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Several of those who died could be vietnamese. One Family Member has described receiving distressing Text Messages apparently sent from the back of the truck. Ed thomas reports. This is pham thi tra my. Shes 26 and from vietnam. Tonight, shes missing. Her family fear she was one of the 39 people to lose their life in the refrigerated container found in essex. At the exact time the container was crossing from zeebrugge, she sent this disturbing message. I m really, really sorry, mum and dad. My trip to a foreign land has failed. I am dying, i cant breathe. I love you very much. Her brother wanted to broadcast this appeal on the bbc. Translation my sister went missing on the 23rd of october on the way from vietnam to the uk and we couldnt contact her. We are concerned she may be in that trailer. We are asking the British Police to help investigate, so that my sister can be returned to the family. The bbc has also spoken to the family of nguyen dinh luong, a 20 year old man also missing tonight. The Vietnamese Embassy in london is now working with uk authorities to identify any victims suspected of being from vietnam. Today, this investigation moved to cheshire. Police arrested a 38 year old man and a 38 year old woman from warrington on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and manslaughter. In essex, detectives are continuing to question the 25 year old lorry driver, named locally in Northern Ireland as mo robinson from county armagh. And this evening, Police Confirmed theyd also arrested a 48 year old man from Northern Ireland at Stansted Airport in connection with the deaths, and made this appeal. I would like to speak directly to anyone who thinks their loved ones may have been in the trailer. I know you may be worried about speaking to the police, and i would like to reassure you that we just want to be able to give the victims families answers about what has happened. All day, the delicate process continued, private ambulances under Police Escort removing the bodies from the refrigerated container. One by one, postmortem examinations will be carried out, as police try to find out who they were and how they died. Whats this noise, the noise . The fridge working. The fridge working . Yes. Thats the sound of the fridge . Yes, i show you. Wojciech has been transporting refrigerated lorries for two years. It goes 20, 21. Temperatures can get as low as minus 25. Whats inside it . I dont know. You dont know whats inside . I dont know. Sealed here, and i cant open this and check. Hes not allowed to break the seal, but every move he makes, is followed by a gps tracker. Because its expensive and they show where i am. The trailer has the gps . Where is this truck. And weve learnt more about the gps movements of the refrigerated container found in essex. Sources say tracking gps data shows the container left monaghan in ireland on october the 15th, then made trips to dublin and wales, before crossing from dover to calais on the evening of october the 16th. Once in mainland europe, it appears the container travelled between belgium and france, visiting dunkirk, bruges and lille, before it made its finaljourney from zeebrugge to purfleet. Around half an hour later, it had been picked up by a lorry and all 39 bodies discovered inside. For three years, there have been security concerns over purfleet, warnings smuggling gangs were targeting the port. Theyre dishevelled. Some of them have got phones and theyre smart. This is now an international investigation, as Police Search for the truth and answers for all 39 victims. Ed thomas, bbc news, tilbury docks. Its been a day of violent Anti Government protests across iraq. At least a0 people are thought to have been killed, after Security Forces used live rounds and tear gas against demonstrators. Eight died in the capital, baghdad, the rest in clashes in the south of the country. In the city of nasiriyah, the authorities have imposed a curfew. The protests began two weeks ago against corruption, lack ofjobs and Economic Hardship. Aleem maqbool reports. Gunshots. Anti government demonstrators took to the streets of baghdad in their thousands. Surging towards the green zone. But as they did, they were met by tear gas and clashes with the police. The violence marked exactly one year of the current government. Another year filled with Economic Hardship for iraqis, spiralling unemployment, and poor provision of basic services. Already this month, nearly 200 protesters have been killed across the country in a brutal response by the state to the demonstrations. He was standing next to me when he was attacked by the Security Forces, says this man. And they attacked him. These are the most violent days in iraq since the country declared victory over the Islamic State Group Two Years ago. But the frustration has built up through years of broken promises of a better future. Many were killed and vast numbers injured in these latest clashes. But they vowed to keep taking to the streets until they see change. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, northern irag. Huge crowds have gathered once again in chile, as part of continued Anti Government demonstrations. Organisers called fridays march the largest ever held in the country. It follows a week of often viole nt protests. In one area, politicians had to be escorted out of a government building by riot police after protesters tried to force their way in. Rich preston has this report. A week of anger on the streets of chile. At least 16 people have been killed since protests began last friday. Many more have been injured. Triggered by a rise in public transport fares, these protests have turned into a Mass Movement against poverty and inequality. More than 500,000 people turned out on friday, in santiago, filling the streets of the capital. Allegations of right abuses by Security Forces have prompted the United Nations to say it will send a team of investigators to the country. We have received reports that 18 people have died, including a four year old child. The circumstances are unclear. And we have received reports that 582 people have been wounded, of which 295 by live ammunition. As night fell, it was not long before tensions rose once again. President Sebastian Pinera have announced reforms in an attempt to appease protesters but those on the streets say they wont stop until they see real change. Rich preston, bbc news. The Opposition Movement in bolivia has staged another mass rally in the city of santa cruz de la sierra. It follows the electoral authoritys decision to declare president evo morales the winner of sundays elections. He beat his closest rival, carlos mesa, by 10. 