turkish national, will be extradited to belgium where he will face those people—smuggling charges. here, the prison officers' association has warned there is a "very real" threat of corruption in britishjails after the number of officers sacked for misconduct rose by more than a third. there have been several high—profile cases which have seen prison officers convicted of having sexual relationships with inmates or selling them drugs and phones. our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha has the story. last year, beatrice was convicted of money laundering and served 1a months in prison before being released in september. she says while inside hmp bronzefield in surrey, a prison officer made passes at her and other inmates. he commented on my appearance a lot. he suggested he wanted to come into my cell. what did he want you to do? ifeel if i had been up for it, he would have wanted sexual favours. yeah. and i spoke to several other

agency for human trafficking. those were the words of — trafficking. those were the words of the _ trafficking. those were the words of the national - trafficking. those were the | words of the national crimethin each of shall they have been working for several months and even a couple of years bringing as many as 100 people a week, mainly from the middle east, from syria and iran and turkey, into europe and ultimately the uk. they operated quite openly. the videos that they got from the people they smuggled went on a social media almost like advertising their wares. of course is one of the reasons why they were able in the end to be caught by the crime agency because the agency was booking their phones when they were arrested and watching the phones and looking at these videos and that in the end was part of the evidence to help secure their convention. qm. secure their convention. 0k, aood to secure their convention. 0k, good to talk _ secure their convention. 0k, good to talk to _ secure their convention. 0k, good to talk to you. - let's get more on that story we heard aboutjust now a woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter conor mcgregor of raping her in a hotel in dublin six

they were arrested last year by the national crime agency, which told the bbc the criminal enterprisef a travel agency, with services advertised like a tripadvisor for smugglers. here's wyre davies. from this innocuous and otherwise legitimate car wash, ali khdir and dilshad shamo ran a prolific people—smuggling operation that brought thousands of migrants to europe. five, six, seven, eight. business was booming, as they advertised their services on social media. migrants shot videos promoting their experiences, described as like "a travel agency for smugglers". there was a number of videos that we identified where they would be effectively doing a promotional video to say how wonderful shamo and khdir were, and what a great service they provided. someone said in my team, it was like tripadvisor. they were rating their service. after a tip—off, the pair, who lived in the uk legally, came to the attention of the national crime agency and an undercover operation was put in place. tapped phone calls caught them discussing routes and migrant numbers. most of the migrants trafficked by sha

they were arrested last year by the national crime agency, who told the bbc that they ran their businessl agency and even advertised their services, like a tripadvisor for smugglers. wyre davies has the story. from this innocuous and otherwise legitimate car wash, ali khdir and dilshad shamo ran a prolific people—smuggling operation that brought thousands of migrants to europe. five, six, seven, eight. business was booming, as they advertised their services on social media. migrants shot videos promoting their experiences, described as like "a travel agency for smugglers". there was a number of videos that we identified where they would be effectively doing a promotional video to say how wonderful shamo and khdir were, and what a great service they provided. someone said in my team, it was like tripadvisor. they were rating their service. after a tip—off, the pair, who lived in the uk legally, came to the attention of the national crime agency and an undercover operation was put in place. tapped phone calls caught them discussing routes and migrant numbers. most of the migrants trafficke

they were arrested last year by the national crime agency, which told the bbc the criminal enterprisedvisor for smugglers. here is wyre davies. from this innocuous and otherwise legitimate car wash, ali khdirand dilshad shamo ran a prolific people—smuggling operation that brought thousands of migrants to europe. five, six, seven, eight... business was booming as they advertised their services on social media. migrants shot videos promoting their experiences, described as like a travel agency for smugglers. there was a number of videos that we identified where they would be effectively doing a promotional video to say how wonderful shamo and khdir were and what a great service they provided. someone said in my team, it was like tripadvisor. they were rating their service. after a tip—off, the pair, who lived in the uk legally, came to the attention of the national crime agency and an undercover operation was put in place. tapped phone calls caught them discussing routes and migrant numbers. most of the migrants trafficked by shamo and khdir came from the middle east, including iraqi ku

