smuggling migrants at record numbers. lexis mcadams has the latest on the ground in eagle pass, texas. good afternoon alexis brick works we see this every single day the southern border. hundreds of walking across the border into the united states but many of them have no clue where they re going to go next they do not have a plan. once they are in the u.s. if they re willing to pay big money like thousands of dollars, there are new ways to smuggle them across the united states. just like this but what you re looking on your screen is a picture we just got an a little while ago from texas dps. this shows 19 migrants on this private plane in mcallen, texas for an investigator say three cars pulled up to the private airport and dropped off the migrants on friday. that is been a concerned citizen called 911 and the police showed up. the migrants were from central america. this is the second bus at a private airport in texas just in the past two weeks. humans are smuggled in, so
a total of thirty seven people including 23 children were killed in an attack that has shocked the nation. those are the headlines. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. lebanon is experiencing one of the most disastrous economic collapses of the last 100 years. the national economy is less than half the size it was just three years ago. one powerful symbol of the catastrophe, people are holding up banks in a desperate attempt to get their money out, amid rampant inflation and a currency crisis. my guest is lebanon s minister of economy and trade, amin salam. politicians have failed lebanon for decades. will that change before the meltdown is complete? minister amin salam, currently in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen, glad to be with you. well, we re delighted to have you in our washington studio. let me ask you, minister, do you think you and your government are levelling with the lebanese peop
he wiped away evidence before being arrested. the man was seen by two witnesses, including his own brother, behaving strangely after the attack. he attacked her and forced her into his car. he was seen cleaning his car and washing his clothes in the sink. there could have been blood in the car. he was found outside his home, along with a pair of flip flops. his d.n.a. was found at the location of the abduction. he is charged with removing evidence and prayer vigil held for the mom of two as the shocking kidnapping rattles the community. she s a beautiful person, it is awful to see the evil in the world. fletcher set out for a morning jog friday morning when she was attacked near the university of memphis campus. video was discovered of the attack. he has not provided the location of the victim. this is not the first time he s been accused of kidnapping, 22 years ago he was convicted of aggravated robbery and attacks a prominent attorney. back to you. todd: jacky, th
in a desperate attempt to get their money out, amid rampant inflation and a currency crisis. my guest is lebanon s minister of economy and trade, amin salam. politicians have failed lebanon for decades. will that change before the meltdown is complete? minister amin salam, currently in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen, glad to be with you. well, we re delighted to have you in our washington studio. let me ask you, minister, do you think you and your government are levelling with the lebanese people, and indeed with the international community as well, about the scale of the economic catastrophe that your country is currently living through? absolutely. stephen, let me tell you, it has been quite a challenging year since our government took office and we started really working on a very tough mission to recover the economy in lebanon and to fix all the mess that the past two decades have left lebanon in. our government came with a big title th
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