the scourge of human trafficking is one of the biggest crises of our time. 25 million around the world are being pushed into firelessed labor or sex trade against their will. generating $150 billion every year. a lot of that activity taking place right here at home in the u.s. we see human trafficking across all 50 states and really it can happen in any of the 50 states. last year in 2021 the national trafficking hotline had over 50,000 calls into the hotline and more than 16,000 of those were likely survivors of human trafficking. bill: eric shawn is on this story more on how it can happen and what is being done to put an end to it. good morning. good morning. one of the heartbreaking tolls of the migrant crisis is human trafficking. the product moved by those cartels are people. trafficking for labor or commercial sex work is a booming business in the southern border. the feds say trafficking has been lucrative for the mexican base trans national criminal organization
in afghanistan as a child, made it to the uk and is now a doctor running his own medical charity. his is an extraordinary story. what should we all take from it? waheed arian, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me and for having me here. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder, how much distance do you feel today as a distinguished doctor in the united kingdom? how much distance do you feel from your childhood and from your homeland, afghanistan? my family is still in afghanistan. my father, my sisters, five, six sisters are in afghanistan. one sister is newly displaced to sweden and two brothers are displaced as refugees to the united states. so i am all over the world when it comes to my heart, when it comes to my story, it s not finished that i m here in the uk. i m very proud to be an afghan british citizen both, and i ve got my cultural heritage from afghanistan and i m very proud of that as well. but on the other hand, it
he s also told the uk media that he never intended to hurt his family by writing a memoir. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. war and extreme poverty drive millions of people from their homes every year. some of those desperate people try to reach the rich western world where such inward migration routinely prompts fear and draconian countermeasures. do perceptions change when the story of migration is personalised? well, my guest today is waheed arian, who fled war in afghanistan as a child, made it to the uk and is now a doctor running his own medical charity. his is an extraordinary story. what should we all take from it? waheed arian, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me and for having me here. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder, how much distance do you feel today as a distinguished doctor in the united kingdom, how much distance do you feel from your childhood and from your homel
tomorrow and a risk of flooding, up to 100 millimetres on the hills. this is the cloud responsible, which the rocket flight will be flying into as we speak. it is going to be bringing rain quite extensively through the night and into tomorrow, in a cross from the west. and that will be spreading into all but northern and eastern parts by the morning. it is here there will be a touch of frost to start with, a milder start with heavy rain towards parts of western england, wales and northern ireland for the morning rush hour. the end of a shower across eastern parts of england, central and southern scotland, some snow over the hills. it will reach aldershot all but shattered by the end of the day. some drizzle on the end of the day. some drizzle on the hills before the next batch of rain comes in and a windy day across the board. wind gusting to a0 or 50 mph at times. the wind coming from the south or south west. temperatures well above where they should be for this stage inj
with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals he d been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. breaking news to bring in the last few minutes. police say that at least 20 people are dead, many of them children following a mass shooting at a preschool in north eastern thailand. the report said the attack took place at a childcare facility in non bua lam phu province. a recently dismissed police officer are said to have stormed the building and open file before escaping while some victims are said to be stabbed. the investigation is under way at the moment to try to find the attacker and the report are still coming in of this, there had been reported by the news agencies and all the agencies have been alerted to take action an