the uk national crime agency's deputy director said the arrest is very significant he has been one ofcrime agency over several years. this individual has been suspected of being one of the most prolific supplier of energies, boats and other maritime equipment supplier of engines, boats and other maritime equipment to cross—channel smugglers. britain has been trying to clampdown on migrants arriving across the channel on small boats. sir keir starmer says the arrest was a "significant piece of thejigsaw" in reducing channel crossings. i want to thank the uk national crime agency, along with their dutch and belgian counterparts, for all their hard work and their crucial role in this investigation. it's exactly what we want to see. and it shows that our approach of working with international partners to smash the people smuggling gangs is bearing fruit. in just over four months since the election, we have rapidly set up a new border security command, bringing together key agencies to disrupt people smuggling gangs. four british soldiers killed in the korean war have finally been identifi

inquiries from the major crime unit in the east midlands and northamptonshire police and the national crime agency that harshita was murdered at home in corby in northamptonshire on the 10th of november by her husband, pankaj lamba. she said he drove her body in the boot of the car and is now believed to have fled the country. she also talked about the fact that she'd ordered a forensic postmortem examination. she said the preliminary cause of death from that examination was manual strangulation, pending toxicology and histology results. she then adjourned the proceedings until may of next year. she also said that harshita brella's body has not yet been released. there was also an update yesterday from northamptonshire police. they released cctv image stills of pankaj lamba in ilford walking down the street. he's wearing a hooded top and you can see him with his hood up. and you can also see an image of the silver car, a silver corsa that he used. and as you were just saying, an international manhunt is under way. anyone with information is urged, obviously, to come forward. the uk government is r

we asked the national crime agency in the uk if they are aware of george saul and the crime the brazilianazil chooses to pursue extradition from the uk, they would need to send a full extradition request to the home office as the central authority. there is currently no warrant in place to arrest george saul and we are not aware of any offences he may have committed in the uk. back in cape verde, i know the war against drugs has no end. my country will never be free from the scourge of cocaine until people like fox are fully investigated. justice must be done. and if he's found to be guilty, then he must take responsibility for his actions. hello there. apart from the fireworks, it was a quiet end to october and it's been a quiet start to november. and essentially we've got more of the same this weekend. more cloudy skies and more mild air as well. now there was some sunshine to the east of the pennines on friday. north yorkshire the place to be with about six hours of sunshine. but the breaks in the cloud that we've had here have been filling in and underneath that area of high pressure

we asked the national crime agency in the uk if they are aware of george saul and the crime the brazilianpursue extradition from the uk, they would need to send a full extradition request to the home office as the central authority. there is currently no warrant in place to arrest george saul and we are not aware of any offences he may have committed in the uk. back in cape verde, i know the war against drugs has no end. my country will never be free from the scourge of cocaine until people like fox are fully investigated. justice must be done. and if he's found to be guilty, then he must take responsibility for his actions. hello there. high pressure continues to dominate. for many, a lot of low, grey cloud around on thursday. but for a favoured few, we had some sunshine north—west wales, north—west england along with the far north of scotland, a beautiful day here. and temperatures responded — a high of 19 celsius. quite unusual to get 19 celsius in scotland, in november — it's only happened twice in the last 20 years. but in staffordshire, it's a disappointing day, where the cloud ling

the national crime agency's deputy director said the arrest is very significant.been one of the top targets for the nafrtional crime agency over several years, this individual has been suspected of being one of the most prolific supplier of energies, botes and maritime equipment to cross—channel smugglers. britain has been trying to clampdown on migrants arriving across the channel on small boats. sir keir starmer says the arrest was a "significant piece of the jigsaw" in reducing channel crossings. i wants to thank the uk national crime agency, along with their dutch and belgian counterparts for all their hard work and crucial role in this investigation. it is exactly what we want to see. and it shows that our approach of working with international partners, to smash the people smuggling gangs is bearing fruit. injust overfour smuggling gangs is bearing fruit. in just over four months since the election, we have rapidly set up a new border security command, bringing together key agencies to disrupt people smuggling gangs. one of azerbaijan's most high—profile pol