6 Percentage Points just enough to avoid a run off in december. Mr morales, whos bolivias first indigenous leader, is due to serve his fourth consecutive term in office. Lets return to our top story, the news that several of the 39 people found dead in a truck in the uk may have been from vietnam. Natalia banulescu bogdan is associate director of the International Programme at the migration policy institute. Shes in washington. First of all, just your reaction to hearing about that number of deaths in those circumstances. Is really tragic. Its very distressing. U nfortu nately, tragic. Its very distressing. Unfortunately, its not that surprising. Human smuggling is a big game in every part of the world these days. We are still working out these days. We are still working out the nationalities of those people, oi the nationalities of those people, or rather the authorities are, some speculation they are chinese or vietnamese. What do we know about the groups of people from those countries that would be seeking to leave. Who are they, typically . Sure. So generally people dont think that migrants are smothered smuggled into the eu would be from so smuggled into the eu would be from so far away as southeast asia, east asia, but, as it happens, there are established smuggling routes from china, from vietnam. The profiles of people engaging the services of smugglers can be quite different. So from china we tend to see relatively well off mail migrants moving to seek better economic opportunities. From vietnam, you know, you may see some lower skilled individuals probably going through china first and then making the trip over to europe. But in most cases, whatever their background, they are paying a lot of money in order to be moved. Thats right. Reports ive seen suggest it can cost maybe even 50,000 to arrange for a journey from china to the united kingdom. Thats quite a lot of money. And so that again suggests it is not the poorest of the poor who tend to be able to make these moves. What do we know about the routes out of china and vietnam for those heading west . Well, its all speculation. There is integrate data on this. But what ive seen from the un office on drugs and crime is that it is possible that people use genuine documents to make the first leg out of china, so may be flying from hong kong airport to a place that doesnt require visas for chinese nationals, then perhaps switching to fraudulent documents and making the rest of the journey by land. And you are looking at people who might be switching smugglers many times over. There are many people likely involved in a journey of this slaying. Natalia banulescu bogdan, thank you very much forjoining us length. European Union Leaders have agreed to delay brexit after it became clear the uk government wont be able to keep its promise to leave at end of the month. The eu hasnt, though, set a new date. Prime minister Boris Johnsons latest tactic is to call for a general election. More from our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. It looked easy enough. I cant make the scissors work. Cant make the scissors work, cant get an early election either. You run the world. I do. No, no, idont. Run the world . As if he needs labour votes to make a quick election happen, and Jeremy Corbyns holding back, so. We can have more debates on brexit, if thats what he really wants, but theyve got to agree a deadline. Time for corbyn man up, lets have an election on december the 12th. He is campaigning as if the elections started. Downing street even suggested the government would just ask again and again for an election if mps said no, virtually go on strike from doing anything else. Really . Isnt that an irresponsible way to go about things . I think you are totally confused here. We are going to be governing in the interests of the country. So maybe no government strike after all. Hello again, welcome back. But what will labour do . The partys split, and Jeremy Corbyns in no hurry to give the pm the quick election he wants. For now, hes saying no election until there is no chance at all of leaving with no deal. I hope the eu grants an extension. My position is weve got to get no deal taken off the table first, because it would be catastrophic forjobs and businesses. For brexit, as one door opens, another is closed. Have a good day. No comment. It was a very good discussion. Brussels chief negotiator was meeting eu ambassadors and keeping the uk guessing. While mps wait to see what kind of extensions offered, the eu is waiting to see what westminster decides. Westminster already seems paralysed. If an elections blocked next week, politics could be reduced to a game of who blinks first. An early contest seems inevitable, but who will yield . The snp want to seem more up for the fight than the others. The lib dems want a contest, too, but if brexit is approved first, how can they campaign as the party to stop brexit . We need to have the extension secured and implemented before we can consider a general election so that borisjohnson does not use the Time Available to take the country out on no deal. What i want is the opposition parties to come together with a