stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, very, very probably. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are us
the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn t interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence the shuttered houses and empty ca
atlantic and the pacific. and accusations of torture against ukrainian citizens at filtration camps run by russians. we are live in kyiv. good to have you with us. well, we will get to those top stories in just a moment, but first sources tell cnn former trump advisor steve bannon is expected to surrender to new york state authorities in the coming hours. bannon was indicted by the state for allegedly diverting about $1 million from a scheme that raised millions to build a border wall. trump pardoned bannon after he was charged by federal prosecutors with the same offense, but presidential pardons don t apply to state level prosecutions. a former white house attorney predicts bannon will eventually face prison time. take a listen. i think bannon s in a great deal of trouble. two of his two of the three colleagues with whom he was charged federally before trump pardoned him have pled guilty in that case and will be sentenced. the third went to trial, had a mistrial. he
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