and asia. europe s cocaine crisis is getting wider and deeper. nick beake, bbc news. you can watch cocaine: flooding europe on bbc iplayer if you are in the uk, and also on bbc news this weekend. if you are watching internationally. now, just to remind you of our breaking news this hour. sudan s paramilitary rapid support forces have said they will agree to a 72 hour truth on humanitarian grounds over the holiday, the holiday of eid, effective from 6am local time on friday. that ceasefire should have already started. we have not heard any word from the sudanese army in response to this news. the fiercest battles have been between the army and the rss in and around the capital, khartoum, one of africa s largest urban areas, and in guffaw as well, still scarred by long convicts that ended three years ago darfur.
in the syrian city of idlib. coming in the syrian city of idlib. up on bbc news: he is preparing coming up on bbc news: he is preparing for an emotional 26.2 miles as mo farah takes part in his last london marathon this weekend, running the distance for the final time before his retirement. border officials have seized more than a tonne of cocaine found floating in the english channel, the latest haul in a year of record busts. the drug, which was sealed in several bundles, was recovered and taken to dover, where it was tested and confirmed to be the class a drug. law enforcement agencies say europe is facing a huge cocaine crisis with smugglers even using submarines to get shipments from south america. our europe correspondent nick beake has that story. international criminal gangs are sinking to new depths to get their cocaine into europe. so called narco subs helping to
and to the west, the strongest of the winds, may be up to 50 mph. fog around the coast of 0rkney, shetland but a fine end to the day in scotland and northern ireland. cloud to the north east becomes more extensive tonight. rain in northern england edges into scotland and northern ireland. any clear skies tonight, it will be a cold night. especially in scotland where like this morning there will be frost for some. at the weekend, more cloud and most at risk of rain. especially in england and wales. temperatures are set most at risk of rain. especially in england and wales. temperatures are set to most at risk of rain. especially in england and wales. temperatures are set to drop. border officials have seized more than a tonne of cocaine that was found floating in the channel. the drug which was sealed in several bundles was recovered from the sea and brought to dover where it was tested and confirmed to be a class a substance. law enforcement agencies say europe is facing a massive
nine million euros that s about £8 million. but it s in belgium where the biggest amounts of cocaine are being seized. here at the port of antwerp, more than 110 tonnes were intercepted in 2022. huge quantities are getting through, though, and this top judge fears it s out of control. translation: it makes - an absolute fortune for those we call narco traffickers, with money laundering and corruption, which is now limitless in terms of the sums that can be offered to dockers, police officers and other people. how do you want us to have any control on criminal organisations? it s over. just this week, italian police found 400 million euros worth of cocaine bobbing off the sicilian coast. and the united nations is warning that international gangs are now looking to expand into africa and asia. europe s cocaine crisis is getting wider and deeper. nick beake, bbc news.
to give herself as much time as possible to make a decision. her mother liz mccolgan won the london marathon in 1996. and that s all the sport for now. europe is facing a massive cocaine crisis, according to law enforcement agencies. production of the drug has increased by a third in just one year, after a slowdown over the pandemic. europe and north america are the largest markets for cocaine. in the most recent discovery british authorities seized more than a tonne of cocaine found floating off the south coast. drug smugglers are even using submarines to bring millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the continent from south america. our europe correspondent nick beake has more. international criminal gangs are sinking to new depths to get their cocaine into europe. so called narco subs helping to flood the continent with the drug.