the national crime agency has described the gang as one of europe's most significant people—smugglingcharging migrants up to £10,000 to get them from syria to the uk or germany. six people have been arrested in serbia, six in austria, four in germany, and three in bosnia and herzegovina. an iraqi man was detained in wolverhampton. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. now you might remember the piece of artwork which was a banana duct—taped to wall. it's now been sold at auction in new york for more than $5 million. let's have a listen to the auction as it approached it's record breaking price at $5 million. don't miss this opportunity. it's going to go and it's going to go fast. at $5 million. here it is. are you bidding, madam? at $5 million for the banana. here it is. only at sotheby�*s. these are words i never thought i'd say. $5 million for a banana. it's your expensive banana, and the hammer is coming up. this is it. final time. carly... ..don�*t let it slip away. let us know what you think about that. the longlist for the bbc�*s sound of 2025 has been revealed,

today, the national crime agency said san diego was arrested in conway, a town near the northern coast. i spoke about it with the former fbi agent, jeff hart. >> it shows the international corporation between the law enforcement agencies, it's phenomenal. and regardless of, you know, political beliefs that people will have right now for whatever party, that the fbi is neutral. they just want to catch the bad guys. and they will go across the globe to do it. >> at one point, a $250,000 reward out for information leading to san diego's arrest. no word yet on if anybody qualified to receive that. ryan? >> thanks. >>> we are also following major developments in the middle east. president biden says the u.s. helped broker a cease-fire deal between israel and hezbollah, set to take effect in an hour our time. and they aim to end the year of deadly fighting in lebanon. our natalie brand has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president biden announced a brokered cease-fire deal. >> under the deal reached today, effective at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow local time. and the fighting across the

it all ended in a street in preston in may this year when a major operation by the national crime agencyed. today he was convicted and jailed. it demonstrates how we can work internationally, our reach is global in its scope, we have a number of officers embedded with law enforcement organisations around the world, through those conduits we are able to work in collaboration with our partners. he drummed up trade by posting positive reviews on social media from clients. these trafficked people talk of the individual who helped them, an alias for the man convicted today who himself came here illegally and was granted asylum in 2019. today he was sentenced to 17 years in prison. a case the government will point to as a success story against people smugglers. danny savage, bbc news. a father and daughter who survived the manchester arena bombing have been awarded £45,000 in damages from a man who claimed the attack was staged. martin hibbert was paralysed from the waist down by the attack; his daughter eve who was 1a at the time suffered brain damage. they sued richard hall for harassment af

after a tip—off, the pair, who lived in the uk legally, came to the attention of the national crime agencydercover operation was put in place. tapped phone calls caught them discussing routes and migrant numbers. most of the migrants trafficked by shamo and khdir came from the middle east, including iraqi kurdistan. here in the city of erbil, using an undercoverjournalist, we soon find smugglers on social media. they offer us passage to the uk and, in some cases, counterfeit or stolen passports. one critical feature exposed by the nca investigation into shamo and khdir is how their lucrative operation was financed. inside this building is erbil�*s thriving money market. huge amounts of dollars and other currencies are exchanged. what is also going on is hawala banking, a traditional system based almost entirely around trust. hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of deals are made and there are few electronic or paper trails. reasons why hawala banking is often preferred by people smugglers. our undercover reporter, as instructed by a smuggler, or stolen passports. one critical feature exp