vote of no confidence and bring this government down to move to a quick election. How long has he got to stay . Hopefully, we can have him out at the end of next week. Out by next week the young boy, that is, not the uk. The pm can wish and wait. John pienaar, bbc news, westminster. This is bbc news, our main headline at least six of the 39 people found dead in a truck in the uk may have been from vietnam. Police have announced a fourth arrest in the case. More on this now and as weve heard people are willing to pay thousands of pounds to smuggling gangs in an attempt to get into the uk. Our correspondent Lucy Williamson found other vietnamese people at a camp in northern france who are trying to get across the channel. And allieds drive inland from the french capital, they wait for a telephone call from the boss, a man who opens trailers nearby and shuts them in time. 30,000 euros for a prepaid journey from vietnam to london by russia, poland, germany and france, organised by a vietnamese contact back home. Translation i have some vietnamese friends in the uk he will help me find jobs when i get there. This went on loris container trucks to help go across the border. Lorries. Few people here have managed to get past the border controls. The men in the camp told us controls. The men in the camp told us it was not easy to reach the uk that way and they have been stopped several times by Border Guards but we have told that, for those who paid more for the passage, this is simplya paid more for the passage, this is simply a transit area. A local volunteer told us they have seen vietnamese and british men are visiting migrants here in eight mercedes and that, once migrants arrive in the uk, some work in cannabis farms, after which all communications stop. This man tells me he needs a job in the uk to pay back the loan. Translation we can do anything, he says. Construction work, restaurants, other jobs. Report by one of frances Biggest Charities found that smugglers were telling vietnamese migrants refrigerated lorries gave them more chance of gaining access. No one here had heard about the 39 people found that this week. This journey is about freedom, one said. Ajudge in the United States has ordered the Trump Administration to hand over grand jury evidence from the mueller inquiry into Russian Election meddling. Democrats in congress have been demanding the documents as part of a growing impeachment inquiry. I asked our north america correspondent david willis how significant this ruling is. It is a significant for two reasons. It is significant for two reasons. It establishes the legality of the ongoing impeachment investigation in the house of representatives. Mr trump and his allies had argued that that enquiry is illegitimate, all the time the house has not had a full vote on the matter. Well, thejudge disagreed and she also established that members of congress will be allowed to view an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Muellers report. Now, previously only redacted versions had been available to members of congress. To give you some idea, its a nearly 450 page report, Robert Muellers effort there, and the first volume of two contains some 240 redactions. So theres clearly a lot of material in there which House Democrats believe could possibly be of use to them as part of their ongoing impeachment investigation into president trump. What has been fascinating about this all week, david, is this argument about what should be public and what should be private. Earlier on in the week, we had republicans saying that some of the grand jury testimony should be happening out in the open. Now we have the white house saying that some of the mueller testimony should be kept private. It is a really difficult square to circle, isnt it, for the republicans and the administration . It really is. And theyve been given, the Justice Department, just five days to come up with an unredacted version of the Mueller Investigation to provide congress with the documents and evidence that it has been seeking and, of course, the democrats say this is very good news. That material could be critical to their investigation, as one senior democrat put it. The Justice Department said it is reviewing the federal Court Decision or opinion and may well, of course, appeal against it. The governor of california has declared a state of emergency in sonoma and los angeles counties because of two rapidly spreading wildfires. Around forty thousand people have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the fires. The bbcs sophie long reports. High temperatures and dry winds feed flames and fear as california burns. With gusts of up to 70 miles an hour, new blazes are sparked before others can be contained. The fire causing most concern is burning through kincade, you can actually hear the winds coming down the canyon over my neighbours from here. It sounds like a rocket. Another is the tick fire about 30 miles north of los angeles. Currently were estimating the fire to be at 3,950 acres plus, with zero containment. And we have over 500 firefighters on the incident right now. We had approximately 10,000 structures that were impacted by the incident. As tens of thousands of people were told to abandon their homes, memories are evoked of the devastating wildfires of the past two years that killed more than 100 people. The threat to human life here is real. The last reports were approximately 40,000 to 50,000 residents have been evacuated. We know numerous homes have been burned, and we cannot get an accurate count during the evenings. Last year, the deadliest fire in californias history was sparked by the main energy company, pg es cables. In recent days, it cutoff power to hundreds of thousands of homes to prevent this happening again. But now it says a high voltage tower was reported damaged, close to where the kincade fire started. It is infuriating beyond words to live in a state as