tonight at ten. the rise in albanians crossing the channel in small boats, lured by higher wages and gangs recruiting them for the drugs trade. the numbers have gone up sharply this year we report from albania on what s behind it. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. also on the programme tonight. staff at twitter find out if they ve been sacked, as the firm s new owner, elon musk, drastically cuts costs. a series of rail strikes due to start tomorrow has been suspended, but the late notice means services tomorrow will be extremely limited. a major shift in money for the arts. the english national opera will move out of london, as blackpool illuminations wins funding for the first time. and the facial recognition technology that s helping to identify photos of holocaust victims and its survivors. on bbc london, the growing numbers of child trafficking victims disappearing from
keep coming. willie? yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in some areas. more than 2.5 million people under evacuation orders along parts of coastal florida. the powerful storm passed the florida keys last night causing a couple of tornadoes and some damage there. officials say there also is significant flooding across that area. yesterday the hurricane battered western cuba knocking outing the island s electrical grid, causing a nation-wide blackout. offic
airports. why it could be days before they get to fly, and look at this white-knuckle landing in dangerous winds, so when will the cold snap break? rob marciano times it out. also tonight, a deadly shooting in the country s largest shopping mall. frightened customers running for cover, the police chief getting emotional as he described the scene, and what we re learning tonight about the search for suspects. a new attack in southern ukraine. deadly shelling in a key city on christmas eve. we re in kyiv tonight where ukrainians are marking the holiday with empty chairs to remember the soldiers missing or held captive by russia. safe and sound. the 5-month-old twins who were kidnapped now back with their family in ohio right in time for christmas. a suspect now under arrest. a community thankful. the jackpot is growing. mega millions topping half a billion dollars ahead of and tracking santa. the u.s. military says not even a bomb cyclone can keep him away on christma
from northern france. with prices of 3000 4000 euros per person and 40 people in the boat, do the maths, it is more lucrative than drug trafficking, with lighter charges. and from superman s costume to superstar guitars, millions of pounds worth of items from the worlds of film, television, and music are up for sale at a memorabilia auction in london. a very warm welcome to the programme. north korea has launched a missile overjapan, sparking anger in tokyo. it defies a un security council resolution ban on missile launches. the rocket came down in the pacific ocean and there are no reports of damage. stephanie prentice reports it s a familiar side, north korea testing its missiles. but monday s launch was different. for the first time since 2017, msl flu all the way overjapan. the latest launch, the fifth in a week, has been strongly condemned by south korean and japanese officials. translation: ., ., translation: north korea s actions regarding translation: north korea s