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Police in the uk have arrested a fourth person following the discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry east of london on wednesday. A bbc investigation has discovered 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. Fiona david, Research Chair of the Minderoo Foundation and co author of the Global Slavery Index gave her reaction. The death of 39 people in the back of a refrigerated lorry really is deeply, deeply shocking, but equally completely predictable. Weve seen Something Like 2,000 migrants die in transit already this year. So these cases, while tragic, are part of a much larger problem. This particular route that were talking about, china, and we suspect vietnam, coming to the uk, how common is that . What we see in our Global Slavery Index is that around the world we have some a0 Million People who are held in modern day slavery. We dont know how many of them are moving from china to vietnam to the uk. But what we do know from the uks National Trafficking referral statistics is that vietnam is the Third Largest category of victims of trafficking and then china is the fourth. So its not the most common route, but its certainly not unknown to the authorities. What kind of organisation goes into moving people from so far away across so many borders . What are we talking about . Were talking about highly organised crime. Unfortunately, what we see is an arms race between governments of the world, governments of europe, and people who are intent on making money out of the misery of other people by helping them get around those borders. So as governments tighten up border control, unfortunately smugglers just amplify their effort and the people who suffer are the migrants like these poor migrants in the back of the lorry, who are most at risk and who died literally as theyre trying to seek another country. You mentioned there governments tightening up border controls, but what else should they be doing to try to stop this outsource or stop this en route . Absolutely. So countries, what we might call sendee countries like vietnam and china, we know that this sort of measures that work, we have seen us through the freedom fund, based in london, is activities on the ground in those countries. Simple things like providing local communities with education and healthcare. Its not rocket science. And then in the destination countries, we really need governments to find a better balance between, yes, of course, security, but also making sure that peoples human rights are able to be protected along these deadly journeys. In countries of origin, particularly china, how willing are the governments to acknowledge that their people wish to leave the country for better lives . Look, theres a lot more that governments, including china and vietnam can do. They certainly do take this issue seriously. But as one striking example, in china human laws only apply to victims who are female. So, of course, this case, we know most of the victims were male. So if the Chinese Government tries to prosecute those cases back home they may not even have the right laws to do it. So there are some very simple things that governments, whether theyre sending countries are receiving countries can do. 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 builing 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 authorities decision to declare president evo morales the winner of sundays elections. He beat his closest rival, carlos mesa, by ten point six 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. 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. 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. Stay with us on bbc news still to come new rules on two wheels paris introduces measures to try and cut down on the dangers of electric scooters. Indira gandhi, ruler of the Worlds Largest democracy, died today. Only yesterday shed spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation. After 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. No more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. Booster ignition and liftoff of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. This is beautiful. A milestone in human history. Born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. This is bbc news the latest headlines 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. An hourss drive inland from the french coast, a dozen vietnamese men wait for a telephone call from the man they call the boss, an afghan, they say, who opens trailers in the lorry park nearby and shuts them inside. This man paid 30,000 euros for a prepaid journey from vietnam to london via russia, poland, germany and france, organised by a vietnamese contact back home. Translation i have some vietnamese friends in the uk who will help me find jobs when i get there. This friends help me get on lorries or container trucks to go across the border. Security is much less tight in the nearby lorry park than around the port, further north, but few people here have managed to get past the border controls. The men in the camp told us that it was not easy to reach the uk that way and they have been stopped several times by Border Guards but we are told that, for those who paid more for their passage, this is simply a transit camp before they are taken on their final leg of theirjourney. A local volunteer told us they had seen vietnamese and british men visiting migrants here in a mercedes and that, once migrants arrived in the uk, some went work in cannabis farms, after which all communications stopped. This man tells me he needs a job in the uk to pay back the loan for his journey. We can do anything, he says. Construction work, nail bars, restaurants, or otherjobs. A report by one of frances Biggest Charities found that smugglers were telling vietnamese migrants refrigerated lorries gave them more chance of avoiding detection. No one here had heard about the 39 people found dead this week. This journey is about freedom, one said. Lucy williamson, bbc news 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 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. Lets ta ke lets take a look at a few of the stories making use now. The Russian Ministry has eight soldiers were killed and two wounded when their fellow serviceman opened fire at a military base in southern siberia. It happened during the change of guard at a repair facility near the city of chita. The Us Government has said it would by us airlines from flying to all destinations in cuba except havana, starting from the 10th of december. The move comes as the Trump Administration attempts to increase pressure on the cuban government over what it says is the ongoing repression of the cuban people and its support for Nicholas Maduro in venezuela. Startling photos have shown the full extent of ice loss from some of the glaziers in iceland. These show a photograph of the 1980s, with present day drone images. The team of researchers say they hope the photos will help communicate how quickly the ice is melting, resulting in rising sea levels. 