the channel to england so far this year. that s according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the journey starts in towns like laknas, now marked by absence. the shuttered houses and empty streets signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by uk wages ten times higher than here. and each departure makes business in laknas even harder. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighborhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. there are many places like laknas in albania now. majlinda s son crossed to the uk from dunkirk last month. translation: he was a seasonall worker working four months a year for minimal salary in a kitchen. he had more expectations fo
of the state days after the president branded him a threat to american democracy. he s an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth, the enemy of the state is him and the group that controlled him. thousands of people have paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history. a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. and police in the us have charged a man with theft and terror offences after he threatened to crash a plane into a supermarket. hello and welcome to the programme. nasa says the launch of its huge new moon rocket is likely to be delayed by several weeks, after lift off was postponed for a second time. before another attempt can be made engineers have to identify the cause of a fuel leak. artemis, plagued by years of delays and huge budget overruns, is the most powerful rocket ever developed by nasa. it s designed to
branded him a threat to american democracy. he s an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth? the enemy of the state is him and the group that control him. nasa calls off the planned launch of its new moon rocket for the second time in a week. officials say it s likely there won t be another launch attempt for several weeks. and police in the us have charged a man with theft and terror offences after he threatened to crash a plane into a supermarket. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has called for greater european unity in response to russia s use of energy as a weapon. speaking a day after moscow said it would not restart gas exports through the nord stream one pipeline, mr zelensky said russia aimed to intimidate and weaken all of europe and was trying to inflict poverty and political chaos in places it can t yet strike with missiles. ukraine s first lady, olena zelenska, has been speaking to the bbc s laura kuenssberg. in an interview recorded in kyiv, m
the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. # yeah, yeah, yeah. and sir paul mccartney leads a tribute concert dedicated to the foo fighters drummer, taylor hawkins, who died in march. hello and welcome to bbc news. fighting around the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine has been increasing worries of an accident there. families living close to europe s largest nuclear facility say they are living in fear, despite the arrival of un monitors at the site. both russia and ukraine accuse each other of shelling the plant, with moscow claiming that ukrainian forces launched a failed attempt to storm the power station on friday. our security correspondent frank gardner reports now from the nearby city of zaporizhzhia. siren wails. under police escort, more than 100 ukrainian civilians make it to safety after enduring six months of fear and insecurity. just on the edge of zaporizhzhia city, we came across this convoy of a
since the fbi searched his florida resort for sensitive files. the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. hello and welcome to bbc news. here in the uk the foreign secretary, liz truss, who looks likely to become the next prime minister on tuesday, has hinted at how she plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. writing in the sunday telegraph, she says she would set out immediate action on energy bills, with financial support for households and businesses. her opponent, the former chancellor rishi sunak, says nothing is off the table to ease the pressure on households. ben wright reports. as borisjohnson packs up his premiership, tomorrow we will find out who is moving in. the new prime minister will enter number ten on tuesday, and one issue will dominate their first days in office: soaring energy bills for households and businesses. liz truss is widely expected to win the tory leadership contest, but she hasn t spelt out pr