Are migrant workers from around the world. Often, these workers have families to support back home workers like joel. Joel was an experienced fisherman. In 2012, he secured a job through an agency in the philippines working aboard a scallop boat for a fishing company in scotland. Joel would bejoined at the company by other filipino workers with similar ambitions. But you had no experience fishing or at sea at all? onlyjoel had fished before, yet here they all were, recruited through agencies, ready to go to sea. The men travelled months apart but it was the same journey to the same place annan, a small town in scotland s southern coast and the premises of tn trawlers. Its owners, the nicholson family, have lived in the town for generations. They re in with the bricks. Its lead director, tom nicholson. He owns much of the harbour here and lives in a substantial compound on the waterfront. At the time, he ran a fishing operation worth over £4 million. The filipino men were here to
Joe lynskey, bbc news. ThIs programme contInues on bbc one. A genocIde and a declaratIon of war. So says hezbollah S Leader of the ExplodIng Pagers In lebanon. As Israel strIkes tonIght, Is It over for Peace Talks . And Im In control, says the PrIme MInIster durIng a messy week of DownIng Street feuds, leaks and expense rows. Is he . Good evenIng. Welcome to newsnIght for the best of late NIght Talk and takes. TonIght. ExplodIng pagers and walkIe talkIes In lebanon and a row over freebIes for the PrIme MInIster at home. Our Panel SIt on two sIdes of uk polItIcs. Labour grandee HarrIet Harman whos makIng headlInes wIth her advIce for her own party leader, and Robert Halfon one of the conservatIves who gave RIshI Sunak a headache when he saId hed quIt. Thank you both are comIng. We wIll also see NIck Watt shortly. Lets start abroad. The explosIons In Hand Held DevIces have been called an Act Of War by hezbollah s Leader SheIkh Hassan Nasrallah speakIng on tv. Over two days more than 30 w
Princess the first time Ns Change and conflicts. In the princess the first time since her Chemotherapy Treatment earlier in the year. Duties of the first time since her Chemotherapy Duties of the first time since her che year. Irapy Chemotherapy Treatment earlier in the year. We will bring you more on all of the stories coming up in the next few minutes. Let us catch up with the latest sports headlines. Manchester City Kick off their Champions League Campaign against Serie A champions Inter Milan at the Etihad Tonight its a repeat of the 2023 final their only previous European Encounter when rodri scored the decisive goal to help city lift the trophy in istanbul, completing an historic treble. Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi is urging his side to be agressive as they try to become the first side to beat city at home in the Champions League since 2018. With clubs playing eight matches in a 36 team league phase, No One s quite sure what will be enough to reach the knockout stages. So Cit
Thereve been fresh explosions in the lebanese capital, beirut, and elsewhere in the country. The Health Ministry says nine people have been killed and more than Three Hundred injured. The lebanese News Agency says that todays explosions involved Walkie Talkies made by The Japanese company icom. As for Yesterdays Wave of blasts, iran has blamed israel for them. And hezbollah, has vowed to retaliate, and the Un Secretary General has warned of a serious risk of a dramatic escalation in the region. While the region waits for hezbollah and Irans Response to this extraordinary development what are the recent events that led to this . The day after hamas gunmen crossed Into israel from gaza on October 8th last Year Hezbollah fired at israeli positions to show solidarity with the palestinians. 8,000 rockets according to israeli officials, have since been launched at northern israel and israeli positions on the golan heights. Israel retaliated with repeated strikes at hezbollah positions in leb
Hello, youre watching the context on bbc news. Its been revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of £170,000. More than 100 charities and Aid Agencies have urged sir Keir Starmer to protect foreign Aid Spending amid fears the budget could fall to its lowest level since 2007. The unease comes ahead of the Budget Set to be unveiled by the chancellor in october and with increasing aid being spent here in the uk, To Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The previous government had counteracted this adding £2. 5 billion to the foreign Aid Budget, as a Top Up to compensate for the money being spent in britain. But where does the uk stand internationally . The un target for foreign Aid Spending is 0. 7 of a countrys gross national income. That figure is widely accepted among the international community and the uk made a legal commitment to it in 2015. But in reality according to the oecd, just 5 count