a man arrested at manchester airport by the national crime agency and extradited to france is one ofgling offences. more than 100 boats and 1,000 life jackets were seized, as part of a europe—wide operation targeting a gang thought to be behind more than 10,000 small boat crossings to the uk. the prince of wales has described south africa's community of park rangers as risking their lives every day from illegal poachers. this afternoon in cape town, prince william announced a series of measures to better protect park rangers and their families. his four—day tour will culminate with his earthshot prize award ceremony — an annual award that gives a million pound prizes to the best environmental innovations. that's all from me. back now to clive in washington with all the developments there in this most important of us elections. clive. thank you, fiona. there have been some early indicators in the last few minutes about what voters care most about. our north america editor sarah smith can tell us more. what have you been hearing from these exit polls? this what have you been hearing fr

crime. we are recruiting 100 new specialist agency and investigation officers at the national crime agency toe criminal networks behind this phenomenon , networks behind this phenomenon, and we have announced an extra £75 million to bolster border security, bringing our investment in the border security command over the next two years to £150 million. this government's border security funding will boost will go towards a range of enforcement and intelligence activities and capabilities, including covert technology, as well as hundreds of staff and specialist investigators. as we crank up the pressure on the smuggling gangs. the pressure on the smuggling gangs . this is an international gangs. this is an international problem requiring international solutions. since the general election, we have intensified cooperation with partners overseas . we recently struck overseas. we recently struck a new anti—smuggling action plan with g7 partners and the prime minister and home secretary both attended the interpol general assembly in glasgow on monday to press the case for a much stronger and more in

people across the channel has been arrested in the netherlands in a joint operation between the national crime agencyolice. authorities allege the 44—year—old turkish national — who has not been named — shipped engines and boats from turkey, stored them in germany, then transported them to northern france. the nca has called the arrest a "milestone in a significant investigation into organised immigration crime". the health secretary, wes streeting, is facing criticism from senior labour figures over his repeated interventions opposing a change in the law on assisted dying in england and wales. mps will vote later this month on a plan to allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months the right to seek help to end their life. one senior labour figure told the bbc today mr streeting "should hold fire a little bit" in his opposition. our political editor, chris mason, reports. should you be able to choose when you die? campaigners say yes, but it's a huge question. the health secretary said he'll vote against it. the labour mp leading the campaign to change the law has said that has left

the national crime agency says that the suspect has been a top target of investigation for years.earlier, prime minister sir keir starmer called the arrest a significant piece of the jigsaw in tackling channel crossings. >> it's exactly what we want to see and it shows that our approach of working with international partners to smash the people smuggling gangs is beanng the people smuggling gangs is bearing fruit. i'll continue to work closely with my european counterparts, particularly in italy , germany and france, to italy, germany and france, to enhance that collaboration because clearly it is already having an impact. >> two people have been charged after orange paint powder was thrown at stonehenge during a just stop oil protest in june. wiltshire police said that they have been authorised to charge the two activists with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance. they have been bailed to appear at salisbury magistrates court on december 13th. a tiktok user who was found guilty of posting anti—semitic conte

now i'm told that officers from the national crime agency, who led the investigation and also court securityo grooming gang perpetrators have their sentences reduced. >> charlie, thank you very much for coming on the show. i mean, obviously incredibly difficult and harrowing subject matter, but it's important that at least one news outlet anyway covers it in detail. charlie peters there. thank you very, very much. right. a couple of separate cases there for us. let's deal with the first one. first. some of those sentences. it sounds a lot more when you add it all up 219 years. but as charlie was saying, some of those sentences are for multiple counts of rape for and threats to kill. and if you're getting 11 years, which what will that work out as? five and a half? >> that's right. you've got to bearin >> that's right. you've got to bear in mind that the likelihood is not the certainty, but the likelihood is you're only serve half the sentence. so you take the number . half the sentence. so you take the number. that's that charlie has just explained, given in court. and more or less, you know

lauren: why this change in the violent crime numbers nationally? first the agency violent crime was down 1.7% for 2022. you saw president biden and vp harris campaign on that. they revise those figures to say it was actually up 4.5%. why the about face? jim comer's committee wrote a letter to the fbi asking why? the committee is concerned the fbi's recent failure to report accurate crime data are politically motivated. the committee is seeking document and communications to understand the fbi's failure to provide congress and the american people with accurate crime data and this is important, whether the 2023 data is in fact accurate. last year's numbers are expected to fall 3%. the committee says about this topic give us your communications with the white house. stuart: why did they make the change? coming up michigan's auto industry crucial to the election, trump and harris making their pitches today. harris's ev mandates turning out to be negative for her campaign. montana's senate race determined the balance of power in congress and a retired navy seal is next