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 12 years of age. Gail maclellan reports. Whizzing around paris on one of 20,000 rental scooters. At first glance it seems like a good idea, an eco friendly and cheap alternative to existing transport. But not everyone is enthusiastic. Translation just this morning i saw a mother and a three year old child on one scooter, going between a car and a bus. If the child slips, the mother would not be able to catch her and she could end up under the bus. Infuriated pedestrians complain that scooters lay strewn across pavements. Because they do not have docking stations, they are parked where the last person left them, are ready to be picked up by the next rider via a mobile app. Dumped scooters have also become a significant problem with many being found in the citys parks and squares and even in the river seines, sparking a new profession scooter fishermen. From this weekend, electric scooters, or trottinettes, may not be ridden on pavements, unless specially designated, and even then at walking pace. Only one person may be on the scooter and the top speed on roads will be capped next year at 25km h. And riders are banned from wearing headphones or speaking on their mobiles. Disappointing news for some. Translation i like to be together with my friends on an electric scooter and have fun but i guess it is better to Pay Attention and not to listen to music. At least six people have been killed in france in electric scooters and the hope is these new regulations will keep everyone safe and, if they do, the trottinettes might help transform urban mobility. Gail maclellan, bbc news. And remainder of our top story. Police in the uk have arrested a fourth person following the discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry east of london on wednesday. That is the way it is, it is looking, you we re the way it is, it is looking, you were watching bbc news, thank you very much for your company, we will see you next time. Hello. The soaking rain affecting wales, parts of england will gradually clear as we go on through saturday, and then the weather we have now, in scotland and Northern Ireland, chilly but clear, will take over across the uk for part two of the weekend on sunday. As this rain bearing weather front eventually pulls away, we look to the north, yes, colder air is pushing southwards, but there will be sunshine on sunday. We may see a shower, most will not. Before that happens, concern about rain totals mounting in parts of england but certainly into wales, especially south wales, where the met office has an amber warning infor60 80mm, more in the hills. Some flooding and some travel disruption likely out of that. Lets see how saturday shapes up. Starting with the temperatures to begin with a big contrast from north to south across the uk. Close to freezing in parts of scotland, 15 degrees in southern england. So either side of this weather front but, notice, it is still raining through parts of southwest england, wales, the midlands and Northern England to start the day. Standing water on the roads. Some pretty horrible travelling conditions but all of this is moving southwards into east anglia and the south east of england. Drying up where it has been so wet. Brightening up for many of us in wales and Northern England by the end of the afternoon. Sunny spells in scotland and Northern Ireland with a few showers. Blustery winds in northern scotland. Still quite windy along the south coast of england, but the winds will slowly be easing as we go deeper into the day. And the colder air is gradually winning out. Just the far southeast in the rain by the end of the afternoon, holding onto temperatures into the mid teens. And that rain, after a wet saturday evening, finally then pulls away here. Still a rash of showers overnight, into sunday, pushing into parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. Wintry on the hills. Clocks go back on saturday night, the end of british summertime. Nothing to do with the weather but actually appropriately enough, as we go into sunday, it is the cold air, the chilly feel that has won out. But that is a big change where it has been so wet for the past few days. So a colder start across the uk on sunday morning. We may well see a touch of frost in places, but this is the big difference to part two of the weekend yes, there are still showers rattling into northern scotland and wintry on the hills, maybe one or two to Northern Ireland, maybe the odd exposed coast in england and wales, but for most places, it is looking, notjust dry, but it is sunny as well. There will be a chilly breeze but you may like this sort of weather compared with what weve had. Good visibility and clean, crisp air as well. Briefly temperatures into double figures, but they will not stay there too long and dropping quickly again on sunday night. But a big change for part two of the weekend where it has been so very, very wet the past couple of days. And cut down on the dangers of electric scooters. 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 injust outside london. 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 a0 people dead and more than 2,000 injured. The indefinite curfew is in place to prevent further acts of violence. Authorities say more than 1 Million People have been taking part in a march calling for measures to reduce inequality. Now on bbc news our world

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