innovative and extraordinarily entrepreneurial and capable as the state of california, to be living in an environment where we are seeing this kind of disruption and these kind of blackouts. Much of california is under imminent threat of fires due to the hot, dry weather. And the danger is increasing. Weather forecast for the weekend show winds getting stronger with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour. Much of california is under imminent threat of fire due to the hot dry conditions and the danger is increasing. Weather forecasts for the weekend show winds could get even stronger. Sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. France is bringing in new rules for the use of electric scooters following hundreds of incidents involving the vehicles, including several deaths. From this weekend it will be illegal to ride on the pavements, and all riders must be over twelve years of age. Gail maclellan reports. Whizzing around apparent on one of 20,000 rental scooters. At first glance it seems like a good idea, eco friendly and cheap. Glance it seems like a good idea, eco friendly and cheap. But not eve ryo ne eco friendly and cheap. But not everyone is as enthusiastic. Translation just this monica so a mother and a three year old child on a scooter going between a cloud and a scooter going between a cloud and a bus. If the child sleeps, the mother would not be able to catch a she could end up under the bus. Infuriated pedestrians say they go across pathways. They are ready to be picked up by an ex rider wherever they are left. Dont scooters have also become a significant problem with many found in parks and squares and even in the river. Sparking a new profession, scooter fishermen. From river. Sparking a new profession, scooterfishermen. From this river. Sparking a new profession, scooter fishermen. From this we can, electric scooters may not be written on pavements unless specially designated and even then, at walking pace. Only one person may be on the scooter and the top speed will be capped at 25 kilometres per hour next year. Writers are banned from wearing headphones or speaking on their mobiles. Disappointing news for some. Translation their mobiles. Disappointing news for some. Translationzlj their mobiles. Disappointing news for some. Translation i like to be with my friends on a scooter and have fun but i guess it is better not to listen to music. At least six people have been killed on electric scooters and the hope is that new regulations will keep everybody safe and if they do, they might help transform urban mobility. The funeral has taken place of Elijah Cummings the democratic congressman who died last week. Among those speaking at the service were two former president s, paying tribute to a man described as a fierce champion of truth, justice and kindness. The bbcs tim allman reports. Washington had already honoured Elijah Cummings. The first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the capitol, but it was in baltimore, his hometown, where he would be laid to rest. Us servicemen draping his coffin in the american flag. Choir sings. Family, friends, colleagues, speaking of a man who always put others first. No matter how hard he fought and how passionately he argued, he tried to treat everybody the way he wanted to be treated, the way he thought americans should be treated. The son of sharecroppers, he fought for civil rights and he lived to see an African American elected to the white house. Elijah cummings was a man of noble and good heart. The lord has now called elijah home, to give his humble, faithful servant rest. America is in so many ways a divided country, perhaps now more than ever, but in remembering Elijah Cummings this was one of those moments when the divisions seemed a little less stark. Tim allman, bbc news. The weather now with nick miller. The weather in scotland and Northern Ireland taking over the uk. We look to the north on sunday. A chilly breeze, sunshine though, maybe the odd shower. Concern about rain totals mounting in parts of england, especially south wales. Amber morning here. Flooding and travel disruption. This is is how saturday is shaping up. Either side and it is still raining in wales, the midlands, Northern England and south west england. Horrible travel conditions as the day begins but it is slowly moving southwards. It clears up in wales and Northern England. Some may see some bright cells. Sunny spells in scotland and Northern Ireland. Brisk wind that they are slowly easing. As for the temperatures, the colder air is thinking southwards so one more day of temperatures into the midteens. Elsewhere, just into single figures by the end of the afternoon. The rain clears. Showers overnight for scotland. Wintry on the hills. Locks go back on saturday night and the british summertime, nothing to do with the weather. Suitably chilly on sunday. A chilly start. Temperatures close to feeling. A touch of trust in places look at the difference on sunday, and particularly where has been so wet. As you were in northern scotland. Showers coming in. Most places are going to have a fine day, a good deal of sunshine. Briefly our temperatures heading into double figures. They will not be for too long and they will sink quickly on sunday night. Frost on monday morning. It has been very wet. Sunday is the day to appreciate some sunshine although it will be colder. This is bbc news, the headlines several vietnamese families have told the bbc they fear their relatives could be among the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in essex. Police have now arrested a fourth person in connection with the deaths. The 48 year old man from Northern Ireland was detained at Stansted Airport. A curfews been imposed in four southern iraqi provinces after a day of violent Anti Government protests which left at least forty people dead and more than 2,000 injured

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