inappropriately restraining him. what would you like to say to families what would you like to say to families of what would you like to say to families of children what would you like to say to families of children abused . what would you like to say to families of children abused in what would you like to say to - families of children abused in your care? we confront the chief executive of the company about the mistreatment of people in their care. president biden meets the irish prime minister and addresses the country s parliament on the second day of his visit when mary quant invades new. and tributes to the fashion designer dame mary quant, designer of the mini skirt, who s died aged 93. and coming up in sport. it s a european night under the lights at old trafford. but have manchester united moved a step closer to the europa league semi finals? the fbi has arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence docume
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a bbc investigation has found that albanian drug gangs are offering to pay for migrants to cross the english channel, if they are prepared to work in the uk drugs industry when they arrive. gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground. there s been a sharp rise in the number of albanians crossing the channel in small boats this year. they now account for around a third of the almost 40,000 people who have landed on england s beaches this year. lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the journey starts in towns like laknas, now marked by absence. the shuttered houses and empty streets signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by uk wages ten times higher than here. and each departure makes business in laknas even harder. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped the suburbs around tirana ar
this report. distant artillery fire the situation in soledar depends on who you ask. it s under control as of this morning according to this ukrainian commander. they will never break us, says his injured comrade. we are winning. but if you ask these two, wagner are clearing the city, they say. russian, yes, but not from the regular army. they re from a private military group called wagner, a network of mercenaries who do a lot of russia s fighting. its boss, yevgeny prigozhin, has recently recruited convicts from russianjails, and they ve been spearheading the attack on soledar, claiming to now be in full control. we chat to one ukrainian soldier on the front to see if that s the case. don t believe russian propaganda. it s not true. bakhmut and soledar have ukrainian control. kyiv has described the battle for soledar and bakhmut as the bloodiest scenario yet. and that s all we can say with real certainty. small amounts of territory are being fiercely fought over and t
former culture minister. what i thou . ht former culture minister. what i thought was former culture minister. what i thought was interesting - former culture minister. what i thought was interesting was i former culture minister. what i l thought was interesting was she left wiggle room for what i think george osborne and the british museum want to do which is to create a cultural partnership with greece where it is possible for the parthenon sculptures to physically return to athens for a period of time in return for some pre eminent objects coming from athens to the british museum and that would be a win win for everybody. museum and that would be a win-win for everybody. greece mi . ht win-win for everybody. greece might not win-win for everybody. greece might not see win-win for everybody. greece might not see that win-win for everybody. greece might not see that as - win-win for everybody. greece might not see that as a - win-win for everybody. greece might not
the police have ruled out a stampede as the cause. there are suggestions that the revellers could have inhaled or ingested a toxic substance. shingai nyoka, bbc news. it is the eve of wimbledon 2022. the tournament begins tomorrow, featuring us open winner emma raducanu, former wimbledon champion sir andy murray and novak djokovic, all on centre court on the opening aftrnoon. our sports news correspondent laura scott reports. it s been a while, but wimbledon s back in full force, and so is the queue. awaiting them is an all star cast. serena williams hasn t played singles since this agonising exit last year. but hasn t given up on another trophy at a0. opening centre court in its 100th year is defending champion novak djokovic. but rafael nadal is eyeing his third slam of the year after three years away. i enjoy it, unforgettable moments here, so i don t know how many wimbledons remain for me, no? so if i have the chance to be here this year, i want to enjoy that opportunity.