. >> the history of our nation seems to me have law enforcement agencies been more efficient, more closely united in the fight against crime than they are today, yet crime and juvenile delinquency continues to increase. do you advocate increased federal power or strengthening of the crime-fighting resources of the state and community? >> congressman, i think crime is very dangerous. the community is not alert to it being a truly local problem. it can't exist without a certain amount of apathy on the part of the local citizens. local crime i believe can be in control by stern measures not only by law enforcement officers but by those who have to deal with the criminals and by the community at large. no community receives any better kind of law enforcement and it desires and insists upon. >> hasn't juvenile delinquency become an extreme problem in many communities? >> yes, unfortunately that is true. vandalism and crime have reached staggering proportions. juvenile delinquency has increased in the united states 55% in last year, 1957, persons under 18 years of age were arrested and 47% of all major crimes that were committed

security cases and never in the history of our nation seems to me have our law enforcement agencies and more efficient or more closely united in the fight against crime than they are today. crime and juvenile delinquency continues to increase. do you advocate increased federal power or a strengthening of the crime resources of the state and, the community level? well, congressman, think crime is a very dangerous cancer. it flourishes where it's ignored and, where the community is not allowed to, it being a truly local problem, it can't exist without certain amount of apathy upon the part of the local citizens and. local crime, i believe, can be brought within control by stern measures not only by the law enforcement officers, by the courts that have to deal with the criminals that are brought before them and by the at large. no community receives any better kind of law enforcement than it desires. and insists upon. hasn't juvenile delinquency become an extreme problem in many communities throughout land? yes. unfortunately, that true. juvenile vandalism and crime have reached proportions since. 1952 juvenile in quincy has increased in the united stat

it will lead is who signed into national laws that say force displacement is a crime. starvation is a crime. you and agencies in a book as the most of the population is on the verge from and what does it say? the trickle of age was just for the cameras. and that is really so just destroyed it. after filament gets the rival a plus you have to has by and just want to release a trucks entered one carrying flower, the other carrying canned food the following day. the occupation forces storm the area. they fill in the trucks only for their propaganda. as you see, we were forcibly evacuated, humiliated and worn out covered in dust after walking long distances, the card, what they could in the last few weeks, israel has forcibly displaced more than a 1000000 people from the shelters in homes and not gone to the thought he took not the best de, flooded with his rarely tongue soldiers. they detained oldham and they've been and even some girls were taken to these very soldiers made fun of us in palestine is going to watch these really, drones and snipers continued to gun down civilians among those evacuating. many art

it will lead is who's signed into national laws that say force displacement is a crime. starvation is a crime. you and agencies in a book as the most of the population is on the verge of famine, what does it say? the trickle of age was just for the cameras, and that is really so just destroyed it after filming its arrival. so she did, she has by and just wanted to release a trucks entered one carrying flower, the other carrying can food the following day. the occupation forces storm the area . they feel in the trucks only for their propaganda. as you see, we were fortunately evacuated, humiliated and worn out covered in dust after walking long distances. the current, what they could in the last few weeks is really has force of the, the space more than a 1000000 people from the shelters and homes and not gone to the body shop, not the best i, the roads are flooded with these rarely 10 soldiers. they detained oldham and they've been and even some girls were taken to these very soldiers made fun of us in palestine. his go on these ready, drones and snipers continued to gun down civilians among those evacuating. m

crime. i cannot stress enough the importance of our new national incident -based reporting system it really does allow a local agency to go and having reported a hate crime and having misted to upload it and included in that. the importance of that is tremendous. the issue there is are we getting all the agencies to participate. we continue to see not enough agencies fully transition to that. >> do any of the other witnesses have any thoughts or perspectives on reporting? >> thank you, senator, for that question. i think one challenging aspect is the lack of cheap -- lack of clear definitions. almost half of adult americans do not know what the word anti-semitism mean. those are the people willing to admit that in the survey. the importance would only help with reporting. >> thank you. >> mike. go ahead. >> then needs online in other ways to make it so that people understand. not necessarily the definitions, but the tools that support. meta is one of the people working with us on this hate potential project. the clearinghouse that people can find information from social media. a victim of a hate crime to get the res

the way that we report hate crime, and i think i can't stress enough the importance of our new national incident-based reporting system. it really does allow a local agency to go in, having reported a hate crime, miss it, and upload it to include it in that. the importance of that is tremendous. the issue there is are we getting all of the agencies to participate and regrettably, we continue to see not enough agencies having fully transitioned to that. >> do any of the other witnesses have any thoughts or perspectives on reporting? >> thank you, senator, for that question. yes, i think one challenging aspect of reporting allows the lack of clear definitions. a recent study found half of adult americans don't understand what anti-semitism means skshs and those are the people willing to admit that in a survey. clear definitions would help with reporting. >> i just think also that online and other ways, need to make it so people understand not necessarily the definitions but the tools, the support, you know, meta is one of the people working with us on this eradicate hate potential project, the clearinghouse idea that people can find information from social

crimes. the agency now part of the department of homeland security, evolved to the perform the role it fills today of keeping the nation'smer leaders and their families safe, still tasked with ferreting out counterfeiters, out computer fraud and more. should secret service stay under dhs? what should change? >> no. two things need to change. i one, the secret service needs to be taken out of the department of homeland security: the leadership of the department of homeland security and the fit for the secret service just isn't there. the second thing they need to do is they need to do away with their in the i responsibilities -- investigative responsibilities. primarily having its origins in counterfeiting, go back to 1865. those investigations are done by two, three, half a dozen other agencies now a days. the last two incidents that occurred where president trump was almost killed, right, that needs to be the primary responsibility of the secret service. you don't have manpower or resources, you have a budget problem? get rid of the investigations, farm them out to these duplicative other agencies and for example on the

crimes against humanity. israel's evacuation system fails to ensure civilian safety. civilians are not provided with access to health, nutrition and shelter, that is compounded by the banning of the united nations relief and works agency gaza is now uninhabitable. will the government acknowledge that israel has carried out mass forced displacement in gaza, and will they take concrete measures on arms, trade and israeli officials in order to comply with their duty to prevent genocide and protect palestinian lives? >> the situation in the middle east is catastrophic, and i know the whole house is horrified at the terrible loss of civilian life. we are calling at every opportunity for an immediate ceasefire, with the release of the hostages and more aid into gaza, but we urge israel to ensure that unrwa can continue its lifesaving work, something the foreign secretary has discussed directly with the israeli foreign minister. we have imposed sanctions in response to appalling incidents of settler violence and have suspended export licences for arms, following a review that found a clear risk that they may be used to commit or facilitate violations of international law. we will continue to seek a two-state solution, with a

all of the law enforcement agencies that are part of the department of justice, 115,000 employees, um, that are critical to the national security. uh, you know, violent crime law enforcement apparatus of of the country. um, there's a lot to do. um, and so, uh, the, the cases that get covered sometimes, uh, ones that have a political tinge seem to have overweighted attention paid to them. uh, but i think that the real, the real scrutiny should be. does he have the right experience? uh, to to play the role in the fabric of the national security apparatus of the country that the attorney general plays and so i think what's also important is to look at some of the other appointments that the that the president has indicated he's going to make. um todd blanche for deputy attorney general and emil bove for the position of paddock, which is the position i held both of them. one has really extensive, uh federal prosecutorial experience in violent crimes, which i would expect to be a primary priority of the department. and the other has deep experience in national harping on a little bit, uh, is very important for it. so it's not just the person, it's the people wh